Home Health Dietician

• Phoenix Home Care & Hospice is seeking a Registered Dietician to work PRN with our Home Health clients in the Hutchinson, KS and surround areas.

Benefits

• Paid Training on the job or in office

• Internal Awards and Recognition Program Job Duties:

• Educate staff regarding dietary issues with the focus on dietary needs and interventions at the end of life.

• Assist the physician and nursing personnel to determine the dietary needs of the patient.

• Work with the IDG in the development of nutritional plans of care based on comprehensive assessments of patients’ nutritional need, preferences, and choices.

• Provide dietary assessments of patients as well as dietary counseling to patients/families as needed.

• Function as a resource for agency staff, as requested.

• Participate in QAPI activities, as appropriate.

• Communicate with other team members and, when appropriate, instructs them in nutritional, dietary teaching that they may use while working with the patient.

• Maintain and submit written clinical and agency records as deemed necessary.

• Assume responsibility for self-development by continually striving to improve his/her health care knowledge through educational programs, attendance at workshops and conferences, active participation in professional and related organization meetings and individual research and reading.

• Perform additional duties assigned in response to patient and/or Agency needs.

Requirements

• Must be a graduate of a school approved by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics. (ACEND)

• Must be Certified, Licensed or Registered by the state.

• One (1) to three (3) years experience preferred working as a Registered Dietitian within home health care industry.

• Prefer previous experience working independently with the elderly and disabled.

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• Our mission is to offer New Beginnings and meaningful opportunities to our caregivers and clinicians while providing home care services to our clients built on innovation, skill, and Christ-like values of compassion, honesty, and patience.