Registered Dietitian

About the role

We are seeking a Clinical Dietitian to join our team at HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare, the nation's leading provider of healthcare services. In this role, you will coordinate all phases of nutrition care, including assessment, care planning, monitoring, education, and counseling for hospitalized patients and outpatients in various settings. You will also support performance improvement plans and comply with JCAHO and other regulatory agencies.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate responsibility and accountability in planning and organizing the nutritional care of patients.
• Assess patient nutritional needs, diet restrictions, and develop and implement dietary care plans.
• Provide nutritional counseling and develop measurable short- and long-term nutritional goals.
• Evaluate outcomes to ensure desired results are achieved.
• Accurately calculate nutritional needs based on individual therapeutic requirements.
• Ensure timely and accurate documentation in medical records in accordance with PCD guidelines.
• Monitor and inspect meal service for conformance to prescribed diets and standards of palatability and appearance.
• Participate in rounding and proactively respond to patient needs to improve outcomes and enhance the patient experience.
• Contribute to a culture of patient-centered care by ensuring a quiet healing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Food and Nutrition, Dietetics, Nutritional Sciences, Human Nutrition, or a comparable major.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience as a Registered Dietitian in an acute care environment or successful completion of a coordinated program or dietetic internship of not less than 900 hours under the supervision of a Registered Dietitian.
• Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist (LDN) by the Florida Board of Dietetics and Nutrition.
• Registered Dietitian (RD) by the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Candidates eligible for registration may be hired with the understanding that registration will be achieved within 90 days of hire.

Benefits

HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital offers a total rewards package supporting health, life, career, and retirement for our colleagues, including:

• Comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine benefits.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• Retirement savings resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

About the organization

HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital, serving the Hudson, FL community since 1981, is a 392-bed acute care facility and designated Level II Trauma Center. We employ over 350 physicians and 1,300 staff members and are home to the nationally acclaimed Heart Institute. Our hospital was the first in northwest Pasco County to offer a comprehensive cardiac and open-heart program, and we are recognized for innovative, high-quality care. Our accredited programs include the Heart Institute, Stroke Center, Chest Pain Center, Cancer Care, Orthopedics, and Neurosurgery. With over 100,000 procedures performed, we are dedicated to excellence.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in costs for charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.