Dietitian

CommonSpirit Health
US - Oregon - Roseburg
January 27, 2025

Overview:

CHI Mercy Health offers the unique opportunity to grow professionally in a supportive highly rewarding work environment and to satisfy your soul in the surroundings of a breathtakingly beautiful natural setting.
More than 100 years after the founding of our organization the core values - Compassion Inclusion Integrity Excellence and Collaboration - that guide our interactions with our patients and each other remain the same.
In the welcoming embrace of these nurturing communities you will feel immediately at home.
Roseburg is located on Interstate 5 in Southern Oregon's scenic Douglas County.
The community is nestled in a lush forested region known as the 100 Valleys of the Umpqua.
In many places youll find it hard to maintain a healthy work-life/personal-life balance because the pace of one is indistinguishable from the other.
Not here.
Life never stops here but it slows to an easy welcome pace.
A traffic jam means you missed the yellow and have to wait for the next green.
A terrible parking space is the one across from the restaurant instead of in front of it.
And the three words you may never hear are Wow thats expensive.
Easy is the best way to describe life here.
Hard-to-beat works too.
Responsibilities:

Shift:
Days
Job Summary:

The Dietitian works closely with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide nutrition services and Medical Nutrition Therapy that is integrated and compatible with the patients medical program goals and objectives.
Primary responsibilities include developing and implementing nutrition services and Medical Nutrition Therapy using established standards of care and practice protocols/guidelines; managing resources in a cost effective manner; and participating in performance improvement efforts.

Essential Duties:

Conducts a nutrition assessment for patients at nutritional risk.
Obtains timely and appropriate data and analyzes/interprets data based on evidence-based standards.
Provides medical nutrition therapy after identifying the problem and clarifying the cause of the problem.
Develops and implements an individualized plan for nutrition intervention in accordance with the patients medical program goals, nutrition prescription, and self-management training.
May require development of a therapeutic plan for specialized nutrition support, including enteral and parenteral nutrition.
Utilizes assessment and evaluation techniques that consider the varied needs of age-specific populations as well as cultural, religious, and ethnic concerns.
Evaluates the effectiveness and measures progress towards outcomes of medical nutrition therapy interventions.
Reassesses nutrition care process and implements changes as indicated.
Provides appropriate documentation that summarizes the nutrition care plan in the patients medical record, including nutrition assessment, diagnosis, implementation, and progress toward goal.
Plans patients menus and writes modified diets.
Assesses educational needs and provides nutrition counseling for individuals and groups.
Evaluates achievement of learning objectives by the patient and/or family.
Provides appropriate follow-up in accordance with the patients treatment goals referring patients for outpatient counseling, community, or home health services as appropriate.
Serves as a resource to medical staff and allied health personnel on nutrition issues.
Maintains accurate record keeping of daily clinical activities, required reports and statistics.

Qualifications:

License/Certification:

Registered Dietitian or eligible for registration by the American Dietetic Association
Education:

Bachelors degree in Dietetics, Food and Nutrition, or related area
Completion of a didactic program in dietetics and supervised practice program approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the American Dietetic Association

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