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Who We Are:

People are our passion and purpose.Come work where you are appreciated for who you are not just what you can do.Jackson Purchase Medical Center is a 107all privatebed, Joint Commission-accredited facility. From emergent to elective, our facility offers a wide variety of inpatient and outpatient services, including those offered at the New Beginnings Birthing Center, the Advanced Healing Wound Care Center and our accredited chest pain center.

Where We Are:

Mayfieldis located instunning western Kentucky,just a short drive toKentucky Lake to the east, the Ohio River to the north, and the Mississippi River to the west.Here you find there isalways somethingforall ages, whether it’s outdoor sports and recreation, visual and dramatic arts, or even living history.

Why Choose Us:

• Health (Medical, Dental, Vision) and 401K Benefits for full-time employees
• Competitive Paid Time Off / Extended Illness Bank package for full-time employees
• Employee Assistance Program – mental, physical, and financial wellness assistance
• Tuition Reimbursement/Assistancefor qualified applicants
• Excellent shift differentials, bonus potential for extra shifts, employee referral program
• Professional development opportunities including 100% reimbursement for LPN-to-RN bridge program
• And much more…

Bachelor's of Science in Nutrition or Dietetics -Required

Must be Kentucky State Licensed and Registered with theAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Five years’ experience or the equivalent in hospital or community nutritionpreferred

• Observes professional ethics in maintaining confidential information concerning the financial, personal, medical or employment status of patients/families at JPMC.
• Must follow and enforce accepted safety practices for patients and hospital.

• Must report safety hazards and initiate appropriate action. Must participate in safety instructional programs.

  Maintains effective written and verbal communications and public relations, inter- and intra- departmentally.

• Coordinates and integrates clinical and administrative aspects of dietetics to provide quality nutritional care. Demonstrates the utilization of human effort and facilitates resources efficiently and effectively,

• Assess needs of diabetic patients within 48 hours of notification of inpatient admission or during initial outpatient appointment.
• Collaborates with the patient to develop an individual nutrition plan and mutually accepted goals based on identified needs.
• Establishes/maintains quality patient care by providing nutrition counseling and medical nutrition therapy.
• Provides inpatient “survival skills” training to all patients identified by nursing to have diabetes upon hospital admission.
• Maintains accurate and timely documentation of assessment, plan, patient instruction, interventions, progress, and behavior change goals.
• Performs required and appropriate follow-up care: appointments, phone calls, evaluation of behavior-changed goals.
• Communicates/interacts with members of Health Care Team for better patient care.
• Assesses patient nutritional status on patients of all ages (neonates, infants, peds, adolescents, geriatric) and of different cultures. Provides counseling to patients (inpatient and outpatient) and/or family members on therapeutic diets as prescribed by a physician.
• Provides counseling that is appropriate for age level or culture.
• Provides nutritional recommendations based on assessment of medical record including supplements, nutritional support, and calorie count.
• Serves as a resource person to medical staff, nursing, ancillary departments and administration.
• Assumes responsibility for keeping informed of current changes and trends in nutrition/diabetes management.
• Attends professional nutrition education programs, obtaining 75 continuing education hours every 5 years.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job: *Dietary/Nutrition

Organization: *Jackson Purchase Medical Center

Title: Clinical Dietitian - PRN

Location: Kentucky-Mayfield

Requisition ID: 7428-4435