Adventist Health

Faith-based nonprofit integrated health system

Registered Dietitian

Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Part-timePortland, OR, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in food and nutrition or equivalent is required.
A master's degree is required only if eligibility for examination began on or after January 1, 2024.
Experience as a clinical dietitian is preferred.
A dietetic internship or equivalent is required.
Registered Dietitian (RD) certification is required within six months of completion of the residency program.
Oregon Dietitian licensure is required in Oregon.
Licensed Dietitian (LD) certification is required.
Associates must receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter where applicable; medical and religious exemptions may apply.

Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive nutritional care to patients and residents identified as having special needs or meeting nutritional risk criteria, including assessment and reassessment, patient and family education, interdisciplinary communication, nutritional plan-of-care development, and documentation of interventions in accordance with policy and practice standards.
Provide clinical care using appropriate technical and decision-making skills.
Assess patients to determine nutritional risk and provide nutritional care using nutrition plans, facilitating appropriate meal patterns, monitoring nutritional intake, initiating interventions, and providing nutritional education.
Complete comprehensive initial nutritional assessments and ongoing reassessments of patients' nutritional condition and stability, determine nutritional diagnoses, and evaluate responses to and effectiveness of the plan of care.
Set patient-care priorities and assign personnel to patient-care activities based on their skills, abilities, job descriptions, scope of practice, and competency.
Administer medical nutrition therapy safely and accurately, and monitor and document therapy, including patient responses.
Serve as an educational resource for health care personnel, dietetic interns, patients, family members, and the community.
Orient and instruct new professional, registered, assistive, and ancillary personnel on job duties, assignments, and clinical activities of the unit.
Provide learning opportunities to meet the nutrition education needs of patients, families, and significant others.
Collect and assess data on patients' nutritional condition and stability, and supervise indirect data collection by assigned personnel.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

Experience as a clinical dietitian.

Adventist Health Portland has been caring for East Portland since 1893, growing alongside the community we serve. Today, more than 2,300 employees are dedicated to whole-person care, mind, body and spirit, across our 302-bed medical center, emergency department, and network of clinics, urgent care, home care and hospice services. The Adventist Health Northwest Heart Center, located on our medical center campus, provides advanced cardiovascular care, bringing together expert providers, innovative treatments and compassionate support for patients across the region.

Job Summary:

Provides comprehensive nutritional care to patients and residents identified with special needs and/or those who meet nutritional risk criteria. Provides nutritional care which includes patient assessment and reassessment, patient and family education, interdisciplinary communication, nutritional plan of care development, and documentation of all interventions in accordance with policy and acceptable practice standards. Acts as a competent clinician who provides clinical care in a skilled and effective manner, utilizing appropriate technical and decision-making skills.

Job Requirements:

Education and Work Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree in food and nutrition or equivalent: Required
Master's Degree: Required, only if eligibility for examination began on or after 1/1/24
Experience as a Clinical Dietitian: Preferred
Dietetic internship or its equivalent: Required

Licenses/Certifications:

Registered Dietitian (RD) within 6 months of completion of residency program: Required
Oregon Dietitan Licensure: Required in OR

Facility Specific License/Certifications:

Licensed Dietitian (LD): Required

Essential Functions:

Performs assessment of patients to determine those at nutritional risk. Provides quality nutritional care through utilization of nutrition plans; facilitating appropriate meal patterns, monitoring nutritional intake, initiating appropriate interventions, and providing nutritional education.
Responsible for the comprehensive initial nutritional assessment and ongoing reassessment of the patient's nutritional condition and stability and determination of nutritional diagnosis. Responsible for the nutritional evaluation of the patient's response to effectiveness of the implementation of the plan of care.
Sets patient care priorities appropriately. Assigns personnel to patient care activities for effective utilization of skills and abilities within their job description, scope of practice and level of competency. Responsible for medical nutrition therapy administration in a safe and accurate manner, monitoring, documenting, including patient response.
Acts as an educational resource for health care team personnel including dietetic interns, patients, family members and community. Orients/instructs new professional, registered and assistive and ancillary personnel on job duties, assignments and clinical activities of the unit. Provides learning opportunities to meet the nutrition education needs of patients/family/significant others.
Responsible for direct date collection and data assessment of the patient's nutritional condition and stability. Supervises indirect data collection of assigned personnel.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Organizational Requirements:

Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.

Adventist Health participates in E-Verify. Visit https://adventisthealth.org/careers/everify/ for more information about E-Verify. By choosing to apply, you acknowledge that you have accessed and read the E-Verify Participation and Right to Work notices and understand the contents therein.

Pay Range: The estimated base pay for this position is $33.33 to $49.95. Additional individual compensation may be available for this role through differentials, extra shift incentives, bonuses, etc. Base pay is only a portion of the total rewards package, and a comprehensive benefits program is available for qualifying positions. Please contact our Talent Acquisition team for more information.

About the Company

Adventist Health

Faith-based nonprofit integrated health system

Adventist Health is a faith-based nonprofit health system with more than 400 sites of care, including 26 acute care hospitals, primarily on the West Coast and in Hawaii. It provides a full range of health services—from primary and specialty care to hospital-based treatments and wellness programs—delivered across an integrated network of clinics, hospitals, and care facilities. Revenue comes from patient services, insurance reimbursements, and government programs, and earnings are reinvested back into communities to improve health outcomes and expand access to care. The organization differentiates itself through its nonprofit, faith-based model and by reinvesting earnings into community health, along with its broad, integrated network that covers preventive, primary, specialty, and acute care. Its goal is to improve health outcomes for the communities it serves and to expand access to high-quality care.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Grant
Total funding: $210K
Headquarters: Roseville, CA
Founded: Not listed

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