Clinical Dietitian I

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital seeks a Clinical Dietitian I for their SBCH Nutrition department responsible for providing direct patient nutrition care or nutrition education.

One of the essential duties of this position is to be directly responsible for the evaluation of nutritional care affecting menu development, meal planning, and patient food production.

Major accountabilities include:


* Accurately assesses nutritional status utilizing medical history, physical assessment, laboratory and anthropometric data as well as patient/family acquired diet history.


* Develops nutritional plan of care that includes attention to age, developmental, social and cultural status, medical condition and co-morbidities.


* Documents in the medical record utilizing a model of assessment, intervention, and monitoring of nutrition care.

QUALIFICATIONS:

All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently.

Education:


* Minimum: Bachelor's Degree.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:


* Minimum: Registered Dietitian Eligible (RD credential within 6 months of hire); Current California Food Handlers Card or ServSafe Certificate.


* Preferred: Registered Dietitian (RD) Credential.

Technical Requirements:


* Minimum: Basic computer skills including MS Word.


* Preferred: Experience with Nutrition related Software (i.e.

compatriot, Food Processor) and Epic Systems.

Years of Related Work Experience:


* Minimum: Completed Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics accredited internship.


* Preferred: 0-3 years' experience as a Clinical Dietitian.

Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education.

Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, Ca, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system.

Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion.

Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first.

We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.

Cottage Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Cottage Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, transgender, gender expression and identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status or any other classification protected by law.

This policy applies to all aspects of the relationship between Cottage Health and an applicant or employee.

Cottage Health is committed to upholding discrimination-free hiring practices.

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