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Registered Dietitian
Job ID: 2503032281
Date posted: 11/06/2025
Facility: Hi-Desert Medical Center
Embark on a rewarding career with Hi-Desert Medical Center hospital. If you are a compassionate healthcare professional eager to contribute to patient care, this is your opportunity where your skills make a difference every day. Join us in delivering exceptional healthcare with a personal touch.
At Hi-Desert Medical Center, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. That’s why we offer more than a job – we provide a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance. The available plans and programs include:
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
- Generous paid time off
- Career development and continuing education opportunities
- Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
- Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
- Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status
Description
Position Summary:
Monitors nutritional care, manages physician ordered therapeutic diets and provides nutritional education to patients. Directs, supervises, and coordinates diet office activities.
Shift: Days Mon- Fri
Hours: 9:00AM- 5pm
Job shift: Full Time
2503032281Responsibilities:
Primary Duties
1. Provides Kitchen oversight and monitors kitchen staff, assures kitchen staff training is complete.
2. Educates kitchen staff as procedures, policy, and regulations change. Assures performance improvement by the kitchen staff.
3. Documents all relevant aspects of nutritional care for patients in accordance with departmental standards.
4. Performs nutritional assessments as determined. Requests patient food preferences and prepares patient diets on a daily basis.
5. Attends health care team meetings regularly to discuss patient care needs.
6. Educated patients on long term nutritional care through individual discussions, group classes and community speaking engagements.
7. Writes modified diets and coordinates diet adaptations with house menus Charts diets in medical records.
8. Serves as an educational resource to nursing and medical personnel.
9. Assists with care and maintenance of department equipment and supplies..
10. Maintains department records, reports, and files as required.
11. Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings, and workshops.
Qualifications
Physical demands:
· Occasional walking, standing
· Lift supplies/equipment
· Moderate physical effort (lift/carry up to 25 pounds)
· Occasional reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling and crouching
Working Conditions:
· Exposed to varying degrees of kitchen elements
· May be exposed to/occasionally exposed to patient elements
Minimum Education/Certification/Experience:
Knowledge of foods/nutrition; food preparation; production; supervisory/instructional techniques
One year experience in dietetics (may consider new grad if staffing allows)
Supervisory experience preferred
Bachelor’s Degree
Registered Dietitian (RD) – Commission on Dietetic Registration
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Desert Care Network serves the healthcare needs of the Coachella Valley and Morongo Basin regions in Southern California with three hospitals Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, JFK Memorial Hospital in Indio and Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree. The hospital network provides advanced care with services such as comprehensive stroke care, a cancer center, a Level 1 Trauma Center and the only Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the Coachella Valley. Desert Care Network is committed to healthcare equality. Join our team!
2503032281Pay Range: $30.50 - $47.25 hourly **Individual wages are determined based upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, an individual’s qualifications and experience
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