Clinical Dietitian (Full-time, 8:00am-4:30pm, Rotating Wknds)

## Description

**Organization Overview, Mission, Vision and Values**

Washington Regional Medical System (the “System”) is our region’s only locally governed, community-owned, not-for-profit healthcare system. The System includes a 425-bed acute care hospital known as Washington Regional Medical Center (the “Hospital”) which is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Hospital is supported by the System- including primary, specialty and urgent care operations - that span across Northwest Arkansas into Harrison and Eureka Springs. Being heavily supported and invested in our community makes Washington Regional a unique employer, encouraging staff to give back to the community in which we live and work … and give back to each other.

Washington Regional Mission, Vision and Values prove to be a firm foundation and inspiration from which we fulfill our purpose.

**Mission**: Washington Regional is committed to improving the health of people in communities we serve through compassionate, high-quality care, prevention and wellness education.

**Vision**: To be the leading healthcare system in Northwest Arkansas --- the best place to receive care and the best place to give care.

**Values**: To treat others – patients and their families, visitors, physicians, and each other – as we would want to be treated.

**Position Summary**

The role of the Dietary Clerk reports to the Nutrition Manager. This position ensures patient meal tray meets dietary requirements under a diet clerk scope of practice.

**Essential Position Responsibilities**

• Maintain effective working relationship with internal and external clients
• Review meal plan assigned by clinical care team members and report information to appropriate departments to ensure timely delivery of meals
• Modify patient menus according to diet order while utilizing appropriate software
• Review alerts for diet changes and communicate changes accordingly
• Maintain inventory of diet office supplies
• Review tray to ensure accuracy of tray build

**Qualifications**

• **Education**: High school diploma or GED, required.
• **Licensure and Certifications**: N/A
• **Experience**: Previous experience in a hospital food service environment, preferred.

**Work Environment**: This position will spend 80% of time standing and/or walking while pushing, pulling, lifting, and/or carrying up to 50 lbs. This position will spend 20% of time sitting while performing work in a standard office setting. This position will be exposed to communicable diseases and bodily fluids.