Registered Dietitian - Per Diem

Location: Greensboro, NC

About the role

Select Specialty Hospital - Greensboro is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. Registered Dietitians play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent care every step of the way.

Why Join Us

• Extensive orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
• Opportunity for Advancement: Demonstrate your skills and dedication which could lead to potential full-time opportunities.
• Foster Well-being: We offer benefits which support the financial, work/life and emotional well-being of you and your family members. Part time/Per Diem positions are eligible for 401k based on reaching 1,000 hours within their first anniversary or subsequent calendar year.
• Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality nutritional care to patients, including the development, implementation, and monitoring of Medical Nutrition Therapies.
• Work collaboratively with the medical staff, patients, families, and food service department to ensure the patients’ nutrition care plans are implemented and departmental standards are maintained.
• Perform nutritional assessments and re-assessments, identifying goals, recommending nutrition interventions, monitoring, and evaluating patient progress.
• Develop and monitor enteral and/or parenteral nutrition support regimens.
• Work closely with the Speech Therapy Department to assist with the progression of textured modified diets to ensure patient safety and optimize oral intake.
• Clarify admission orders to ensure nutrition support, diet, and oral supplement orders are consistent with the facility’s established nutrition support formulary and diet manual.
• Consider religious, cultural, and ethnic factors in the development of nutrition care plans.
• Review yearly updates and approve the therapeutic diet manual annually. Educate clinical and food service staff on the location of the Nutrition Care Manual. Maintain a hard copy of a simplified diet manual for downtime.
• Keep current with nutritional practices and theories. Maintain current professional registration requirements (e.g., Professional Portfolio, self-development, and continuing education). Demonstrate interest in continuing education, academics, or specialized certification to further enhance professional skills.
• Evaluate potential food/drug interactions and/or herb/supplement interactions.
• Attend interdisciplinary team meetings and communicate progress and special needs.
• Participate in developing, planning, and standardizing menus.
• Perform meal rounds to ensure patients' meal trays are consistent with the prescribed diet and meet standards as to quality, quantity, temperature, and appearance.

Requirements

• Current state licensure/certification, if required by state.
• Current registration by the Commission on Dietetics Registration.
• One (1) year of work experience in a facility setting with clinical responsibilities or equivalent.

Schedule

Per Diem / As Needed

Benefits

• Benefits supporting financial, work/life, and emotional well-being for you and your family members.
• 401k eligibility for part-time/Per Diem positions based on reaching 1,000 hours within their first anniversary or subsequent calendar year.