Registered Dietitian; RDN

Ava Med Workforce is a Healthcare Staffing Agency that staffs all of California State Correctional Facilities. We are in URGENT need of a Registered Dietitian to take on Part‑Time and Full‑Time assignments at the correctional facility located in Stockton, CA
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• 24‑40 Hours per week (Part‑Time or Full‑Time Options)
• Location:
  
  Stockton, CA (Multiple Openings)
• Schedule:
  
  Monday‑Friday 7:30am‑4:00pm
• Orientation: 1 week
• Rate: $65/hr ($1,560‑$2,600/week)
• Status:
  Independent Contractor (1099)

• Under the direction of the Institution’s designee, the Temporary/Relief Registered Dietitian shall provide services as permitted within the scope of practice for Registered Dietitian in accordance with Institution policies and procedures.
• Assist and advise clinical personnel on special nutritional needs within the scope of practice for a Registered Dietitian in the State of California.
• 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.
• 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.
• Collect information on patient/youth nutritional history.
• Participate in committees relating to nutrition, food service, bioethics, performance improvement/quality assurance and other issues.
• 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.
• Provide follow‑up consultations with patient/youth as needed or as ordered by a physician.
• Maintain professional working relationship between Food Services, Correctional Healthcare Services staff; and custodial staff.
• Comply with and practice universal safety precautions.
• Maintain security policy at all times.
• Maintain a safe work environment at all times.
• 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.
• Prepare written dietary service status reports each month, including assessments, follow‑ups completed, and recommendations for dietary policies and procedures.