Clinical Dietitian Full Time Days

Desert Regional Medical Center is a 385-bed acute-care hospital classified as a stroke receiving center and level 2 trauma facility with an innovative, patient centered and evidence-based Rehabilitation Services Department.  Our compassionate team provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, including acute care rehabilitation, joint replacement & spinal surgery, neurosurgery, ICU, Telemetry, step-down care, skilled nursing, as well as outpatient therapy, hand and lymphedema clinics.

Summary

To provide nutritional support to patients receiving oncological therapeutic treatments so side effects of treatments are minimized and results are maximized. These services further the vision of Desert Regional Medical Center to create unique environments, where patients, their families, doctors and staff come together to achieve longer and better lives in the fight against cancer.

DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC DUTIES:

• Screen patients who are at nutritional risk prior to or while undergoing therapies.
• Provide patients with nutritional assessments, counseling, and nutritional recommendations individualized to patient’s specific therapies and nutritional needs.
• Attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary team patient-care rounds for medical oncology, radiation oncology and bone marrow transplant unit. Contribute to quality assurance programs to patient care evaluation programs.
• Provide on-going nutrition classes for patients and in-services for staff addressing nutrition topics and research pertinent to the oncology field.
• Assure quality and safety of nourishment’s provided to patients in treatment area. Ensure nourishment area is clean, stocked well and is strictly used as a patient food area.
• Work with nursing staff, social workers, physicians and resource librarian to update and develop nutritional education and resource materials targeting specific needs of patients.
• Obtain continued education in the field of nutrition and oncology medicine, and the developing area of comprehensive therapeutic complimentary practices by reviewing current research of attending educational programs so that dietitian can be an effective resource for patients and staff.
• Establish contacts and develop good work/communication relationships with nutritional product vendors, community resource agencies, and other departments within CC and hospital so that dietitian can provide effective comprehensive nutritional services and referrals to patients.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• Complies with regulatory requirements (i.e. TJC) appropriate for position.
• Current Registered Dietitian with solid knowledge of clinical nutrition with emphasis on oncology nutrition (maintain current registration at all times.
• Must have excellent counseling skills and the ability to relate to a multi-ethnic community and varied learning levels
• Capable of developing and implementing nutrition education programs, developing tools to measure needs of patients and quality of services.
• Strong interpersonal skills to establish productive working relationships with multi-disciplinary team providing patients comprehensive care and with support service department.
• Basic working knowledge of computer usage in the work place and good verbal/writing skills.
• Person must be ethical, honest and trustworthy. Be able to follow through on work independently

Pay Range: $30.50 - $47.25 hourly

Shift Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm

**Individual wages are determined based upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, an individual’s qualifications and experience

Tenet complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.