Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
Clinical Dietitian PRN
Houston, Harris County · Internship
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 1 day ago
Customer SupportEHR/EMRPatient CareResearchLeadershipCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- This position works closely with the interprofessional healthcare team to provide inpatient/outpatient care that is integrated and compatible with the patient-focused goals and objectives.
- Communicates regular updates to management, nursing, physicians, and other staff as needed to care for patients. - Contributes towards improvement of department scores for employee engagement, i.e. peer-to-peer accountability.
- QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS - Ensures continuity of care by completing quality monitors.
Responsibilities
- BLS - Basic Life Support or Instructor (AHA)
- Basic Life Support or Instructor (AHA)
- Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations
- Seeks guidance from others and collaborates with all members of the interprofessional care team by actively communicating and reporting pertinent patient care information and data in a comprehensive manner.
Requirements
- Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles
- Ability to function independently and exercise judgment in interactions with physicians, interprofessional care team and patients and their families
- Performs Nutrition Focused Physical Assessment (NFPA) as indicated, based on NFPA findings, identifying patients with malnutrition, degree of malnutrition and whether present on admission or hospital acquired.
Nice to have
- Completion of supervised practice hours (per Commission on dietetic Registration (CDR) requirements) and/or within a dietetic internship accredited by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Registered Dietician (CDR)
- Commission on Dietetic Registration_PSV and
- License Dietitian, State Licensure
- Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation_PSV within 60 days
Benefits
- Working knowledge of local City Food Ordinance guidelines and Health department standards
- Exhibits strong interpersonal, teamwork and leadership skills with all levels of the healthcare team and assures delivery of excellent customer service to all patients, visitors, physicians and co-workers
- Uses therapeutic communication, which includes active listening and teaching, to establish a relationship with patients, families and interprofessional health care team to collaborate on the plan of care.
Company info
- Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital is a Magnet-recognized, not-for-profit, faith-based hospital that serves the growing Northwest Houston community.
- We are committed to providing quality, cost-effective health care in a compassionate environment for a full range of services, including emergency care, cardiology, orthopedics and sports medicine, comprehensive women's services, neurology and neurosurgery, oncology, and primary and general medicine.
- Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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