Travel RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
Ketchikan, Alaska
PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center

Registered Dietician

Overview

• Specialty: Dietary Services
• Location: Ketchikan, Alaska
• Employment Type: Travel/Contract
• Start Date: ASAP
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Day (5x8 hours), 10:00 to 18:00, variable days
• Hours: 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week
• On Call: No
• First-Time Travelers: Accepted

Job Summary

This position coordinates all aspects of nutrition care and consults with other healthcare professionals as needed. Essential functions include:

• Competent use of the Nutrition Care Process: nutrition assessment, identification of nutritional diagnosis, implementation of nutrition interventions, and formulation of patient-specific goals, monitoring, evaluation, and follow-up of outcomes
• Providing nutrition education to patients and families in outpatient and/or inpatient settings, using evidence-based nutrition practice guidelines
• Providing consult services to other healthcare providers and participating in the interdisciplinary team

Required Qualifications

• RDN (RD/RDN credential): Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with at least 1 year of experience, including experience within the last year
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association

Preferred Qualifications

• Electronic medical record (EMR) experience in EPIC (software familiarity, not a credential)

Pre-Start Requirements

• Background checks: Background check within 60 days of start, including a 7-year search, SSN trace, federal and national criminal searches, and Social Security verification. Exclusion checks (EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG) must be run 15 days before start and every 45 days after. Washington State Patrol check applies only to WA placements.
• Fingerprinting: Two standard FBI fingerprint cards (FD258) completed through the state process. Candidates send one card to the state background check unit and one to the facility.
• Education verification: Verification of highest education related to the specialty. Transcripts or diploma may be accepted if the school is closed or cannot be verified.
• Drug testing: Required within 30 days of start, covering amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methadone, 6-monoacetylmorphine, opiates, oxycodone/oxymorphone, PCP, and marijuana (required for Alaska and Oregon candidates).
• Physical exam: Required within 1 year of start, plus a physical statement.
• TB screening: Negative IGRA or 2 PPDs within 1 year of start. A TB Questionnaire is required annually.
• Immunizations: Documentation or facility declination for Tdap, MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), varicella, and hepatitis B. Hepatitis B requires a positive titer, a series with a positive titer, or a facility declination.
• Flu vaccine: Documentation of vaccine or declination for flu season (11/01 to 03/31). Working candidates' deadline is 10/31. Alaska candidates may decline for medical or religious reasons with an approved exemption.
• Respirator clearance: Fit test within 1 year of start, updated annually, for all onsite candidates. Respirator clearance (RespSafety) is required for onsite candidates and updated annually.
• Color blind testing: Required.
• Orientation: Online orientation quiz completed before start with a score of 100%.
• Other documents: Employment application, two positive references, criminal disclosure statement, demographic form, workplace violence prevention plan, dress code, and a passport-style photo for badge. Several policies must be reviewed before start.