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Position Summary: To assess the nutritional status and dietary needs of PNW PACE program participants and plan for the provision of adequate dietary intake to enable client to achieve his/her optimal level of independent functioning. To provide necessary consultation and teaching to participants, families and the health team. To oversee food services, including congregate and home delivered meals. All PNW PACE staff members must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to assess, plan care for and provide service to frail elderly participants according to the assigned responsibilities and PNW PACE standards. Internal contacts include physicians, interdisciplinary team and other PNW PACE staff. External contacts include participants, their families or responsible parties, physicians, community health partners, and vendors.
Minimum Requirements: Prior experience with geriatric population preferred Prior experience with home health preferred
Education/Licenses/Certifications: Bachelors Degree in food & nutrition, dietetics, or related field Registered Dietitian with the American Dietetic Association or obtained within 6 months of hire.
Position Type: On-Call/Per-Diem Full Time Employee: NoPrimary Shift: Day Work Schedule: Varies
MultiCare is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 20,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers. MultiCare has been caring for our community for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital and today is the largest community-based, locally governed system of health in the state of Washington, serving communities across Washington and Northern Idaho.
MultiCare’s comprehensive system of health includes numerous primary care, urgent care and specialty services — including Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network; MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care; Pulse Heart Institute; MultiCare Medical Associates, affiliated physicians; MultiCare Rockwood Clinic, the largest multispecialty clinic in the Inland Northwest region; and MultiCare Connected Care, our Accountable Care Organization.
Eleven hospitals complete the organization: Allenmore Hospital, Auburn Medical Center, Capital Medical Center, Covington Medical Center, Deaconess Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital — the Puget Sound region’s only children’s hospital and state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center for Western Washingt...on — Navos Behavioral Health Hospital, Valley Hospital, Tacoma General Hospital — which is home to the South Puget Sound region’s only Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit — and Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital.
Our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration and Kindness, serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.
MultiCare is also proud of our commitment to workforce diversity and culturally competent care. This commitment is led by our CEO and supported through employee education and community outreach.
