Clinical Dietitian ( Per-diem)

About the role

Primarily responsible for ensuring optimal medical nutrition therapy through needs assessment, planning, and carrying out intervention, consulting with other disciplines, and educating patient and/or caregiver on nutritional needs.

Serves as educational resource to food and nutrition employees, other medical staff, and the community.

May be required to float to other Palomar Health facilities.

Responsibilities

• Ensures optimal medical nutrition therapy through needs assessment, planning, and carrying out intervention
• Consults with other disciplines
• Educates patient and/or caregiver on nutritional needs
• Serves as educational resource to food and nutrition employees, other medical staff, and the community
• May be required to float to other Palomar Health facilities

Requirements

• Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in related field
• Preferred Education: Masters Degree and other clinical certification
• Minimum Experience: Clinical internship or equivalent
• Preferred Experience: 1 - 2 years as clinical dietitian in long-term and/or acute care
• Required Certification: Registered Dietician - American Dietetic Assoc (ADA)
• Preferred Certification: California Children's Services (CCS) Paneled

Qualifications

• Knowledge of standard office equipment (i.e., calculator, fax, photocopier) and personal computer and computer software skills (i.e., MS Windows, Excel, Access, Word, Powerpoint, internet, e-mail)
• Windows computer skills including proficient use of keyboarding, use of mouse or keys for functions such as selecting items, use of drop down menus, scroll bars, opening folders, copying and similar operations required upon employment or within the 1st two weeks of employment to perform the essential functions of the job

Skills

• Speaks and reads English at a level that is sufficient to satisfactorily perform the essential functions of the position

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$33.36 - $50.12 per hour

Schedule

8 hours per shift