What are the responsibilities and job description for the PRN Clinical Dietitian position at medstar-stg?
Job Summary:
As a Clinical Dietitian, you will play a crucial role in providing personalized nutrition care to patients at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Your expertise will be instrumental in improving patients’ overall well-being and helping them manage various medical conditions. This position is PRN, as needed with occasional weekends.
If you are a motivated and compassionate Dietitian, join one of the largest healthcare systems in the Baltimore-Washington metro region also recognized as one of the "Healthiest Maryland Businesses". Apply today and learn how MedStar Health can be your next great career move!
Primary Duties:
· Conducts assessments for patients to establish diet and food guidelines.
· Provides both primary and relief nutrition management services on all assigned units, including the ICU
· Develop and implement an individualized plan for medical nutrition therapy in accordance with patients medical needs, goals and objectives.
· Develop and obtain patient nutrition education materials.
· Work closely with Food Service team to assure conformance to diet prescriptions.
· Participate in orientation of new Food Service team members with diet orders and tray line procedures.
Qualifications:
· Bachelors degree in dietetics, nutrition required
· Less than 1 year of previous experience providing nutrition therapy in a clinical setting preferably in acute care (as obtained in dietetics internship) required
· Registered Dietitian current registration required registration eligible status with the American Dietetics Associations Commission of Dietetic Registration
· If licensed in another state, DC licensure must be applied for at time of start date.
