Registered Dietician - Long Term Care

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Job description

Boulder City Hospital is seeking a Full Time Registered Dietician for our Long Term Care Unit.

Full Time, Hours TBD

$26-34 per hour! Based of experience!

GENERAL PURPOSE:

Under the general direction of the hospital's Long Term Care Director, The Registered Dietitian will create nutrition plans to improve the health and physical conditions of patients. This role will have a substantial impact to the hospital's Dietary/nutrition services and play a key role for the hospital by observing the dietary needs and providing answers to combat malnourishment for patients admitted within the Long Term Care facility. Some of these operational impacts include but are not limited to serving as the point of contact for analyzing patients' health status, goals and dietary restrictions, tracking clients' dietary intake and progress and educating patients on how to maintain a balanced diet.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Must be able to work independently and under sustained pressure and during stressful situations. This role will perform responsible and moderately complex mid-level duties by overseeing clinical nutrition assessment, follow up, and nutrition counseling for new admissions, weight variances, pressure injuries, tube feedings, hemodialysis, impaired chewing/swallowing ability, etc. Make culturally and age-appropriate recommendations for nutritional interventions and provide medical nutrition therapy per standards of practice. This position must offer great technical skills and customer service to the hospital's Long Term Care Residents and acts as a liaison between other departments and the care team. This role will provide quality and regulatory assurance review of Food/Nutrition Services sanitation, food storage, preparation, and dining services. The Registered Dietitian will works closely with patients and other medical professionals as part of the interdisciplinary team (IDT) to set and achieve nutritional goals. This role will serve as one of the primary educators to teach Nutrition education and in-service training for food/nutrition service staff, nutritional process and best practice standards for enhancing a positive dietary results.

Qualifications
- Registered Dietitian certification
- Strong background in health coaching and patient assessment
- Proficiency in tube feeding and diagnostic evaluation
- Solid understanding of physiology, nutrition, and dietetics
- Excellent customer service skills
- Ability to effectively communicate complex dietary information to patients and healthcare professionals

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $26.00 - $34.00 per hour

Benefits:
401(k)
Dental insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible schedule
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Schedule:
Monday to Friday

License/Certification:
Registered Dietitian (Required)

Ability to Relocate:
Boulder City, NV: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

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