Title: Clinical Dietitian I PD

Location: Laguna Hills

Department: Adult Nutrition

Status: Per Diem

Shift: Days

Pay Range*: $42.00/hr

MemorialCare is a nonprofit integrated health system that includes four leading hospitals, award-winning medical groups – consisting of over 200 sites of care, and more than 2,000 physicians throughout Orange and Los Angeles Counties. We are committed to increasing access to patient-centric, affordable, and high-quality healthcare; your personal contributions are integral to MemorialCare's recognition as a market leader and innovator in value-based and other care models.

Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration, and accountability. Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation, and teamwork.

Position Summary

To provide routine and specialized clinical nutrition services to patients, clients and the community. To communicate between food production personnel, patients and families/caregivers, physicians and hospital staff to ensure accurate, appropriate, cost effective, high quality nutritional care delivery in accordance with Food & Nutrition Department standards, policies and procedures.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities of the Job

1. Assess, plan and monitor the nutritional status of hospitalized patients.

2. Communicate and document the nutrition plan of care using the Nutrition Care Process.

3. Plan and monitor nutrition support activities under the direction of a Clinical Dietitian II.

4. Plan and provide nutritional counseling/education to inpatients, outpatients, and groups.

5. Organize, prioritize and multitask to achieve expected productivity

6. Communicates with health care team, public, management and others regarding nutrition topics.

7. Monitor and support diet technician and diet office activities.

8. Attend department specific education/training, in services, staff meetings

9. Participate in department specific performance improvement projects, and provides input to improve departmental operations, equipment and supply needs

10. Demonstrate and maintains knowledge and skills of job specific competencies.

11. Demonstrate positive influence and recognizes the efforts of others.

12. Display a high standard of professional behavior and dress.

*Placement in the pay range is based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, relevant years of experience and qualifications. In addition to base pay, there may be additional compensation available for this role, including but not limited to, shift differentials, extra shift incentives, and bonus opportunities. Health and wellness is our passion at MemorialCare—that includes taking good care of employees and their dependents. We offer high quality health insurance plan options, so you can select the best choice for your family. And there’s more...Check out our MemorialCare Benefits for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

Qualifications/Work Experience:

• Expertise in normal and therapeutic nutrition, medical terminology and abbreviations; nutritional assessment and care planning; nutrition counseling and verbal and written communication.

• Demonstrated passion and expertise in one or more areas of nutrition highly desirable

Education/Licensure/Certification:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics in Food and Nutrition granted from an accredited college or university.

• CDR credentialed Registered Dietitian (RD) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)

• Completion of an Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) accredited Didactic Program in Dietetics or advanced degree with ACEND qualifying experience

• Current registration through the Commission on Dietetic Registration