What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Dietitian position at Regions Hospital?
Clinical Dietitian provides in-patient clinical nutrition services in all areas where nutrition care is needed. In addition, you will take on the following responsibilities:
- perform nutritional assessments, including nutrition focused physical exams
- develop and implement nutrition care plans with use of order writing privileges
- assist with nutritional assessment, development, and implementation of nutrition care plans
- monitor patient response, documentation, and provision of nutrition education to patients/clients, medical staff, dietetic students/interns, and the community.
- incorporate standards of medical nutritional therapy with the individual patient's age (from infancy to old age), weight, medical, physiologic, and social/cultural needs.
- participate in the development and evaluation of the patient food service to maximize. nutritional intake, patient satisfaction and to assure that the nutritional content of the diets meets dietary and medical nutrition therapy guidelines.
- develop, maintain, and evaluate programs, policies and procedures and improvement processes to assure excellent nutrition care.
FTE: 0.0; On-Call/Per Diem
Work Schedule: 8am-430pm; Required to work a minimum of 4 shifts per month - 2 shifts must be a weekend shift.
Required Qualifications:
- BA/BS Food and Nutrition and supervised practice/internship in dietetics
- Must be a Registered Dietitian and licensed with the state of Minnesota within 5 months of employment.
Benefits: Regions Hospital offers a competitive benefits package (0.5 FTE or greater) that includes medical insurance, dental insurance, 401K with match, disability insurance, and tuition reimbursement. Benefits take effect first day of employment. We offer an on-site employee fitness center, an on-side physical therapy clinic for employees as well as on-site employee clinic to make it more convenient for our staff to get the care they need. We also have a Center for Employee Resilience that provides support and evidence-based practices to bring relief and build resiliency. Regions Hospital is a qualified non-profit employer under the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Regions is also a proud to be a Yellow Ribbon Company.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
