Travel Registered Dietitian – IDDSI Implementation Specialist

# Travel Registered Dietitian – IDDSI Implementation Specialist **RD Nutrition Consultants LLC** is seeking a Full-Time Travel Registered Dietitian for a minimum **8-week assignment** in beautiful Fairbanks, Alaska. This specialized role will spearhead the comprehensive International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative (IDDSI) implementation. We offer a highly competitive compensation package, flexible scheduling, and full travel support. - **Location:** Fairbanks, Alaska - **Duration:** Minimum 8-week assignment (with potential for extension) - **Schedule:** 40 hours per week, Monday–Friday (Flexible daytime hours) ### Core Responsibilities The IDDSI Specialist will be responsible for auditing, updating, and launching standard IDDSI terminology and testing protocols. **Menu & Vendor Management** - Conduct a comprehensive audit of current texture-modified diets and thickened liquids against IDDSI levels 0–7. - Review the current master menu and modify therapeutic menus, recipes, and ordering systems to strictly comply with IDDSI descriptors and framework testing methods. - Verify commercial thickeners, pre-thickened beverages, and pureed products with vendors to ensure total product alignment. - Collaborate with IT and informatics teams to update electronic health records (EHR) and diet office software with standard IDDSI terminology as needed. **Training & Education** - Create tailored educational materials, reference visual aids, and competency forms for facility staff. - Conduct hands-on training workshops demonstrating IDDSI testing protocols, including the Flow Test, Fork Drip Test, Spoon Tilt Test, and Fork Pressure Test. - Train and certify departmental "IDDSI Champions" across acute care and long-term care units to provide ongoing peer-to-peer floor support. - Identify, procure, and distribute necessary testing tools (e.g., standard 10mL syringes, forks, spoons) for kitchens and nursing units. **Strategy, Go-Live, & Quality Assurance** - Design and execute a coordinated Go-Live strategy and timeline tailored to clinical and food service workflows. - Monitor initial meal services during the launch phase to troubleshoot real-time issues, support nursing staff, and ensure patient safety. - Implement routine quality assurance audits of food production line outputs, patient tray lines, and floor nourishment rooms. - Establish post-implementation compliance reporting, annual competency updates, and sustainability protocols to hand off to facility leadership. ### Compensation & Travel Benefits - $2000-$2200 per week. (Covers compensation, lodging etc) - **Travel Logistics:** Round-trip airfare and rental car are fully reimbursed separately. ### Job Requirements - **Credentials:** Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). - **Licensure:** Current State RD License where applicable. - **Experience:** Strong working knowledge of the IDDSI framework and experience in acute care or long-term care settings is highly preferred. - **Skills:** Ability to teach, lead workshops, and manage a project timeline independently while maintaining excellent communication with facility leadership. ### About RD Nutrition Consultants, LLC RD Nutrition Consultants, LLC is a premier Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Consulting firm that provides specialized Dietitians to healthcare facilities throughout the United States. Our consultants enjoy competitive wages, flexible work schedules, and dedicated support. ### Requirements