Job Description

Job Description

Genie Healthcare is seeking a travel RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist for a travel job in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
• Discipline: Allied Health Professional
• Start Date: 11/17/2025
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Current registration by the Commission on Dietetics Registration

One (1) year of work experience in a facility setting with clinical responsibilities or equivalent

Bachelors degree with major studies in Food and Nutrition related field

Promotes Patient and Employee Safety – Focused on 10 Foot Circle of Safety and displays safety awareness in all of the below key areas:
• Safe Patient Handling
• Materials Handling
• Infectious Diseases
• Slips/Trips and Falls
• Work Environment

Follows all facility guidelines outlining standards of personal appearance, attendance and punctuality.

Perform nutrition assessments and re-assessments, identifies nutrition goals and interventions, monitors and evaluates patient progress. Provides clear and concise medical record documentation.
Develop and monitor enteral and/or parenteral nutrition support regimens in conjunction with pharmacy and the medical staff.
Collaborates with Speech Therapy regarding diet progression and transitional feeding to meet nutritional needs.
Clarify admission orders to ensure nutrition support, diet and oral supplement orders are consistent with the facility’s established nutrition support formulary and diet manual.
Consider religious, cultural and ethnic factors in development of nutrition care plans.
Evaluate potential food/drug interactions, and/or herb/supplement interactions. Provides nutrition education/counseling as appropriate.
Develop and implement educational programs for patients and staff. Works with the patient and family to identify educational needs, achievable goals and provides patient education. Serves as a resource to the medical staff regarding evidence-based nutrition practice.
Attend Interdisciplinary team meetings and communicate patients’ nutrition care plan, progress and recommendations. Participates in interdisciplinary team rounds i.e., wound care, vent weaning.
Participate in departmental and facility Performance Improvement Program, including data collection and analysis.
Serve as a resource to food service staff to assure the patient care plan is implemented. Advises food production staff regarding any special preparation techniques to be used for modified diets.
Participate in developing, planning and standardizing menus. Reviews and approves general and therapeutic menus. Reviews and approves menu substitutions. Performs meal rounds and tray audits to ensure patient meal trays are consistent with the prescribed diet and meet standards of quality, quantity, temperature and appearance.
Review yearly updates and approves therapeutic diet manual annually. Educates clinical and food service staff on location of the Nutrition Care Manual. Maintains hard copy of simplified diet manual for downtime.
Keeps current with nutritional practices and theories. Maintains current professional registration requirements (i.e., Professional Portfolio, self-development and continuing education). Demonstrates interest in continuing education, academics or specialized certification to further enhance professional skills.
Communicate patients’ needs to appropriate team members (i.e., pain and suctioning). Acts as a liaison between the patient, multi-disciplinary team, medical staff and food service.
Performs other duties as assigned. About Genie Healthcare

Genie Healthcare is one of the fastest growing Nurse Travel Agencies in the USA. Genie serves hundreds of facilities and has over 4000 current travel RN contracts open at any given time.

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Genie provides travel RN’s flexibility, support, top pay scale, housing and the #1 rated, multi-state health insurance coverage.

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Genie Healthcare carries with it a commitment to providing a comprehensive level of service and quality care. Growing from a small team of eager recruiters to a company with satisfied clients in nearly every corner of the nation, delivering excellence in patient and customer care is the key to Genie’s success.

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The management team has 20 years of experience in workforce solutions and staffing in medical and non-medical fields, roles ranging from Clerical job to Cardiologist to software developer to CEO.

Job Tags

Work experience placement, Shift work,

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