Dietitian - Full Time
Dietitian - Full Time
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Landmark Hospital ofCape Girardeau is seeking a Clinical Dietitian to join our team! This position would be 32 hours per week with the flexibility to make your own schedule with one day off per week. The Dietitian is responsible for nutritional assessments and follow-up of patients with nutritional deficits in the hospital. The Dietitian participates in team treatment planning for all patients and provides nutritional education to patients families and staff. In addition the Dietitian is responsible for the food service facilities and supervising the food service contract service to ensure that all standards and requirements are met.
Dietitian Responsibilities:
- Assessing the health and nutritional needs of patients.
- Preparing patients nutrition plans.
- Counseling patients about nutrition and healthy eating habits.
- Monitoring and evaluating the effects of nutrition practices and plans and making adjustments if necessary.
- Developing strategic meal plans for patients with special needs.
- Documentation of plans and patient progress toward health goals.
- Examining meals for compliance with prescribed diets and standard of palatability.
- Assisting food service managers with sanitation safety procedures and menu development.
- Developing policies that will allow food service or nutrition programs to be implemented.
Dietitian Minimum Requirements:
- Valid Dietitian License for MO
- Bachelors Degree in Nutrition
- Registered by Commission on Dietetic Registration
- Minimum 1 year of hospital dietitian experience
- Dietary skills and knowledge
- Analytical skills able to apply nutrition science
- Communication skills (verbal and written)
About us: Landmark Hospitals is a privately owned hospital system with locations in Georgia Missouri and Florida. Landmark Hospitals are licensed as acute care hospitals and certified as long-term acute care hospitals in order to specialize in providing transitional care for medically complex patients. Each of our hospitals is recognized as the regional Transitional Care Hospital of choice in their respective markets. What makes Landmark Hospitals especially unique is that the company is owned by a surgeon so the focus on people quality safety and clinical outcomes resonates throughout the company.
We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability genetic information marital status amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws.
Employment Type
Full-Time
