Registered Dietitian Inpatient Rehab PRN
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Job Location:
Fort Wayne, IN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview
Hospital Name: Select Medical Rehabilitation Hospital at Lutheran Hospital
Joint venture/Partnership/Affiliation with Select Medical
Position: Registered Dietitian
Location: Fort Wayne IN
Schedule: Per Diem/PRN Dayshift (9am-5pm)
Our Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical physical emotional and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries spinal cord injuries neurological disorders orthopedic issues amputation and multiple traumas.
At our company we support your career growth and personal well-being.
- Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting
- Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX health vision employee assistance program (EAP) and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
- Invest in Your Future:Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
- Your Impact Matters:Join a team of over 44000 committed to providing exceptional patient care
Responsibilities
- Provides quality nutrition services including but not limited to screening initial assessment re-assessments nutrition counseling and education therapeutic diet calculations and calorie counts. Develops an appropriate nutritional care plan.
- Considers religious cultural and ethical factors when completing nutrition assessments and creating plan of care.
- Evaluates potential food/drug interactions and/or herb/supplement interactions. Provides nutrition education/counseling as appropriate.
- Communicates and implements the nutritional plan of care with the interdisciplinary care team.
- Attend Interdisciplinary Care meetings when assigned for the development of patient care plans. Participates with the interdisciplinary team in various medical rounds (as available at the facility) i.e. wound rounds or dysphagia rounds.
- Develops and implements educational programs for patients and staff. Works with the patient to identify a nutrition education plan and sets achievable goals.
- Keeps current with nutritional practices and theories. Maintains current ADA requirements (i.e. Professional Portfolio self-development and continuing education classes.)
- Oversees Food and Nutrition departmental office systems including diet cards place cards ordering nutritional supplements etc. Utilizes the electronic patient information system as needed.
- Acts as Food Service manager during scheduled weekends holidays or covering vacation shifts. Supervises staff along with Dietary Manager to achieve hospital and departmental mission and goals.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree with major studies in Food and Nutrition related field.
- 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.
Additional Data
Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans
Key Skills
- Culinary Experience
- EMR Systems
- Motivational Interviewing
- Food Service
- Hospital Experience
- Acute Care
- Computer Skills
- MDS
- Dietary Department Experience
- Dialysis Experience
- Food Production Experience
- Tube Feeding
About Company
Select Medical is one of the largest providers of critical illness recovery hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient rehabilitation centers, and occupational health clinics in the United States. Guided by our mission to provide an exceptional patient care experience t ... View more
