Registered Dietitian (RDN

Ava Med Workforce is a Healthcare Staffing Agency that staffs all of California State Correctional Facilities. At the moment we are in URGENT need of a Registered Dietitian to take on Part-Time and Full-Time assignments at the correctional facility located in Soledad, CA.

• 40 Hours per week
• Location:
  
  Soledad, CA (Multiple Openings)
• Schedule:
  
  Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm, 7:00am-3:30pm or 8:00am-4:00pm
• (Orientation 1 week)
• Rate: $65/hr ($2,600/week)
• Status:
  Independent Contractor (1099)

• Must have a current and valid registration issued by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in order to perform services in the State of California.

• a. Under the direction/supervision of the Institution’s designee, the Registered Dietitian shall assist and advise clinical personnel on special nutritional needs within the scope of practice for a Registered Dietitian in the State of California;
• b. Plan dietary intervention and strategies; attend interdisciplinary team conferences; monitor and document nutritional needs and goals; may accept or transmit verbal or electronically transmitted orders from physicians consistent with an established protocol to implement medical nutrition therapy; orders medical laboratory tests related to medical nutrition therapy within established protocols; interpret prescription diets; plan regular and special therapeutic diets; establish menus and recipes for use by food production personnel;
  
  authorize substitution or modification of diets; plan and conduct training programs for facility staff, clients, patients and others; and adhere to food safety and infection control standards;
• c. Conduct and complete within seventy-two (72) hours of physician's order, nutrition assessment by consulting with patient/youth, evaluating their nutritional needs, and provide nutritional counseling, as needed, when referred by a physician. The Temporary/Relief Registered Dietitian shall acknowledge that patient/youth may include diabetics, renal, hypertensive, HIV positive, and acute/chronic illness;
• d. Collect information on patient/youth nutritional history;
• e. Participate in committees relating to nutrition, food service, bioethics, performance improvement/quality assurance and other issues;
• f. Instruct institutional food service employees on the preparation and distribution of medical diets and provide dietary staff with alternative food product suggestions or allowed/acceptable food substitutions as needed;
• g. Provide follow-up consultations with patient/youth as needed or as ordered by a physician;
• h. Maintain professional working relationship between Food Services, Correctional Healthcare Services staff; and custodial staff;
• i. Comply with and practice universal safety precautions;
• j. Maintain security policy at all times;
• k. Maintain a safe work environment at all times;
• I. Monitor the clinic dietary service program in the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), Correctional Treatment Center (CTC), and/or Licensed Hospital to ensure compliance with the California Code of Regulations, Title 22, SNF/CTC Dietary Services requirements and ensures inpatient area dietary menus are current in accordance with regulations, policies and procedures, and;
• m. Prepare written dietary service status reports each month, including assessments, follow-ups completed, and recommendations for dietary policies and procedures.