Raleigh, North Carolina
Posted: 14-Mar-23
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Salary: Open
Categories:
Internal Number: 22042942
Description
All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:
- Mental Health Resources and Support
- Whole Person Wellness Support
- Career Development
Our promise to you:
Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind, and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.
- Schedule: PRN
- Shift: Flexible
- The community you’ll be caring for: AdventHealth Daytona Beach: 301 Memorial Medical Pkwy. Daytona Beach, FL 32117
The role you’ll contribute:
The Clinical Dietitian works closely with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide nutrition services and medical nutrition therapy that are integrated and compatible with the patient’s medical program goals and objectives. Primary responsibilities include developing and implementing nutrition services and medical nutrition therapy using established standards of care and practice protocol/guidelines; managing resources in a cost-effective manner; participating in performance improvement efforts; and maintaining professional competency and skills required for professional practice.
The value you’ll bring to the team:
- Evaluates and monitors nutritional status of hospitalized patients ranging from newborn to geriatric populations as well as cultural, religious, and ethnic concerns, using established standards of care.
- Develops and implements an individualized plan for nutrition intervention in accordance with the patient’s medical program goals and objectives, nutrition prescription, and self-management training.
- Utilizes hospital policies and procedures to provide timely and appropriate nutrition intervention and therapy within the scope of practice defined by the hospital.
- Provides appropriate documentation that summarizes the nutrition care plan in the patient’s medical record, including nutrition assessment, diagnosis plan, implementation, and progress toward goals.
- Identifies educational needs and provides current, hospital approved, nutrition education that is sensitive to the patient’s learning need, condition, readiness to learn, literacy, hearing language and age.
- Serves as the nutrition expert, educator and liaison to medical staff and allied health personnel.
The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:
- Completion of a didactic program in dietetics and supervised practice program approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics (AND).
- Bachelor of Science degree in dietetics, foods and nutrition, or related area required.
- Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR).
Florida Department of Health Dietitian/Nutritionist license