Registered Dietitian

Pay: $42/HR DOE
The pay listed is the hourly range or the hourly rate for this position.   A specific offer will vary based on applicant’s experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, and alignment with market data.

Sign on bonus of $4,000 available

Benefit Information: 
ABM offers a comprehensive benefits package.  For information about ABM’s benefits, visit ABM Employee Benefits | Staff & Management

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintains professional behavior consistent with role as well as composure in difficult interpersonal situations
• Knows who all their customers are and initiates and maintains positive relationships with them; always promotes a customer service mindset with both internal and external customers.  Responds to all requests from customers with a can-do attitude.  Follows up on requests with a sense of urgency
• Initiates and maintains positive relationships with administrative leadership and internal department directors, physicians, nursing, and staff to build a strong, cohesive team
• Develops, facilitates, and monitors the process for customer service improvement initiatives and suggest new methods that lead to better service
• Completes all required ABM Healthcare Support Services weekly and monthly reports in a timely manner; presenting information to be submitted in a neat and professional format.
• Monitors training programs to ensure compliance and completion within given time frames; conducts in-service training as required
• Follows Universal Precautions/Infection Control Procedures
• Demonstrates understanding of HIPPA Privacy Act; maintains confidentiality of patient information
• Actively participates in customer service improvement initiatives and suggests new methods that lead to better service
• Develops/coaches department associates to ensure potential is reached by providing feedback, suggesting ways for them to improve skills or build relationships with peers, hospital staff, patients, and customers
• Promotes departmental TQM/Customer Service initiatives; makes rounds on patient units to meet with nursing and patients/residents to exhibit care and assess if their meal expectations/nutritional needs are being met
• Proactively reports pertinent feedback to Food and Nutrition Services Director in a timely manner
• Develops menus with Chef and Director and signs off on nutritional adequacy
• Ensures that all required ABM Healthcare Support Services nutrition and patient/resident SOPs are in place; facilitates implementation of department policies and procedures to ensure programs meet goals
• Directs staff on the proper use of all automated/manual diet office systems and takes corrective action as needed
• Ensures that nutritional supplements and diet office equipment are ordered as needed and stays within budget
• Documents appropriate patient/resident nutrition care in medical record
• Assesses nutritional status per standards of care/nutrition diagnosis charting; evaluates appropriateness of diet orders; plans appropriate nutrition intervention using Nutrition Care Process
• Selects appropriate nutrition education materials for clients
• Ensures compliance with regulatory agencies
• Maximizes medical nutrition therapy reimbursement
• Develops and implements in-service programs according to procedure; teaches ServSafe® classes to associates along with Chef or Director
• Ensures temperature records are maintained per policy and procedure for tray assembly area
• Develops nutrition staff schedules within budgeted master schedule
• Documents employee report offs and reports occurrences to Food and Nutrition Services Director.
• Demonstrates ability to complete all diet office job tasks and work in absence of staff to maintain services if needed.
• Assists with hiring and training new employees – interviews candidates for diet office and dietitian positions, ensures new employees are instructed on facility documentation and other nutrition and patient/resident services SOPs. Completes probationary evaluations per facility procedure.
• Periodically audits menu accuracy; use of standardized recipes; and safe food handling guidelines.
• Routinely evaluates (tastes) food products with chef/director
• Periodically checks that meal service is provided at designated times in patient/resident areas.
• Periodically monitors patient tray assembly to ensure proper food handling, appropriate food temperatures; portioning of items on plates/trays
• Participates in budgeting for cost of diet office supplies and equipment.
• Assists with department and annual facility training programs as assigned by Director; conducts in-service training with nutrition team
• Attends outside educational seminars pertinent to nutrition portfolio and regulatory issues. Maintains registration and state licensure/certification
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Undergraduate Degree in Nutrition; internship (or equivalent work experience acceptable), and registered dietitian status.
• Two to three (2-3) years’ work experience in a healthcare environment.
• Licensed or certified status
• Completion of Sanitation Certification Course desirable
• Proven knowledge of MS Office including word, excel, outlook and powerpoint.

Salary : $42