Registered Dietitian I Jobs

• Provide comprehensive nutritional care, which is customer focused and cost effective, while maintaining high quality service standards, to our members.
• Conducts quality assurance audits and participates in committees and meetings to receive and report information.
• Coordinates activities with the food service department to insure quality and accuracy of the food served to the patients.
• Perform other related duties as necessary.
• Contributes to the overall cost structure and service improvement goals of the Service Area.
• Monitors the accuracy of the tray related to the MNT or diet order according to diet manual.
• Provide input to the budget process.
• Assist in compiling audit information and standard setting.
• Provide nutritional screening and assessment of patients for appropriate nutrition intervention.
• Document in the medical records as appropriate.
• Conducts audits and/or menu reviews, and ensures patient menus or supplemental feedings meet nutritional requirements and physician's orders for individual patients to include size, age, gender, cultural backgrounds, preferences, diagnosis, pain level, and religious practices.
• Provide feedback to Division Food and Clinical Nutrition Services staff or menu modifications and revision.
• Participate in the design, development and implementation of high quality, cost effective food and clinical nutrition programs, policies and practices in the medical center and ensure compliance with administrative, legal and regulatory requirements.
• Develop meal plans to meet the member's lifestyle.
• Participates in the development and implementation of quality, service and performance improvement processes related to the delivery of clinical nutrition services.
• Assists in the development, implementation and maintenance of nutrition care, and service standards.
• Performs quality audits, reviews work, and assists others to improve performance.
• Writes assessments, implements nutritional care plans, and follows the care and progress of the patients per protocol.
• Supervisory Responsibilities: May mentor, assist, review, assign, correct, organize and/or coordinate the work of new employees, students, Nutrition Aides, Nutrition Clerks, Nutrition Assistants and Diet Technician Registered but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.
• Checks for quality of product and is responsible for corrections and quality follow-up with manager/supervisor, staff, or vendor.
• May provide in-service training to staff.
• In accordance with physician orders, develop individualized nutrition care plans based on patient's age, sex, diagnosis, cultural background, pain level, preferences, and religious practices.
• Quality Responsibilities: Participates in the organizations quality program.
• Helps identify risk factors, establish performance targets and goals.

Grade 30

• Per the National Agreement, current KP Coalition employees have this experience requirement waived.
• Six (6) months of experience in clinical nutrition as a registered dietitian.
• If working in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), must have at least one year experience in clinical nutrition as a registered dietitian.

• Bachelor's degree in food and/or nutritional science.

• Current registration with the Commission on Dietetic Registry (CDR) in good standing.

• Demonstrated collaboration and problem solving skills required.
• Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.
• Demonstrated knowledge of clinical competencies based on Nutrition Care Standards of the American Dietetic Association, CDA and American Society for Partenteral and Enteral Nutrition.
• Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of applicable federal, state and local regulations and The Joint Commission requirements.
• Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.
• Demonstrated strong communication, interpersonal and customer service skills required.

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