DIETITIAN - BARIATRIC CLINIC
Southern Illinois Healthcare
Location
Herrin, IL | United States
Job description
Your Career. Our Company. Together, We Grow.
At Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH), we realize that in order to provide our surrounding communities with excellent care, we must begin by providing our employees with that same care and appreciation. We offer rich opportunities to develop and grow professionally, an environment of excellence in patient care, and the awareness that everything we accomplish is a direct outgrowth of the superb efforts and dedication of our employees.
As a non-profit system of almost 4000 employees, we have won national acclaim for our cancer, cardiac, stroke, bariatric, breast imaging, and rehabilitation services.
$29.18/hr minimum - $43.77/hr maximum (range increases based on education, experience and certifications)
Responsible for developing a plan of care to meet the patient’s nutritional
Safety
- Manages processes effectively in regard to employee/patient
Record Keeping
- Maintains all required records, reports, statistics, logs, files and other documents as required.
Process Improvement
- Promotes a culture of process improvement by participating in unit/department based programs that supports the system’s process improvement goals.
- Actively participates on system-wide or hospital-based teams as
Role Specific Responsibilities
- Screens patients for determination of nutritional
- Recommends supplements, advances diets and provides nutritional support to physicians/staff.
- Consults with inpatients, family, physicians, nurses and staff, as appropriate, to provide nutrition education
- Assesses and reassesses patients at nutritional risk and makes recommendations for nutrition therapy.
- Develops or orders nutrition education materials for patients, employees and the community.
- Reviews and revises modified diet information provided by Food & Nutrition Services.
- Provides nutritional education to employees, outpatients and community members as needed.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Food and Nutrition or Dietetics
Licenses and Certification
- Registered Dietitian
- License pending for student role
Experience and Skills
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