Job Description

INNOVA People is seeking a local contract RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist for a local contract job in San Bernardino, California.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
• Discipline: Allied Health Professional
• Duration: 52 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days
• Employment Type: Local Contract

Job Description

The  Dietitian completes participant nutritional assessments and reassessments, screens and assesses participant’s nutritional status, uses pertinent data to plan, and implement appropriate nutrition interventions, obtains participant food preferences and makes dietary modifications as needed.

Participant Care– 60%

• Develops and implements nutritional Plan of Care (POC) for participants and reassesses every six (6) months for each participant, or as necessary if there are changes in participant status.
• Assesses participants’ access to food and makes referrals to Inter-Disciplinary Team (IDT) for; meal preparation evaluation, Meals on Wheels, sack lunches and grocery shopping needs.
• Determine participants’ need for and orders liquid nutritional supplements accordingly.
• Designs and implements the nutritional components of participant care plans including active participation and development of therapeutic dining programs.
• Provides instruction to participants and caregivers regarding dietary regimens and nutritional requirements. Home visits may be necessary.
• Develops and implements the nutrition care plans for high-risk participants including medical therapy recommendations.
• Communicates with In Home Service providers regarding participants’ stock of groceries, intake of food and fluids at home or as needed.
• Monitors food intake, therapeutic diets and special dietary modifications and communicates information and concerns with the IDT.
• Calculates data obtained from food intake records and calorie counts and makes recommendations for changes to appropriate staff.
• Documents nutrition notes in the participant’s medical record.
• Communicates diet changes and nutrition concerns with dietary aides, interdisciplinary team, participants and/or caregivers.
• Provides basic nutrition and sanitation education for participants, families, primary caregivers 

Administration – 40%

• Conducts sanitation and safety checks for kitchen and kitchen equipment as needed.
• Monitors adequacy of lunch and snack menus and notes/makes.
• Updates the sack lunch list, supplement sheet, diet lists and assisted dining room guide as needed.
• Attends Care Planning conferences, Family and wound care meetings and reports on nutritional status of participants.
• Assists in the training of new Dietary Aides and Lead Dietary Aides.
• Participates in work area development, in-service training and department meetings.
• Works with the State Food Program as guided by state rules and regulations.

*Direct Hire Position or contract to hire options* REQUIRED Bachelor’s degree in food science, nutrition, and/or dietetics Current medical terminology and the ability to complete written assessments and document participant care. State Requirements CA: Certification by CDR as a registered dietitian

About INNOVA People

For over 25 years, INNOVA Healthcare has supported health

systems by supplying INNOVAtive expertise in the Healthcare

professional talent recruitment and healthcare staffing support to

our trusted partners.

INNOVA Healthcare has had the privilege of serving and continuing

to serve health systems such as UCSF, UCDavis Health, Sutter

Health, Providence St. Joseph Health, Children’s Hospital of

Philadelphia and many others around the country.

One unique aspect of working with INNOVA Healthcare, is we have

intense expertise in the professional healthcare recruitment and

staff augmentation in many critical areas of the Health System.

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Employee assistance programs
• Continuing Education
• 401k retirement plan

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