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 Fort Worth Dietetic Association
05/20/2013
Job Title   
Registered Dietetic Technician

Facility Name  
John Peter Smith Hospital

FTE: Full-Time

Facility Address  
1500 South Main Street
Fort Worth Texas 76104

Registration and Licensure Requirements  
Registered Dietetic Technician

Experience  
Qualifications: Completion of two (2) year Associate of Science program in dietetic technology or Bachelor's degree in nutrition from accredited college or university required. Dietetic Technologist Registered. Bilingual in English/Spanish preferred. Certificate of registration by the commission on Dietetic Registration with Associates Degree.

Responsibilities  
Description: This position is a member of the multidisciplinary health care team, responsible for assisting the Registered/Licensed Dietitian with the provision of Medical Nutrition Therapy through nutrition screening, education, and assessment. This position assures smooth interdepartmental operations through supervision of Diet Technician I, and indirect supervision of Food Service Supervisors, Diet Clerks, and Diet Aides, to assure menu processing and order translation. Promotes optimal guest, patient, and interdepartmental staff relations.

Typical Duties:
  -Assists Clinical Dietitians in provision of appropriate nutrition care for patients. Screens patients and document in the medical chart. Educates/counsels patients per protocol.
  -Assures smooth operation of Diet Office
  -Calculates quantities of tube and supplemental feedings for patients and writes appropriate directions for mixing/sending feedings.
  -Collaborates with Food Services to ensure patient nutrition needs are met. Monitors menu selection and tray delivery processes with quality control mechanisms.
  -Communicates with Allied Health Care personnel and physicians regarding appropriateness of the patient's prescription in relation to the diagnosis, initiating changes when necessary.
  -Develop teach patient-nutrition related classes.
  -Participates in facilitation and leadership of medical nutrition and discharge planning meetings and committees.
  -Plans, calculates, and writes therapeutic diet menus for patients using dietary history, preferences, and/or tolerances and according to established guidelines.
  -Trains, counsels, and evaluates Diet Clerk Supervisor. Recommends hiring and firing of Diet Clerk Supervisor.
  -Utilizes goals, continuous improvement, and quality improvement as the methodology for process and customer service improvement.


Send Resume To 
Fax# 817-927-1558

Contact Person and Phone Number 
Margaret Hearn
Clinical Nutrition Manager
817-702-1331
Mhearn@jpshealth.org

05/20/2013
Job Title 
  Diet Clerk

Facility Name 
John Peter Smith Hospital

FTE:  Full-Time

Facility Address 
1500 South Main Street
Fort Worth Texas 76104

Registration and Licensure Requirements
None

Experience 
Qualifications: High School graduate or equivalent required. Nutrition course in therapeutic diets required or equivalent hospital experience. One (1) year Diet Office experience preferred. Food Handlers Card.

Responsibilities 
Typical Duties:
  -Adheres to the Network policy and procedures related to work behavior.
  -Assists in maintaining adequate availability of supplies and equipment for area.
  -Collaborates with food service to ensure patient nutrition needs are met. Monitors menu selection and tray delivery problems and quality control mechanism.
  -Communicates with all staff to correct incomplete or inaccurate diet orders.
  -Compiles food production schedules for Cooks and Food Service Workers; indicates on the schedule orders for special food and/or preparation; posts schedules for the next day.
  -Ensures all select menus are distributed and collected from floors daily. Maintain patient snack Cardexes.
  -Greets and directs visitors and staff. Participates in the quality improvement procedure.
  -May portion food on patient tray line or for patient late trays.
  -Plans, calculates, and writes therapeutic diet menus for patients using diet history, preferences, and/or tolerances according to established guidelines.
  -Prepares color coded diet order label cards for all patients and arranges by room number and station; delivers cards to patient tray line personnel at the beginning of each meal. Compiles food cart tally sheets.
  -Prepares reports and floor stock charges. Maintains files in the diet office.
  -Responsible for complying with standard precautions when there is a risk of exposure.
  -Screen diet orders to inform the Clinical Dietitians and/or Dietetic Technician's Coordinators of appropriate changes and progressions. May prepare special diet menu under the direction of the Clinical Dietitian.
  -Transcribes physicians' orders, translates to correct patient menu and assists with patient surveys.
  -Utilizes computer (hospital system, Word, Excel, etc.) to complete daily activities and tasks.

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817-927-1558

05/20/2013
Job Title   
Diet Clerk - Weekend

Facility Name  
Accel Rehabilitation Hospital of Plano

FTE: Part-time

Facility Address  
2301 Marsh Lane
Plano, Texas 75093

Experience  
Therapeutic Diets, Customer Service, Excellent computer Skills

Responsibilities  
Liason between patients and Dining Services. Key Responsibilities: 
A. The Diet Clerk is responsible for the collection of patient dietary information, coordinating information and acting as a liaison between Dining Services and other departments.
B. Prepare and deliver daily menu to patients.
C. Take diet order information from patients via face to face contact or via phone order for use by kitchen personnel in preparation of foods for hospital patients via Menu program.
D. Answer telephone calls, input information into Menu program and relay information to kitchen concerning meal changes, complaints, or patient discharge.
E. May prepare and deliver snacks and special nourishments to patients.
F. Greet patients and guide individuals or families in food selection based upon nutritional needs and established guidelines according to their diet order.
G. Observe patient food intake and report progress and dietary problems to dietitian.

Send Resume To  
972-899-4389

Contact Person and Phone Number/Email 
972-695-6462
dietitian@accelrehab.com

05/20/2013
Job Title   
Clinical Dietitian

Facility Name  
Baylor Hospital at Waxahachie

FTE: Full-Time

Facility Address  
1405 W Jefferson St  
Waxahachie, TX 75165

Registration and Licensure Requirements  
RD/LD required

Experience  
Requires a Bachelor's degree from a 4 year college or university. Requires Registered Dietitian with the Commission of Dietetic Registration & Texas licensure. Ability to communicate (both verbal & written) with patients, clients & coworkers. Establishes & maintains effective working relationships with other facility departments to provide a unified approach to patient care. Utilizes equipment, resources & programs to provide efficient & high quality care. Maintains high patient satisfaction ratings & compliance with all requirements of Federal, State & local regulations.

Responsibilities  
Provides medical nutrition therapy for patients. Completes inpatient nutrition assessment, nutrition intervention and monitoring and evaluation utilizing the nutrition care process and standardized language and evidence based care guidelines. Rounds with physicians and other health care personnel to make recommendations for nutrition care. Formulates menus for therapeutic diets based on medical and physical condition of patients and integrates patient's menus with basic institutional menus as needed. Instructs patients and their families in nutritional principles, dietary plans, food selection, and preparation during patient rounding

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1405 W Jefferson St  
Waxahachie, TX 75165

Contact Person and Phone Number 
Mitch Koger
(972) 923-7298

05/20/2013
Job Title   
Renal Dietitian

Facility Name  
American Renal Associates
South Arlington Dialysis Center

FTE: PRN

Facility Address  
3295 S. Cooper St. #137
Arlington, TX 76016

Registration and Licensure Requirements  
RD, LD required

Experience  
minimum 1 year clinical experience required

Responsibilities  
Providing ongoing care for all nutrition aspects of ESRD: completion of interdisciplinary comprehensive nutrition assessments/plan of care, counseling patient, family &/or caregiver on prescribed diet, monitor adherence and response to therapy, review monthly lab work on an individual basis and intervene as appropriate in collaboration with patient's physician.

Send Resume To  
fax: 817-467-3520
email: spirani@americanrenal.com

Contact Person and Phone Number 
Salima Pirani, Clinical Manager
817-465-8585

Additional Comments  
position is 10-15 hours per week; covering 2 hemodialysis shifts

05/13/2013
Job Title   
Dietitian

Facility Name  
Master Center

FTE: Part-time

Facility Address  
1545 E. Southlake Blvd. Suite 140, 
Southlake TX 76092

Registration and Licensure Requirements  
Registered Dietitian

Experience  
Experience in Bariatrics & Diabetes a plus

Responsibilities  
Complete detailed nutritional assessments along with helping to manage our established weight management program.

Send Resume To 
 Fax: 817- 749-0204

Contact Person and Phone Number
Suzanne - (817)748-0200
sjones@robertsewellmd.com

05/13/2013

Job Title   
Clinical Dietitian

Facility Name   
Forest Park Medical Center at Southlake

FTE: Part-time

Facility Address   
421 East State Highway 114
Southlake, TX 76092

Registration and Licensure Requirements   
Must be a Registered Dietitian by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Experience   
 Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics or related field and one (1) year of experience in acute and/or long term care setting is required. Must have computer experience using Microsoft Office software (Word & Excel), including the use of internet and electronic mail systems.

Experience in general medicine/surgery and bariatrics is preferred.

Send Resume To  
601-664-3258

Contact Person and Phone Number
Teresa Boutwell
601-664-3158
tboutwell@valleyinc.com

Additional Comments   
Interested applicants may apply online at www.valleyinc.com


04/26/2013
Job Title   
Diet Clerk

Facility Name  
Medical Center Arlington

FTE: PRN

Facility Address  
3301 Matlock Rd.
Arlington, TX, 76015

Registration and Licensure Requirements  
High School Graduate

Experience  
One year diet office and responsibilities experience preferred

Responsibilities  
Checker position on trayline, process diet orders, edit menus. LATE SHIFT CLERK NEEDED FOR 10:30-7PM SHIFT.

Send Resume To  
FAX: 817-472-4794
EMAIL:patty.wylie@hcahealthcare.com

Contact Person and Phone Number 
Patty Wylie, RD, LD
817-465-3241 EXT 2861
patty.wylie@hcahealthcare.com 

Additional Comments  
Fax method preferred. Emails often do not come through.

04/26/2013
Job Title   
 Inpatient Clinical Dietitian

Facility Name  
Baylor Medical Center at Irving

FTE: Full-Time

Facility Address  
1901 N MacArthur Blvd 
Irving, TX 75061

Registration and Licensure Requirements  
RD and LD required
CNSC preferred

Experience  
1-3 years of clinical inpatient experience is preferred. Candidate should have knowledge and experience with nutrition support patients. The position requires that the candidate passes the CNSC certification within the first year of employment.

Responsibilities  
Responsibilities include nutrition screening and assessment of a wide variety of adult inpatient population. Additional responsibilities include: ordering diets, monitoring and updating enteral nutrition feeds, data collection, and educating patients. Interaction and collaboration with health care team, including physicians is necessary. Dietitian would be required to work 1-2 Saturdays per month as they rotate weekends with the other dietitians.

Send Resume To 
 Apply to job # 5211 on Aramark.com
https://uscareers-aramark.icims.com/jobs/5211/job
and email resume to kendale@baylorhealth.edu

Contact Person and Phone Number 
Kendal Ecker, MS, RD, LD
972-579-8189
kendale@baylorhealth.edu

Additional Comments  
Individual should possess:
• Knowledge and experience in medical nutrition therapy
• Experience documenting in an electronic health
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Ability to work effectively as a team member with kitchen staff and the multidisciplinary patient care team
• Excellent organizational skills

04/26/2013
Job Title   
Registered Dietician

Facility Name  
Cornerstone Assistance Network

FTE: Part-time

Facility Address  
3500 Noble Ave,
 Fort Worth TX 76111

Registration and Licensure Requirements  
RD/LD

Experience  
Bilingual in spanish and english. Must have experience with diabetic patients

Responsibilities  
Seeking a Bi-lingual Spanish-speaking Registered Dietitian for a grant-funded position. The Dietitian provides medical nutrition therapy to patients and works with the health care team to provide a comprehensive health care plan. Cornerstone Charitable Clinic operates under Cornerstone Assistance Network (CAN) a 501(c)3 in Fort Worth TX. Cornerstone Charitable Clinic provides a medical home for clients with no insurance and at or below the 200% FPL. The clinic offers the medical services of Internist, Endocrinologist, Neurologist, Rheumatologist, Dermatologist and Radiologist. If the efforts to provide the most comprehensive care possible, the clinic also provides group nutrition classes in Spanish. The clinic also operates a full fitness center with Fitness Trainer.

Send Resume To  
Fax : 817-632-6021

Contact Person and Phone Number
 Lorene McCoy, Director of Health Services; 
817-632-6035
lmccoy@canetwork.org 

Additional Comments  
MUST be bilingual in spanish and english. New graduating student is acceptable