DIETITIAN - PER DIEM - DAYS

Dietitian - Per Diem - Days

HARTWYCK @ OAK TREE INC Edison, New Jersey

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• Requisition # 2024-150511
• ShiftDay
• StatusPer Diem
  
  

Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Dietician role serves as a liaison between the patient, nursing and medical staff and the Food and Nutrition Department, regarding optimal nutrition care for the patient. S/he assesses the nutritional needs, develop individualized dietary plans, provides dietary counseling for residents/ patients as well as participates in in-service education for dietary employees to assure high quality meal service.

Responsibilities

A day in the life of a Dietitian at Hackensack Meridian Health Nursing and Rehab facilities includes:

• Provide nutritional counseling to patient/family in their homes as prescribed by a physician. Assure that timeliness of initial assessment meets department guidelines and medical record review indicates that the medical nutrition therapy provided is appropriate to the patient’s condition/diagnosis. Assure that consults are completed by the department timeframe.
• Develop, implement and promote a quality medical nutrition therapy based on patient needs. Assure that nutrition assessments, reassessments and care plans are completed to meet each patient’s identified needs. Evaluate the appropriateness of diet prescriptions and recommend and implement changes when necessary.
• Communicate with case manager on patient progress and needs. Participate in care plan management.
• Collaborate with patient care staff/team members to address continuum of care needs for each patient as necessary, prior to discharge.
• Provide nutrition education/counseling to patients and/or family members in an effective and professional manner. Incorporate each patient’s readiness to learn and their educational needs into the nutrition assessment as necessary.
• Measure and document comprehension/ understanding of medical nutrition therapy principles.
• Provide educational materials to patient/family that are appropriate to the individual needs of the patient.
• Assure that medical nutrition therapy documentation is in keeping with departmental guidelines in 100% of the medical records reviewed. Assure documentation is completed in a timely manner.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adheres to HMH’s Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
• Lifts a minimum of 10 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 10 lbs. and stands a minimum of 4 hours a day.
• Contacts:Regular contact with Medical Center personnel, patients and visitors.
  
  

Qualifications

Knowledge, Education and Skills Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• One (1) Year Experience as Dietitian
  
  

Knowledge, Education And Skills Preferred

• Prior experience in Food Service
  
  

Required Certification/Licensing

• Credentialed / Awarded by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) by Successfully Passing a Registration Examination
  
  

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!

HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.

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Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) is a Mandatory Influenza Vaccination Facility

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