Registered Nurse (RN) - Clinic
North Mississippi Health Services
Tupelo, MS
$28+/hourOverview
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Pay
Qualifications
Description
**Nutritional Assessment/Care Plans:**
* Assesses patients/residents as referred by the physician or nurse, as determined to be high nutritional risk or per regulatory requirements and develops plans for medical nutrition therapy.
* Monitors patients’/residents’ progress to assure efficacy of chosen nutrition therapy and recommends changes in therapy to the physician.
* Implements plans as ordered.
**Education**:
* Counsels patients/clients individually with a wide variety of disease-specific needs as appropriate for age.
* Teaches group nutrition classes to patients/clients.
* Mentors less experienced peers and Dietitian’s Assistants in patient care.
* Trains dietetic interns, as assigned.
**Communication**:
* Discusses patient’s/resident’s nutrition problems with the healthcare team, as appropriate; documents pertinent information and recommendations in the medical record.
* Serves on patient care teams to improve specific patients’ care.
* Communicates need for changes in food service and clinical standards appropriately within FNS.
* Collects & submits data/information in a timely manner for Performance Improvement &other required reports.
* Communicates changes in patient/resident food services to Nursing & other departments, as appropriate.
* Communicates schedule, operational & procedural changes to all customers effectively and timely.
* Assists in programs for all internal and external customers to help meet their expectations and needs.
* Complies and submits data and reports assigned appropriately and on a timely basis.
**Budget:**
* Assists in budget requests and planning as needed, and is aware of status of budgetary adherence.
* Demonstrates and participates in controlling costs and minimizing waste.
**Safe Food Handling & Sanitation:**
* Compiles with proper food sanitation & complies with Mississippi State Board of Health Standards.
**Job Knowledge:** Specify required education, licensure /certification, prior experience, skill, behavior, equipment operation,type and duration of on-the-job- training, patient population to be served, etc.
* B. S. degree in Foods & Nutrition or qualifying nutrition-related major.
* Registered or registry-eligible, defined by Commission on Dietetic Registration / American Dietetic Association
* State licensure is required, or be able to obtain it within 2 months.
* Maintains continuing education requirements.
* Has basic computer skills and knowledge.
* Demonstrates nutrition care competency with assigned populations eg. Infants, children, adolescent, adult, geriatrics
* Uses the breadth of the facility’s, department’s,and area resources to solve patient-care problems.
* Knowledgeable about and adheres to current JCAHO and other regulatory-agency standards in area of practice.
Employer
North Mississippi Health Services
Tupelo, MS
About
The town of Tupelo in northeast Mississippi is internationally renowned as the birthplace of Elvis Presley, the "King of Rock & Roll." It's also the headquarters for the Natchez Trace Parkway, a 444-mile scenic drive and recreational road popular for hiking and biking that traverses three states following a historic travel corridor used by Native Americans, slave traders, European settlers and soldiers. Many visitors come to Tupelo to tour the home where Elvis was born, the city's most significant landmark and the centerpiece of Elvis Presley Park. Visitors can learn more about the history of Tupelo at the Oren Dunn City Museum in Ballard Park. Colorful murals fill the downtown streets, and its unique culinary scene features lots of fresh, local food. It also has a long tradition of live music, with many venues for enjoying it, like Tupelo Music Hall, which frequently hosts nationally known musicians.
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