Job title: Dietician

Duration: 13 weeks

Location: Kingsport, TN (37660)

Shift: M – F; 8 – 5

Start: ASAP

This position’s starting pay is: $38.00/hr.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Completes the nutrition screening of patients within 72 hours of admission.
• Assesses nutritional needs, diet restrictions and current health plans of patients to develop and implement dietary-care plans and provide nutritional counseling.
• Completes a dietary consult within 48 hours of the order notification.
• Assists in the development of Hospital regular and therapeutic menu plans and nutritional supplements based on indicated physiological and psychological needs of patients.
• Consults with Director of Dietary for performance level of Dietary staff that will provide nutritionally adequate, quality food.
• Advises patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans, diet modifications and food selection and preparation.
• Maintains accurate and timely documentation.
• Counsels individuals and groups on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits and nutrition monitoring to improve their quality of life, and the relationship between good eating habits and preventing or managing specific diseases.
• Consults with physicians, health care and dietary staff to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions of patient.
• Reviews and approves facility diet manual annually in conjunction with medical staff.
• Participates in treatment team as appropriate.
• Monitors food service operations to ensure conformance to nutritional, safety, sanitation and quality standards as needed.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops and implements program policies and procedures that guide the provision of services.
• Complies with organizational policies, procedures, performance improvement initiatives and maintains regulatory and industry standards.
• Maintains regular and reliable attendance.
• Accepts responsibility for professional growth and development of self and attends all mandatory facility in-services and staff development activities as scheduled.
• Maintains professionalism and confidentiality of facility employees and patients.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Certifications: Registered Dietician, Save Serve Cert , Bachelor’s in Dietetics, Nutrition or similar

Required Experience: 1 years, as well as Experience with Eating Disorders and Substance Use Disorder strongly preferred in facilities working with those patient populations

Additional Information: The Registered Dietitian is the nutrition expert providing all nutritional care to inpatient and outpatient populations to promote health and manage disease.

Responsibilities include screening, assessment, diagnosis, intervention, monitoring and consults in accordance with the guidance set forth in the Nutrition Service policies and procedures and Hospital regulations governing the practice of dietetics.

About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com

Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.

At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws.