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Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below: Clinical Dietitian PRN
Job Summary and Qualifications
Clinical Dietitian is responsible for patient care activities; provides nutrition screening, assessment and education to patients to meet their nutritional needs as indicated by diet orders prescribed by medical staff. Develops and implements nutritional care, plans and participates in patient/staff education, interdisciplinary rounds, and department and hospital performance improvement activities. Dietitians will work in an interdisciplinary team fashion with other patient care providers.
Position Requirements:
- Licensure/Certification/Registration: Maintains current registration through the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the American Dietetic Association. Successful completion of ADA Registration Exam for Registered Dietitians. May be CDE or CNSC may be beneficial
- Education: Four-year college degree in Nutrition or Dietetics. Successful completion of an ADA approved internship/experience.
- Experience: One to two year clinical experience in an acute care setting.
- Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Accurately calculates calorie, protein, fluid, vitamin and mineral requirements for normal and disease states using appropriate resources.
- Accurately calculates nutrient content of parenteral and enteral nutrition formulation and makes appropriate recommendations for changes based on nutritional assessment of the patient.
- Accurately utilizes pediatric growth charts.
- Provides appropriate teaching tools for patient or family based on age, language and learning ability.
- Able to organize daily workflow and routine to ensure best use of time.
Orientation Period: 90 days
Job Responsibilities & Job Knowledge:
Meets the expectations and assumes accountability for all on-going job responsibilities. Balances unexpected tasks while performing on-going responsibilities under ordinary direction and minimal supervision. Current and proficient on job-related knowledge, skills, and industry changes. Demonstrates understanding of job relative to hospital operations.
- Completes Secondary Screening, Assessment and Reassessment according to standards / policy.
- Performs consults as requested by physician and/or nurse in accordance with policy.
- Participates effectively in patient discharge planning rounds.
- Completes and updates patient care plans, with interdisciplinary communication as appropriate.
- Completes assigned QA & PI projects.
- Supervises utility staff and/or diet office staff as needed.
- Other duties as assigned
- Is aware of practices that help create a safe environment for patients.
- When in a patient room look for hazards that may endanger a patient
- When delivering trays place the tray within reach of the patient, especially if a high fall risk.
- When preparing patient meals apply all standards of food safety.
- When preparing patient trays follow diet and texture modification restrictions.
Fiscal Responsibility:
Consistently, accurately, and completely performs all job responsibilities.
- Efficiently demonstrates cost consciousness by organizing work processes within established deadlines, and using supplies, equipment, and time according to budgetary guidelines. Effectively utilizes a time management system.
- Monitors cost effective utilization of nourishments
- Shows consideration of cost effectiveness in the review / development of the nutrition formulary.
Problem Solving/Judgment:
Assumes accountability for identifying problems and issues, generating solutions, and anticipating effects of decisions.
- Participates in meal / menu planning.
- Behaves proactively in monitoring the nutritional status of patients.
- Functions appropriately when supervising staff.
Communication:
Consistently provides accurate and timely information while listening effectively. Using positive communication skills, shares information clearly and concisely. Proactively disseminates information to keep others informed on key issues and situations.
- Follows through with tasks and seeks clarification when needed or when unable to complete task.
- Communicates patient/staff comments regarding food service to appropriate personnel.
- Communicates patient preferences and necessary diet modifications to the diet office.
People Leadership:
Leads, coaches, develops, and recognizes staff to maximize performance (if applicable).
- Follows policies and procedures to identify issues with co-workers.
- Able to assess staffing needs to determine the most efficient way to complete job duties.
- Aware of actions to take during an emergency.
Benefits
HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
- Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
- Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
- Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
- Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
HCA HealthONE, one of the largest and most comprehensive healthcare systems in the Rocky Mountain region, offers more than 170 care sites in the Denver-metro area. Offering services across the continuum of care to meet patients’ total healthcare needs, HCA HealthONE includes seven acute care hospitals, a dedicated flagship pediatric hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, CareNow® urgent care clinics, mental health campuses, imaging and surgery centers, physician practices, home and hospice care, and AirLife Denver, which provides regional critical care air and ground transportation. Among HCA HealthONE’s acute care hospitals is Mountain Ridge (formerly North Suburban Medical Center), a 157-bed, Level II state-designated trauma facility. Mountain Ridge strives to meet and exceed the needs of the north metro Denver communities by also providing two freestanding, full-service emergency rooms and an outpatient surgery center. Consistently among the Denver Business Journals’ list of top corporate philanthropists in the Denver-metro area, HCA HealthONE was named as one of the most community-minded organizations by The Civic 50 and contributed more than $1 million through cash and in-kind donations last year alone, along with more than $400M in federal, state and local taxes.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in costs for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Clinical Dietitian PRN opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!
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