Registered Dietician - PRN Days

Essential Functions

• Completes annual competency testing and maintains professional growth and development to maintain registration and licensure/certification.
• Performs job based on applicable federal, state, and local regulations, company policies and procedures and evidenced based clinical guidelines.
• Participates in the planning of the department budget.
• SUBMIT CAPITAL BUDGET REQUESTS TO THE CONTROLLER/CFO.
• Participates in developing and implementing policies and procedures related to nutritional care of the patient.
• Participates in the hospital’s Performance Improvement program by conducting aggregating, trending and acting on data for key clinical nutrition indicators.
• Annual QAPI department plan is developed with mandatory components. Monthly reports are taken to hospital committees as per facility policy.
• Maintains quality assurance in the kitchen by ensuring quality measures are routinely done; spot checking logs for accuracy, ensures safe sanitary conditions in the kitchen by completing kitchen safety/sanitation audits and test tray audits per policy.
• Participates in the survey process; instructs staff in matters of conduct and disclosure; always maintains a presence while surveyors are on site and directs the timely collection of information required by the survey team.
• Undertakes corrective action while survey is in progress if appropriate; works with other hospital departments to develop survey plan of correction as needed.
• Services on various committees as required by company standards, regulations, and/or appointment by immediate supervisor.

Direct Patient Care

• Conducts initial and reassessments on all patients admitted to the hospital.
• Ensures proper completion of documentation (assessments, care plans, education, discharge planning).
• Prescribes nutrition therapy to meet estimated needs and monitors tolerance.
• Provides ongoing reassessment to ensure optimal nutrition therapy is provided.
• Participates with Interdisciplinary Team meetings to develop, implement, and monitor nutrition care plans.
• Interviews patients, family members, legal representatives, and/or significant others, and staff to obtain diet history, food preferences, and other pertinent information needed to develop and/or update plan of care.
• Advocates for patients to protect and promote patients’ rights and accommodate individual needs and cultural/religious preferences.
• Involves the patient/family in planning objectives and goals for the patient.
• Conducts nutrition education individually and in classes to patients, families, staff, and community as appropriate.
• Conducts meal rounds to ensure that patients are receiving therapy that meets patient’s needs.
• Coordinates with Culinary Service Manager to resolve patients’ concerns or dissatisfactions with diet or meal service.

Menu Management

• Monitors Culinary Services Manager’s oversight of the menu management process.
• Reviews and approves all patient menus in the facility; must approve any substitutions provided to patients.
• Reviews and approves all nutritional data posted in the café.
• Provides oversight for the transcription of diet orders in the department to ensure accuracy.
• Ensures all patient snack orders are checked against the diet order and distributed to patients timely.
• Provides oversight as needed to assure proper ordering of food and supplies to ensure proper execution of diets and snacks.
• Provides training to Manager and staff as needed on therapeutic diets and menus, food allergens, or other related topics.