Registered Dietitian Per Diem
Share
Job Location:
Carmel, IN - USA
Hourly Salary:
$ 29 - 55
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Description
Position at Putnam Hospital Center
At Nuvance Health we enjoy the benefits of a two-state system as we cultivate an inclusive culture where everyone feels welcomed respected and supported. Together we are a team of 15000 strong hearts and open minds. If you share our values of connected personal agile and imaginative we invite you to discover whats possible for you and your career.
Putnam Hospital a 164-bed acute care hospital has been serving the local community in Carmel New York for 60 years. Situated on a 150-acre wooded campus surrounded by lakes and waterways we provide the essential services a community needs from their local hospital including Emergency and Behavioral Health Services.
Our accolades include:
- The Leapfrog Group - Grade A for quality and patient safety
- U.S News & World Report - High Performance in COPD
- Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP)
- Robotic Center of Excellence - Surgical Review Corporation (SRC)
At Putnam Hospital our team members value open communication continuous learning and making a difference every day. Most of us live in the community we serve and we support each other with compassion and teamwork. Our departments are small so caregivers can build stronger connections with managers and senior leadership. We invite you to explore this unique opportunity take a stroll around our campus and discover what Putnam Pride is all about.
Summary:
The Registered Dietitian demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide appropriate nutrition care to all ages of the life span including neonates/pediatric adolescent adult and geriatric patients served by the Food & Nutrition Department. Assumes responsibility for performing nutrition counseling; completes nutritional assessments; calculates nutrition requirements; completes nutrition focused physical examinations to identify malnutrition; assess appropriateness and adequacy of nutrition support and makes recommendations on nutrition support participates in community nutrition programs; functions as a member of the health care team to provide optimal nutrition care to prevent/improve malnutrition rate enhance wound healing prevent/improve acute and chronic diseases states/symptom management and overall improve patient care/outcomes.
Responsibilities:
- Complete nutrition assessment using evidence based and validated tools following the Nutrition Care Process and utilizing the International Dietetics and Nutrition Terminology Reference Manual: Standardized Language for the Nutrition Care Process (IDNT).
- Executes purposefully planned nutrition counseling with the intent of changing a nutrition- related behavior risk factor environmental condition or aspect of health status for an individual target group or the community at large.
- Effectively applies knowledge and communicates with others within the multidisciplinary team (e.g. daily rounds).
- Demonstrates clinical competency through continuing education and meets accrediting body regulatory standards.
- Accepts accountability and responsibility for ensuring safety and quality in the services provided and adheres to the Code of Ethics.
- Demonstrates regard for the dignity and respect of all patients family members visitors and hospital personnel.
- Maintains and Models Nuvance Health Values.
- Demonstrates regular reliable and predictable attendance.
- Performs other duties as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Education: A four-year Bachelors Degree from a program that meets the educational standards established by the Academy of Dietetics and Nutrition
- Licensure/Registration/Certification: RD credential or RD eligible status with RD credential within 3 months of hire required and CDN credential required within 6 months of hire
- Work Experience: 1 yr minimum experience as a Registered Dietitian preferred
Working Conditions:
- Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity
- Occupational: Some occupational risk
- Physical Effort: Sedentary/light effort. May exert up to 10 lbs. force
- Physical Environment: Significant exposure to dirt odors noise human waste etc.
- Company: Putnam Hospital Center
- Org Unit: 1208
- Department: Dietary
- Exempt: No
- Salary Range: $29.65 - $55.55 Hourly
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
Our hospitals, medical practice and care centers are located throughout New York’s Hudson Valley and Western Connecticut. At every location, you’ll find excellent convenient care, a personalized approach, a connected team, and access to our network of doctors. Find care now.
