Clinical Dietitian, Inpatient
Primary Location Kula, Hawaii
Worker Location Onsite
Facility Maui Memorial Medical Center
Job Number 1327163 Date posted 12/23/2024
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Description:
Assesses, develops, implements, and monitors patients nutritional needs for delivery of comprehensive nutrition care services. Plans, develops, and participates in providing nutrition information through educational program and nutrition handouts. Assists with planning, development, and implementation of department programs, policies, and goals.
Job Summary:
Assesses, develops, implements, and monitors patients nutritional needs for delivery of comprehensive nutrition care services. Plans, develops, and participates in providing nutrition information through educational program and nutrition handouts. Assists with planning, development, and implementation of department programs, policies, and goals.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Develops, implements, monitors, and coordinates nutritional care plan based on assessment to clients needs with other health professionals.
- Counsels individuals and family members on nutritional principles, dietary plans, food selection and economics of nutrition. Adapts plans to individual clients needs, lifestyle and cultural eating habits. Provides follow-up and makes appropriate referrals based on needs of individual.
- Plans and evaluates menus to meet nutritional needs of patients with consideration for food preferences.
- Communicates nutritional care data through record systems to include Medical Records, Dietary Information Record and Special Consult Referrals.
- Provides consultation to medical team in prescription of diets, nutritional assessments, enteral and parental feedings.
- Participates in discharge planning. Recommends home care nutritional needs.
- Interprets, evaluates, and utilizes current research to achieve effective nutritional care. Attends professional workshops, seminars, and lectures to keep informed of current practices and trends in dietetics and to maintain professional registration.
- Develops, implements, and evaluates ongoing patient food quality surveys to maintain quality standards of care.
- Develops, organizes, and conducts orientation and in-service education/training programs for professional, non-professional staff and food service personnel. Participates in health education activities to include health fairs and community events.
- Compiles, develops, and disseminates nutrition educational materials to include diet instruction handouts, posters, patient tray notes and newsletter articles.
- Oversees dietary personnel to ensure compliance to food production, food service, sanitation, safety, security and health regulations/standards.
- Assists in developing and updating work schedules and job descriptions for food service personnel.
- Develops and implements short and long-range departmental goals and objectives consistent with departmental and organizational policies.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- Six months related experience or successful completion of training program (pre-hire, post-hire, or on-the-job) in area of specialty, if applicable.
Education
- Bachelors degree in food and nutritional sciences or related field.
- Accredited Dietetic Internship (DI) by the American Dietetic Association (ADA).
License, Certification, Registration
- CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers required at hire OR Basic Life Support required at hire
- Registered Dietitian from American Dietetic Association
Additional Requirements:
- Ability to effectively use resources for research.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in interpersonal relations, customer service, problem solving, adaptability, decision making, oral communication and written communication.
Preferred Qualifications:
- One year as clinical dietitian.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet and database PC applications.
- State of Hawaii License Dietitian (LD)
- Masters degree with an ADA approved internship program.
Primary Location: Hawaii,Kula,Kula Hospital
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 12:01 AM
Working Hours End: 11:59 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Onsite
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: S03|AFSCME|UNAC-UHCP-UNHCEH
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: KULA HOSPITAL - Nutritional Svcs-I/P - 3601
Pay Range: $31.94 - $39.92 / hour
The ranges posted above reflect the location in the job posting. The salary range may vary if you reside in a different location or state than the location posted.
Travel: Yes, 5 % of the Time
On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital).
Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.
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Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Submit Interest
