Registered Dietitian - PRN

**Job Summary**: Directs, oversees, and evaluates the activities and functions of nutritional aspects of patient care. **Reports to**: Director of Patient Care Unit **Hourly range**: $30.84 – 53.49 per hour (posted hourly range excludes overtime and bonuses which are not guaranteed) **Essential Job Functions**: - Ensure that nutritional needs of the patients are met in accordance with practitioners’ orders and acceptable standards of practice. - Supervise the nutritional aspects of patient care including developing patient menus for appropriate diets as specified by the by the State Department of Health and or Clinical Dietetics Manual. - Provide patient, family and caretaker dietary counseling and education upon request including assessing and evaluating patient tolerance to therapeutic diets when appropriate. - Collaborate with other hospital services and committees (e.g., medical staff, nursing services, pharmacy service, safety, quality, etc.). - Maintain pertinent patient data necessary to recommend, or modify therapeutic diets as needed to meet the nutritional needs of the patients. - Participates in survey inspections conducted by authorized governments and regulatory agencies and ensure regulations regarding meal service delivery, storage, service, sanitation, and disposal are adhered to. - Maintain appropriate food service department policies and procedures, training guidelines, competencies, and review annually. - Able to work independently and meet established deadlines. - Conduct regular unannounced inspections of the hospital and caterer’s kitchens to ensure compliance with the Department of Health **Additional Responsibilties**: - Demonstrates the spirit of the philosophy, mission, and values of the hospital through words and actions and implements them into departmental processes, programs, and the working environment. - Other duties as assigned. **Minimum Requirements** **Education**: Bachelors Degree preferred **Certification, Licensure**: Registered Dietitian through the Commission on Dietetic Registration, LD status preferred. **Experience, Training, Knowledge**: 2 years hospital dietician or nutritionist experience preferred. **Physical Requirements** This position requires lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling up to fifty (50)+ pounds. Stooping, kneeling and/or crouching daily in delivery of patient care. Standing and walking more than five (5) hours per day; running occasionally in response to emergencies. **Working Conditions/Environmental Exposures** Environmental hazards such as chemicals, solvents, needles, needle containers, sharps, blood, body fluids, various infectious/communicable diseases, infectious medical waste, radiation, and/or radioactive materials and/or radioactive waste, proximity to moving mechanical parts. Protective clothing/equipment may be necessary. Animas Surgical Hospital offers a competitive benefits package including but not limited to: health, dental, vision, & life insurance with 401k with employer matching Animas Surgical Hospital is a drug free workplace and performs a pre-employment drug screen which includes marijuana. ASH IMMUNIZATIONS AND VACCINATIONS REQUIREMENTS – Aligns with CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for Healthcare Personnel - Hepatitis B- Lab evidence of immunity (titer) to Hepatitis B or three doses Hep B vaccine at appropriate intervals - Influenza- documentation of current seasonal flu vaccine (mandatory from November 1st through March 31st each year) - Measles, Mumps, and Rubella - Lab evidence of immunity (titer) to Measles, Mumps, and Rubella or 2 doses of MMR Vaccination - Varicella (chickenpox) - Lab evidence of immunity (titer) to Varicella or 2 doses of Varicella Vaccine - Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis (Tdap) - documented proof of immunization - Tuberculosis Screening - Documentation of a two-step TB skin test within the past year OR lab verification of a negative TB Gold or T-Spot tuberculin test within the past 6 mo…