Job Description
Healthcare Staffing Professionals has an immediate need for Registered Dieticians to work in a correctional facility in Soledad, CA. The Registered Dietician will provide services as permitted within the scope of practice for Registered Dietitian in accordance with Institution policies and procedures.
Pay Rate-$45/hr
Healthcare Benefits: Healthcare, Dental and Vision, Life Insurance
Job Duties - Under the direction/supervision of the Institution’s or designee, the Registered Dietitian shall assist and advise clinical personnel on special nutritional needs within the scope of practice for a Registered Dietitian in the State of California;- Provide individual and/or group treatment and social casework for residents/clients and families.
- Plan dietary intervention and strategies; attend interdisciplinary team conferences; monitor and document nutritional needs and goals; may accept or transmit verbal or electronically transmitted orders from physicians consistent with an established protocol to implement medical nutrition therapy; orders medical laboratory tests related to medical nutrition therapy within established protocols; interpret prescription diets; plan regular and special therapeutic diets; establish menus and recipes for use by food production personnel; authorize substitution or modification of diets; plan and conduct training programs for facility staff, clients, patients and others; and adhere to food safety and infection control standards;
- Conduct and complete within seventy-two (72) hours of physician's order, nutrition assessment by consulting with patient/youth, evaluating their nutritional needs, and provide nutritional counseling, as needed, when referred by a physician.
- Participate in committees relating to nutrition, food service, bioethics, performance improvement/quality assurance and other issues
- Instruct institutional food service employees on the preparation and distribution of medical diets and provide dietary staff with alternative food product suggestions or allowed/acceptable food substitutions as needed;
- Provide follow-up consultations with patient/youth as needed or as ordered by a physician;
- Maintain professional working relationship between Food Services, Correctional Healthcare Services staff; and custodial staff;
- Comply with and practice universal safety precautions
- Prepare written dietary service status reports each month, including assessments, follow-ups completed, and recommendations for dietary policies and procedures
Minimum Qualifications: - Twelve (12) continuous months of experience within the last three (3) years performing services similar in scope to those defined herein, in a public or private institution. Internship does not count towards the required experience.·
- Possess and maintain while performing services current and valid registration issued by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in order to perform services in the State of California.
Job Tags
Contract work, Internship, Immediate start,