Registered Dietitian PT Days-Zephyrhills

Registered Dietitian AdventHealth Zephyrhills

Location Address: 7050 Gall Boulevard Zephyrhills, Florida 33541

Top Reasons to Work at AdventHealth Zephyrhills

• FH Zeph/Dade City Named One of America’s Best Hospitals for Heart Care, Orthopedics, Stroke Centers and Patient Safety three years in a row “2017-2019” by the Women’s Choice Award
• Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade A Spring/Fall 2018
• One of only 35 Hospitals Nationally Named as a Top General Hospital by The Leapfrog Group
• Four Star Recipient for Coronary Interventional Procedures in 2019 by Health grades
• First in Florida to earn Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee by The Joint Commission

Work Hours/Shift:

Part time/Days

You Will Be Responsible For:

Demonstrates, through behavior, AdventHealth’s service standards. Greater than or equal to 80% of responsibilities reside within area of specialty.

· Assessment- Completes nutrition focused physical assessments, takes measurements, reviews medical records, collects data via interviews, utilizes validated tools, evaluates anthropometric status, and calculates estimated comparative standards.

· Diagnosis- Evaluates assessment data to identify nutrition risks, nutrition problems, criteria consistent with malnutrition, knowledge deficits, and/or high risk health behaviors.

· Intervention- Offers nutrition recommendations, orders, education/counselling, and/or referral to other services.

· Education and Counselling- Provides counseling and education that reflects appropriate health literacy and cultural sensitivity to patients with disease processes that require nutritional management. Uses evidenced based theories and concepts to include transtheoretical model and motivational interviewing.

· Monitoring- Makes follow-up available to detect progress. Adjust nutrition plans of care to reach nutrition goals and to promote optimal outcomes. 

· Leadership- Makes supervised practice experience available to dietetic interns and new employees that satisfy learning objectives. Remains abreast of emerging research applications and evidenced-based guidelines, Participates in research, performance improvement, and initiatives.

· Communication- Enters complete, accurate, and timely electronic health record documentation and orders per protocol and standard operating procedure to reflect patient care. Offers timely response to internal electronic communication.

· Collaboration- Participates in patient care rounds. Creates nutrition plans of care that reflect co

What You Will Need:

• Read, write, speak, and understand English

• Bachelor’s degree in nutrition or nutrition related field AND 4 years of clinical experience
• OR Graduate degree in nutrition or nutrition related field AND 2 years of clinical experience
• OR Post-Graduate degree in nutrition or nutrition related field AND 1 year of clinical experience

Job Summary:

At AdventHealth, our primary customers are patients and families. Our partners are physicians and our team members are all employees of AdventHealth.

The registered dietitian utilizes the nutrition care process to screen, assess, diagnose, offer nutrition intervention, and monitor the nutrition status and progress of patients. The registered dietitian uses the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Standards of Practice in Nutrition Care and Standards of Professional Performance for registered dietitians.

Actively participates in outstanding customer service and accepts responsibility in maintaining relationships that are equally respectful to all.