Registered Dietitian

Registered Dietitian Job Description

Registered Dietitian maintains provision of optimum nutritional care and education for the patients and their families.

Coordinates patient nutrition services by working closely with the patient and the patient's family and other members of the health care team in a continuum of care from the acute care to the home health setting.

Department:
Food and Nutrition

Hours:

Full-Time, 40 hours a week required

Shift: Monday
- Friday; 8:00am to 4:30pm, weekend call rotation

Required:

BS Degree, Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist (LDN), Food Handers Certificate within 30 days of hire

Pay: based on experience, starting at $26.35/hour

• Collaborates with other hospital services to plan and implement patient care and nutritional education, as necessary.
• Consults with all disciplines and medical staff regarding patient nutritional or discharge planning needs. Attends and participates in interdisciplinary rounds and meetings acting as a liaison/consultant on nutritional practice.
• Counsels patients and/or family on prescribed diet regime that is both age appropriate and culturally relevant in a manner that facilitates understanding, documenting the findings in the patient's medical record.
• Identifies nutritional deficiencies or special nutritional needs by nutritionally screening patients for identifiable risk factors.
• Knowledge of DFM, call center software.
• Maintains pertinent patient data necessary to recommend, prescribe, or modify therapeutic diets as needed to meet the nutritional needs of the patients. Monitors the nutritional status of patients and documents pertinent nutritional information in the medical record.
• Monitors and reevaluates the patient's response and tolerance to the established nutritional care plan.
• Performs comprehensive nutritional assessments, nutrition diagnosis, interventions, and monitors and evaluates patient outcomes, when appropriate. Develops nutritional care plans.
• Plans, implements, and presents pertinent educational programs, serving as a resource to staff, other health care professionals, or the community.
• Prepares and calculates therapeutic diets and/or formulas. Assists in the development, planning, execution, and approval of patient menus.

• Bachelor's Degree (Required)
• Food Handlers Certificate (within 30 days of hire)
• Sarah Bush Lincoln, Licensed Dietitian
  - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
• Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist
  - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
• Compensation Estimated Compensation Range $26.35 - $40.84
• Pay based on experience

When you come to work for Sarah Bush Lincoln or Fayette County Hospital Long Term Care, you have our commitment to help make this the best work experience of your life. Career development is available through continuing education and on-site training, so come grow with us! We are striving to be the employer of choice in the area. Employees reap the benefit of our work culture which is steeped in professional and personal development programs.

We have developed a solid benefit package to help retain our employees, while providing them opportunities to grow their careers. We support on-site classroom learning programs and internet courses, and we have a generous tuition reimbursement program-- all designed to help staff achieve their goals.