Travel RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
Webster, TX
Cross Country Allied
5x8 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary
Dietitian, specializing in clinical nutrition, in an outpatient setting. This role involves developing, implementing, and evaluating patient nutritional care plans, with a focus on age-appropriate assessments and education for patients at nutrition risk, including those with diabetes. The position is based in an outpatient environment and entails collaborating with patients and their families to support optimal health outcomes.

Job Details

• Develops, implements, and evaluates patient nutritional care plans.
• Provides age-appropriate assessments of all patients identified at nutrition risk to include diabetes management and education per established timeframe/guidelines.
• Adapts nutrition plans to specific economic, social, cultural, and age-appropriate patient needs.
• Reassesses patients at appropriate intervals and adjusts plans of care as warranted.
• Provides age-appropriate education to support the nutritional plan of care.
• Assesses learning needs and readiness to learn for all patients/families.
• Participates in the development and review of education materials and department resources to meet the needs of the populations served.
• Knowledge of nutrition, medical nutrition therapy, and pediatrics.
• Ability to observe deficiencies, make assessments and recommendations, educate on nutritional needs, and use word processing, spreadsheet, and nutrition programs on a computer.
• Certifications: RD - Cert-Registered Dietitian (Commission on Dietetic Registry) required; LD - Licensed Dietitian (Texas Department of Licensing) required.
• Education: Bachelor's Degree required.
• Schedule: Day Shift, 8:00am-4:30pm, with 8 hours per day and a minimum of 40 hours per week.

Benefits

• The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits