Clinic RDN
Company: Adventist Health
Location: Bakersfield
Posted on: October 6, 2024
Job Description:
Adventist Health is seeking a Clinic RDN - Registered Dietitian
Nutritionist for a job in Bakersfield, California.Job Description &
Requirements
- Specialty: RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
- Discipline: Allied Health Professional
- Duration: Ongoing
- Employment Type: StaffCentral to all that California has to
offer, Adventist Health Bakersfield has been providing an
extraordinary team of world-class physicians, top-notch medical
technology, caring professionals and award-winning quality since
1910. We are comprised of a 254-bed acute care hospital and 20
primary and specialty care medical offices. As one of America's
fastest growing cities, Bakersfield offers affordable housing on
the West Coast, beautiful weather, high-quality education and it is
just a few hours away from Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks, the
Central California Coast and Southern California's great sports,
theaters, concerts and amusement parks.Job Summary:Provides
comprehensive nutritional care to patients and residents identified
with special needs and/or those who meet nutritional risk criteria.
Provides nutritional care which includes patient assessment and
reassessment, patient and family education, interdisciplinary
communication, nutritional plan of care development, and
documentation of all interventions in accordance with policy and
acceptable practice standards. Acts as a competent clinician who
provides clinical care in a skilled and effective manner, utilizing
appropriate technical and decision-making skills.Job Requirements:
Education and Work Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree in food and nutrition or equivalent:
Required
- Master's Degree: Preferred
- Experience as a Clinical Dietitian: Preferred
- Dietetic internship or its equivalent: Preferred
Licenses/Certifications:
- Registered Dietitian (RD) within 6 months of completion of
residency program: Required Essential Functions:
- Performs assessment of patients to determine those at
nutritional risk. Provides quality nutritional care through
utilization of nutrition plans; facilitating appropriate meal
patterns, monitoring nutritional intake, initiating appropriate
interventions, and providing nutritional education.
- Responsible for the comprehensive initial nutritional
assessment and ongoing reassessment of the patient's nutritional
condition and stability and determination of nutritional diagnosis.
Responsible for the nutritional evaluation of the patient's
response to effectiveness of the implementation of the plan of
care.
- Sets patient care priorities appropriately. Assigns personnel
to patient care activities for effective utilization of skills and
abilities within their job description, scope of practice and level
of competency. Responsible for medical nutrition therapy
administration in a safe and accurate manner, monitoring,
documenting, including patient response.
- Acts as an educational resource for health care team personnel
including dietetic interns, patients, family members and community.
Orients/instructs new professional, registered and assistive and
ancillary personnel on job duties, assignments and clinical
activities of the unit. Provides learning opportunities to meet the
nutrition education needs of patients/family/significant
others.
- Responsible for direct date collection and data assessment of
the patient's nutritional condition and stability. Supervises
indirect data collection of assigned personnel.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned. Organizational
Requirements: Adventist Health is committed to the safety and
wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require
that all associates receive all required vaccinations, including,
but not limited to, measles, mumps, flu (based on the seasonal
availability of the flu vaccine typically during October-March each
year), COVID-19 vaccine (required in CA, HI and OR) etc., as a
condition of employment, and annually thereafter. Medical and
religious exemptions may apply.Adventist Health Job ID #8853.
Posted job title: registered dietitian, clinical nutrition, days,
full-time - 10k hiring incentiveAbout Adventist HealthAdventist
Health is a faith-based, nonprofit, integrated health system
serving more than 80 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii with
over 400 sites of care, including 26 acute care facilities. Founded
on Adventist heritage and values, Adventist Health provides care in
hospitals, clinics, home care, and hospice agencies in both rural
and urban communities. Our compassionate and talented team of
37,000 includes employees, physicians, allied health professionals
and volunteers driven in pursuit of one mission: living God's love
by inspiring health, wholeness, and hope. We are committed to
staying true to our heritage by providing patient-centered, quality
care. Together, we are transforming the healthcare experience with
an innovative and whole-person focus on physical, mental, spiritual
and social healing to support community well-being.Benefits
- Continuing Education
- Bereavement
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Health Care FSA
- 403b retirement plan
- Employee assistance programs
- Life insurance
- Holiday Pay
- 401k retirement plan
- Sick pay
- Health savings account
Keywords: Adventist Health, Santa Maria , Clinic RDN, Healthcare , Bakersfield, California
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