Dietitian - As Needed (PRN)
- Full Time
About the role
Overview
Use Your Expertise to Promote Health, Healing, and Recovery.
Join CenterPointe Hospital of Columbia as a PRN Registered Dietitian and play a vital role in supporting patients through expert nutrition care. In this position, you'll assess nutritional needs, develop individualized dietary plans, provide nutrition counseling, and collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary treatment teams to support positive patient outcomes. If you're passionate about helping others improve their health through nutrition, we'd love to have you on our team.
What You'll Do
- Conduct nutritional assessments and develop individualized nutrition care plans
- Provide nutrition counseling and education to patients and families
- Review and approve patient menus, therapeutic diets, and nutritional supplements
- Collaborate with physicians, nursing staff, and treatment teams regarding patient nutritional needs
- Monitor patient progress and modify nutrition plans as needed
- Participate in treatment team meetings and patient care planning
- Review menus and ensure compliance with nutritional, safety, and quality standards
- Provide support and coverage as needed to meet facility and patient care needs
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, or a related field from an accredited university
- Experience in clinical nutrition preferred
- Experience with Eating Disorders and Substance Use Disorders strongly preferred
- Strong assessment, counseling, communication, and documentation skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with interdisciplinary treatment teams
Certifications & Licensure
- Current Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) credential required, or eligibility for state endorsement as applicable
- ServSafe Certification or similar food safety certification preferred or required by state/facility regulations
Why Join CenterPointe?
- Flexible PRN scheduling
- Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patient recovery
- Collaborative multidisciplinary treatment environment
- Rewarding work supporting behavioral health and wellness
- Professional growth in a respected healthcare organization
Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Assess nutritional needs, diet restrictions and current health plans to develop and implement dietary-care plans and provide nutritional counseling.
- Approve patient menus and nutritional supplements.
- Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans, diet modifications and food selection and preparation.
- Provide nutritional assessments per facility policy and regulation.
- Review and approve menus developed by the facility.
- Counsel individuals and groups on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits and nutrition monitoring to improve their quality of life.
- Consult with physicians and health care personnel to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions of patient.
- Participate in treatment team as appropriate.
- Review and approve facility diet manual annually in conjunction with medical staff.
- Promote better health by speaking to groups about diet, nutrition and the relationship between good eating habits and preventing or managing specific diseases.
- Monitor food service operations to ensure conformance to nutritional, safety, sanitation and quality standards as needed.
OTHER FUNCTIONS:
- Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.
Qualifications
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited University in Dietetics, Nutrition or similar field acceptable for licensure.
- Experience with Eating Disorders and Substance use strongly preferred in facilities working with those patient populations.
LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:
- Current registered dietician or registration as required by state or eligible for endorsement by the state in which the facility provides services.
- ServSafe certification or similar food safety certification where required by the state or facility.
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