at Rush Specialty Hospital, LLC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Registered Dietitian
Job ID
276254
Location
US-IL-Chicago
Experience (Years)
1
Category
Medical Center - Dietitian
Street Address
516 South Loomis Street
Company
Rush Specialty Hospital
Position Type
Per Diem
Overview
Rush Specialty Hospital
Crtiical Illness Recovery Hospital + Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital
Location: Chicago
Registered Dietitian
Hours: PRN / Per Diem
(flexible hours)
Pay: $42 per hour
Opening in April 2024, Select Medical and Rush University System for Health celebrate the new RUSH Specialty Hospital opening on Chicago's West Side. Together as partners, they will deliver a world-class acute to post-acute continuum of care for Chicago. The 100-bed facility combines both critical illness recovery and inpatient rehabilitation hospitals on the RUSH University Medical Center campus. The hospital features 44 critical illness recovery and 56 inpatient rehabilitation beds.
Responsibilities
You will provide quality nutritional care to patients such as the development, implementation and monitoring of Medical Nutrition Therapies. You will work collaboratively with the medical staff, patients, families and food service department to ensure the patients' nutrition care plans are implemented and departmental standards are maintained.
Perform nutritional assessments and re-assessments, identifying goals, recommending nutrition interventions, monitoring and evaluating patient progress.
Develop and monitor enteral and/or parenteral nutrition support regimens.
Work closely with the Speech Therapy Department to assist with the progression of textured modified diets to ensure patient safety and optimize oral intake.
Clarify admission orders to ensure nutrition support, diet and oral supplement orders are consistent with the facility's established nutrition support formulary and diet manual.
Consider religious, cultural and ethnic factors in development of nutrition care plans.
Review yearly updates and approves therapeutic diet manual annually. Educates clinical and food service staff on location of the Nutrition Care Manual. Maintains hard copy of simplified diet manual for downtime.
Keeps current with nutritional practices and theories. Maintains current professional registration requirements (i.e., Professional Portfolio, self-development and continuing education). Demonstrates interest in continuing education, academics or specialized certification to further enhance professional skills.
Evaluate potential food/drug interactions, and/or herb/supplement interactions.
Attend interdisciplinary team meetings and communicating progress and special needs.
Participate in developing, planning and standardizing menus.
Perform meal rounds to ensure patients' meal trays are consistent with the prescribed diet and meet standards as to quality, quantity, temperature and appearance.
Qualifications
You will demonstrate an understanding of patient needs, ensuring that each patient feels informed and understood, as well as heard. You are passionate about providing superior quality care and you are an inventive problem solver who thrives in a dynamic environment.
Minimum requirements:
Bachelors degree with major studies in Food and Nutrition related field.
Current state licensure/certification, if required by state.
Current registration by the Commission on Dietetics Registration.
One (1) year of work experience in a facility setting with clinical responsibilities or equivalent.
Additional Data
At Select Medical's Critical Illness Recovery Hospitals, we are taking care of the most vulnerable patients in your community. Here, you will care for chronically and critically ill or post-ICU patients who require extended hospital care.
At Select Medical's Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals, we provide advanced treatment and comprehensive care to best address the medical, physical, emotional and vocational challenges for individuals with:
Brain Injury
Spinal Cord Injury
Stroke
Amputation
Neurological Disorders
Orthopedic Conditions
Multiple Traumas
You will be part of a network of more than 50,000 employees nationwide who provide quality care to approximately 70,000 patients each and every day across our four divisions.
Our mission is to provide an exceptional patient care experience that promotes healing and recovery in a compassionate environment. Each employee plays a vital role in doing that by living our... For full info follow application link.
Select Medical is committed to having a workforce that reflects diversity at all levels and is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment, and employees are treated during employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.
