Registered Dietitian - PT

Category:
Residential Health

Job Location:

2249 Vinson Highway SE, Milledgeville, Georgia

Position Type:
Part-Time

STGi is seeking a Registered Dietician to provide services to our Georgia Ware Veterans Home.

The primary purpose of this position is to ensure that residents’ clinical nutrition needs are provided by the food and nutrition services department.

• Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday.
• Must be able to speak and write the English language in an understandable manner.
• Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
• Must possess sight/hearing senses or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately so that the requirements of this position can be fully met.
• Must function independently, have flexibility, personal integrity and the ability to work effectively with the residents, personnel, and support agencies.
• Must meet the general health requirements set forth by this facility that include a medical and physical examination.
• Must be able to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset and, at times, hostile people within the facility.
• Must be able to push, pull, move and/or lift a minimum of 25 pounds to a minimum height of 5 feet and be able to push, pull, move and/or carry such weight a minimum distance of 50 feet.
• May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.

• Must possess, as a minimum, a bachelor’s degree in a nationally accredited nutrition or dietetics program from an accredited college or university.
• Has completed at least 900 hours of supervised dietetics practice under the supervision of a Registered Dietitian or nutrition professional.
• Is licensed or certified as a dietitian or nutrition professional by the state or is recognized as a Registered Dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration or its successor organization.

• Must have, as a minimum, one (1) year of experience in a supervisory capacity in a hospital, nursing care facility or other related medical facility.
• Must have training in cost control, food management and food safety.

STGi is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.