Registered Dietitian II – Grade 40

Responsible for providing comprehensive clinical nutrition care services to patients/clients in response to protocol physicians orders
Essential Functions:
- Assessment of Patient's nutritional risk/status
- Development of care plans to meet nutritional needs of patients
- Counseling of patients family members in the hospital or medical office setting
Education of patients, family members caregivers in the hospital or medical office setting in person, via telephone or in groups
- Hospital based dietitians work w/ the Food Service staff to coordinate the food w/ the diet orders, work to establish quality standards w/ the staff
- Provides medical nutrition therapy, which is customer focused cost effective, while maintaining high quality service standards
- Provides nutritional screening assessment education of patients for appropriate nutrition intervention
- Develops individualized nutrition care plans based on patient's laboratory data, food/medication interactions, age, sex, diagnosis, cultural background, pain level, preferences, religious practices in accordance w/ physician orders
- Provides medical nutrition therapy encourages physical activity for total risk reduction in members w/ or at risk for chronic disease states, in the medical office setting
- Conducts audits /or menu reviews, ensures patient menus or supplemental feedings meet nutritional requirements physician's orders for individual patients
- Develops meal plans to meet the member's lifestyle
- Documents in the medial records as appropriate (If seeing hospitalized patients, coordinates activities w/ the food service department to insure quality accuracy of the food serviced to the patients)
- Writes assessments, implements nutritional care plans, follows the care progress of the patient per protocol
- Monitors the accuracy of food trays related to the MNT or diet order according to diet manual
- Checks for quality of product is responsible for corrections quality follow-up w/ manager/supervisor, staff, or vendor
- Participates in the design, development implementation of high quality, cost effective food clinical nutrition programs, policies practices
- Ensures compliance w/ administrative, legal regulatory requirements
- Assists in development, implementation maintenance of nutrition care, service standards
- Participates in the development implementation of quality, service performance improvement processes related to the delivery of clinical nutrition services
- Contributes to the overall cost structure service improvement goals of the Service Area
- Conducts quality assurance audits participates in committees meetings to receive report information
- Assists in compiling audit information standard setting
- Provides feedback to Division Food Clinical Nutrition Services staff on menu modifications revision
- Provides input to the budget process
- May provide in-service training to staff
- Performs other related duties as necessary
- RDIII: A RDII is eligible to become a RDIII must meet requirements and set forth in collective bargaining agreement
- Helps identify risk factors and establish performance targets goals
- Performs quality audits, reviews work, assists others to improve performance
- No supervisory responsibilities

Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Current registration as a dietitian w/ Commission on Dietetic Registry (CDR) in good standing
- A registered Dietitian, as defined by the California Business Professions Code, w/ at least three (3) years experience in an appropriate clinical setting one or more of the following:
1. Masters Degree in a related field
2. Fellowship w/ the American Dietetic Association (ADA)
3. CDR approved certifications for consecutive re-certification periods.
- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.
- Knowledge of clinical competencies based on Nutrition Care Standards of the American Dietetic Association, California Dietetic Association (CDA) American Society for Partenteral Enteral Nutrition
- Strong communication, interpersonal, customer service skills
- Group education skills in the medical office setting
- Collaboration problem solving skills
- Knowledge of applicable federal, state local regulations, The Joint Commission requirements
- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment
- Also, refer to position specifications outlines in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement

Schedule:
Mon, Wed, Fri 1:30pm - 5:30pm; Tues Thurs 9:00am - 1:00pm