Registered Dietitian
Full Time 40 Hour Position
The Position
Contra Costa County Regional Medical Center Inpatient Hospital Nutrition Services Department is seeking a 40 hour full time Registered Dietitian.
Minimum Qualifications
Certification: 1. Current Certificate of Registration with the Commission on Dietetic Registration, the credential for the American Dietetic Association.
OR
2a. Successful completion of an Accredited Dietetic Internship Program; AND
2b. Proof of acceptance for admission to the next scheduled examination for Registered Dietitian by the American Dietetic Association. (Must successfully pass the examination prior to appointment date.)
Typical Tasks Include:
- Complies relevant information from appropriate sources to make nutritional assessments of high risk patients
- Observes and interviews patients and family members for nutritional information
- Develops and implements a plan for the provision of optimal nutrition care
- Develops educational materials and provides nutrition education and consultation to individuals and groups, and evaluates effectiveness
- Identifies and prioritizes patients requiring nutrition intervention
- Develops menu patterns for individuals in accordance with physicians' orders
- Monitors and records data in the nutrition care plan and charts the nutritional progress of individuals
- Participates in interdisciplinary nutrition support rounds
- Updates and participates in the development of nutrition policies and procedures
- Provides in service reviews on a quarterly basis to maintain quality assurance
- Provides in service training to Nutritional Services staff and other health care team members
- Participates in orienting resident physicians to the role of nutrition in patient care
- Assigns nutrition care related tasks to appropriate personnel and coordinates the performance of these tasks
- Continuously evaluates the effectiveness of clinical nutrition care services
- Conducts special studies and projects as assigned.
Interested candidates should send their resume to Caitlyn Mccoy
Contra Costa Health Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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