Weekend Only Rn Jobs in Jackson, WY (NOW HIRING)

Coordinates all phases of nutritional care including screening, assessing, monitoring, educating and documenting. Responsible for practicing and ensuring adherence to SJH Corporate Compliance Program. Provides age and developmentally appropriate clinical care and optimal nutrition information to all populations.
Essential Functions
1. Clinical Care
Uses the Nutrition Care Process to accurately and consistently assess patients and formulate a plan of care. Functions as a member of the clinical interdisciplinary team. Communicates any recommendations or issues with clinical staff and documents all interventions in the medical record. Communicates diet restrictions/special diets to patients and room service staff. Responsible for sharing weekend call duty with other dietitian(s) for all patient care areas, including assessment of all nursing screens and completion of all weekend consults.
2. Critical Care and Specialty Clinic Support
Formulates specialized diets including TF and TPN. Works with physicians and pharmacists to assure TF and TPN provide optimal nutrition support. Completes high risk assessments in a timely manner. Provides consults to the Oncology department and keeps oncology education information updated.
3. LTC Competence
Be able to screen, monitor, assess and care plan for LTC residents, and skilled/IRF patients according to standards of care and regulatory agencies. Participate in care conferences, monthly chart checks and weekly reviews of nutritionally at risk residents/patients. Updates diet sheets and assures that resident information and menus are accurate and appropriate. Provide diet consultations to skilled and LTC population.
4. Other duties as assigned
Participation on committees, attending meetings as requested, PI projects, assuring that Nutrition Services meet all State and DNV survey standards, updating policies, providing education for the diet aides in special diets and customer service, in-services and nutrition education or wellness programs.
5. Skill Development
Maintains, develops and updates skills to implement ideal care and service. Keeps licenses and certifications current.
Job Requirements
Minimum Education
Required: BS in Nutrition
Preferred: MS in Nutrition
Minimum Work Experience
Required: Completion of clinical experience as required by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Preferred: Two years experience in Clinical Dietetics, Experience with a computerized medical record, Experience in a LTC setting, trained as a Nutrition Focused Physical Exam provider.
Required Licenses: Registered Dietitian with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and Licensed Dietitian with the State of Wyoming
Functional Demands
Working Conditions: Walking, standing and sitting at a computer. Hospital environment, stressful situations.
Physical Requirements: Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Ability to lift, push, pull, and move patients, equipment
Direct Reports: None
Reports to: Director of Facilities
Internal & External Contacts
Patients, families, visitors, hospital personnel, medical staff.
Leadership Capabilities
Patient Focus
• Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of patients
• Gets firsthand patient feedback and uses it for improvements
• Establishes and maintains effective relationships with patients and gains their trust and respect
Creativity
• Easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions
• Thinks out of the box and adds value in brainstorming sessions
Interpersonal Skills
• Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down and sideways, inside and outside the organization
• Builds appropriate rapport
• Uses diplomacy and tact
Time Management
• Uses his/her time effectively and efficiently
• Concentrates his/her efforts on the more important priorities
• Gets more done in less time than others
Organizing
• Can coordinate multiple activities and resources at once to accomplish a goal
• Arranges information and files in a useful manner
Presentation Skills
• Gives effective presentations in a variety of formal and informal settings: one-on-one, small and large groups, inside and outside the organization, with peers, direct reports, and leaders
• Able to present complex data in an engaging and understandable manner