Travel RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
Sitka, Alaska
Mount Edgecumbe Hospital

Clinical Dietitian - Alaska (Contract)

Location

• Sitka, Alaska

Employment Type

• Contract
• Full-time (40 hours per week)
• Contract length: 13 weeks

Position Summary

• Functions within Medical Nutrition Services and Community Wellness Team.
• Provides integrated, patient-focused, culturally appropriate nutritional care.
• Works as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Responsible for nutritional management of both inpatients and outpatients.
• Applies current scientific knowledge about food and nutrition to promote optimal health outcomes, especially within the Alaska Native/American Indian population.
• Translates complex regulations from The Joint Commission and state/federal standards into daily practice.
• Provides counseling on nutritional principles, dietary plans, and food selections considering age, culture, and ethnicity.
• Participates in physician, hospital nutrition services, and interdisciplinary healthcare teams as a nutrition consultant.

Key Responsibilities

• Ambulatory Medical Nutrition Therapy: nutrition screening, assessment, diagnosis, education, intervention, monitoring, and evaluation for ambulatory patients.
• Inpatient Medical Nutrition Therapy: same nutrition care process for hospitalized patients at all levels of care and age.
• Long Term Care: nutrition guidance and care for residents in long-term care settings.
• Hospital Nutrition Services: communicate patient diet orders, preferences, menu choices, and formula needs; complete menu revisions and nutrient analysis.
• Team Membership: participate in Diabetes Team and Patient Care Conferences; provide department leave and on-call coverage.
• Support diabetes prevention programs, community nutrition events, weight loss and bariatric surgery assessments, and community outreach nutrition education.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) with at least 2 years of experience.
• RDN experience within the last year.