Position Summary

This position requires the full understanding and active participation in fulfilling the mission of Orange Coast Medical Center. It is expected that the employee demonstrate behavior consistent with our core values: Integrity, Accountability, Best Practices, Compassion and Synergy. The employee shall support Orange Coast Medical Center’s strategic plan and participate in and advocate performance improvement/patient safety activities.
The Registered Dietitian (RD) III is an expert level position that reflects a specialized level of practice reinforced with two or more Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), Commission for Dietetic Registration, American Society for Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition (ASPEN) or other conferred specialty certification or demonstrated expertise within an assigned population. The RD III is responsible for collaborating with members of the health care team to provide patients medical nutrition therapy (MNT) using current, scientific literature and best practices. Utilizing the Nutrition Care Process, the RD III performs nutrition assessment, diagnoses nutrition-related problems, determines and implements appropriate interventions, monitors and evaluates the outcome of interventions. The RD III provides nutrition education to patients, caregivers, and family members as needed. He/she leads and/or actively participates in performance improvement activities and/or research projects. In addition, the RD III assists with community education, interdisciplinary patient rounds, teaching the bariatric class, partnership councils, the Nutrition Support Team, administrative and other related duties as assigned. The RD III acts as a mentor to level I and level II RDs and the Diet Office/Hostess Staff. The RD III is a recognized leader within the hospital, nutrition community and serves as a community mentor and resource.
 
Essential Functions and Responsibilities of the Job

• Ability to interact in a positive, constructive, manner
• Ability to prioritize and multitask
• Ability to be at work and be on time
• Ability to follow company and department policies, procedure and guidelines.
• Apply expertise in normal and therapeutic nutrition, medical terminology and abbreviations; nutritional assessment and care planning; nutrition counseling and verbal and written communication as documented in the electronic medical record (EMR)
• Ability to complete nutrition assessments on all patients nutritional risks levels and enter all pertinent data (clinical notes, acuity, follow-up, etc) into the EMR.
• Ability to provide nutritional counseling to all patients on medical nutrition therapy as per scientific literature and best practices.
• Ability to assist with monthly PI projects by gathering data and generate reports
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and written in English
• Provide excellent customer service to ensure patients’ needs are met
• Communicate effectively with the Physicians and ancillary staff to implement nutrition recommendations and improve patient services.
• Demonstrates the ability to apply infection control policies/procedures for safe food handling.
• Ability to act as a mentor to level I and level II RDs and the Diet Office/Hostess Staff by assisting with in-services and guidance as needed
• Demonstrate ability to contribute as a team member to complete tasks, resolve problems and achieve department goals.
• Ability to maintain a clean working environment
• Ability maintain criteria for RDIII status