Registered Dietician, Radiation Therapy, PRN, Days

@ 810 Prisma Health - Blount Memorial Hospital, Inc.
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Registered Dietician, Radiation Therapy, PRN, Days

Maryville, TN
Posted 1 day ago

About the job

Prisma Health is dedicated to transforming healthcare. The role involves providing nutrition care, education, developing care plans, and collaborating with healthcare teams at Blount Memorial Hospital.

Requirements

  • Credentialed as a Registered Dietitian
  • Ability to interpret data
  • Maintain 75 hours CE every 5 years
  • Strong communication skills
  • Knowledge of healthcare standards

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in nutrition or dietetics
  • Registered Dietitian credential
  • Inpatient/outpatient experience preferred
  • Ability to teach and communicate
  • Commitment to ongoing education

Full job description

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Responsible for providing nutrition care and education to patients and/or caregiver(s). Evaluates patients' nutritional status, develop and implement care plans, assess nutrient requirements, recommends nutrition prescriptions, evaluates patient tolerance and effectiveness, as well as communicates information to physicians and other health care professionals.

Essential Functions

  • All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose:  Inspire health.  Serve with compassion.  Be the difference.

  • Coordinates, reviews, plans, updates, and implements medical nutrition therapy to patients according to established policies and procedures.

  • Monitors patients receiving nutrition support.

  • Provides nutrition education to patients, caregivers, staff and community partners.

  • Serves as a preceptor for medical, dietetic and food service interns and/or clinical research.

  • Participates and serves on interdisciplinary team meetings, patient rounds, multidisciplinary committees and/or discharge planning.

  • Assists with performance and quality improvement projects.

  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

  • This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.

Minimum Requirements

  • Education - Credentialed as a Registered Dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)

  • Experience - No previous experience required. Inpatient, outpatient or community healthcare experience preferred.

In Lieu Of

  • If hired on or prior to December 31, 2023, must have a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in nutrition or dietetics AND Credentialed as a Registered Dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

  • Credentialed as a Registered Dietitian in the state in which work is performed by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Ability to maintain 75 hours of continuing education every five ( )5 years

  • Ability to interpret data, teach, communicate to other healthcare professionals, manipulate numbers and write in medical record

  • Knowledge of AND, Joint Commission, Department of Health and Environmental Control and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services preferred

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

Blount Memorial Hospital

Facility

Blount Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Department

Radiation Therapy

Share your talent with us! Our vision is simple: to transform healthcare for the benefits of the communities we serve. The transformation of healthcare requires talented individuals in every role here at Prisma Health.

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