Dietitian - Full Time Days

Facility: Good Samaritan Society – Mandan Sunset, a 128-bed facility offering long-term care, skilled nursing services, in-house dialysis, post-acute care, and restorative therapy. Nearly all residents enjoy private rooms and bathrooms, providing added comfort and privacy. As a faith-based, nonprofit organization, we are committed to delivering compassionate, high-quality care in a supportive and welcoming environment.

About the role

Plans, develops, and provides diet interventions, medical nutrition therapy, nutrition care, and preventive counseling to individuals and groups in all areas of primary and specialty patient/resident care, acute care, skilled nursing, out-patient, and/or community settings. Evaluates treatments or procedures for effectiveness using an evidence-based approach. Works on nutrition care protocols for the assigned area and acts as leader for the health care team in the implementation of the nutrition therapies.

• Identifies nutritional intervention methods within own specialty.
• Educates on diet according to disease state, medical condition, and health risk.
• Incorporates new trends and techniques as necessary to design care plans and update standards of care policy manuals and educational material.
• Assists in tailoring clinical education and associated materials for use with clients/patients/residents, families, and caregivers.
• Performs quality control and maintains a high standard in relation to infection control mechanisms for safety.
• Optimizes nutritional status by providing medical nutrition therapy to clients/patients/residents with nutrition risk, including determination of nutritional status through nutritional assessment, individualized care plans, provider order recommendations, and implementation of nutrition therapy (including verbal orders/order writing, diet modification, nutrition support, oral nutrition supplements, vitamin/mineral supplements, etc.).
• Provides education and counseling for disease and nutrition risk management, and evaluates outcomes of medical nutrition therapy interventions.
• Optimizes self-management education and skills in the care of clients/patients/residents with chronic conditions.
• Provides nutrition therapy and monitors nutritional care of clients/patients/residents of all ages, including neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric.
• Recognizes, evaluates, and provides for nutritional needs based on cultural, ethnic, and religious beliefs.
• Develops, coordinates, and conducts educational activities for individuals with illnesses/diseases associated with nutrition, and their families.
• Provides leadership, guidance, and acts as a resource to peers and other disciplines, as well as community agencies.
• Coordinates, plans, and participates in community activities regarding medical nutrition therapy according to quality standards.
• Aware of individual's insurance coverage and reimbursement circumstances, and participates in clinical performance improvement activities, including research that tests new treatments or procedures for clinical evidence of outcomes.

Requirements

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in dietetics or food and nutrition through an Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) accredited program. For graduates after January 1, 2024, a master's degree designation will be required by ACEND.
• Clinical nutrition experience through an approved coordinated undergraduate program or successful completion of post-graduate internship required.
• Five (5) years of experience as a clinical dietitian required.
• Currently holds Registered Dietitian (RD) license within the applicable state(s).
• Registered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) required.
• Possesses and maintains advanced certification from a recognized entity such as: the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN), or the National Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education (CBDCE). Certification should support primary area of practice and be supported by leadership.

Pay

Salary range: $28.00 - $38.50 per hour. Sign-on bonus available. Annual pay estimate: $30,000.

Schedule

• Shift: 8-hour day shifts
• Job schedule: Full time
• Weekly hours: 40.00

Benefits

Good Samaritan offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, benefits may include:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Work/life balance benefits
• Generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance

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