Lead Dietitian

Lead Dietitian

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Responsible for the patient nutritional assessment, care plans, and diet education.

General Responsibilities

• Assess patient nutritional needs. Screens patients epts referrals from clinical assistants, clerks, nurses and physicians for patients ains nutritional histories as appropriate. Recommends calorie counts as appropriate.
• Interprets, negotiates, calculates, and executes physician orders for modified diets.
• Develops and implements nutrition care plans.
• Provides written and verbal education to patients and families on nutritional needs as ordered by MD, or other members of the hospital staff, on individual basis or in classes. Recommends outpatient education/follow-up as appropriate.
• Records and documents appropriate information in Meditech and in patient medical records. Accurately processes and records patient charges for nutrition services.
• Develops, reviews, and revises the patient instructional materials and diet manual.
• Maintains and submits statistical data as assigned.
• Demonstrates clinical management skills in planning, organizing and achieving improvements on assigned unit.
• Demonstrates ability to organize his/her own time and work activities.
• Demonstrates ability to analyze a situation, identify the process and make appropriate decisions.

• Keeps abreast of current information and research.
• Established professional goals for self-improvement within the framework of clinical and departmental goals before December 1st of each year.
• Determines with clinical manager and adheres to realistic schedule for achieving goals and/or projects.
• Provides mentoring and positive/constructive feedback on complex issues.

• Communicates with the Food & Nutrition Manager on a daily basis regarding work completion and any concerns that arise.
• Responsible for good working relationships with the unit clerks and nursing personnel.
• Communicates necessary information to clinical staff members and follows appropriate channels of communication.
• Communicates with food services staff and supervisors to assure all patients receive the diet order and tray prescribed.
• Demonstrates ability to accept and adapt to new ideas and to accept constructive criticism from others.
• Works as a responsible member of the health care team maintaining a professional working relationship with all other team members
• Represent SDMC and Dietitians in committees and hospital wide functions.

• Assists in covering the diet office procedures as needed.
• Assist with data entry of new menus in computrition or other related tasks.
• Must develop and lead a Quality Improvement Project annually.
• Assist in the training of new hires during onboarding and precept ongoing.
• Leads, guides, and trains interns throughout clinical rotation.
• Development of training and support materials for interns, Dietitians, medical staff and patients.
• Assigned duties are completed as designated and in a timely manner.

Competencies Expected and Evaluated

• Mission:
  To provide exceptional care to every patient, every day with a spirit of warmth, friendliness and personal pride.
• Vision:
  To be the finest care and service organization in the world.
• Values:
  Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence
• Goals:
  Exceptional Care, Customer Loyalty and Financial Strength

• All hospital/departmental policies and procedures
• All service excellence programs (AIDET, Key Words/Key Times, Hourly Rounding, Bedside Shift Report, etc.)
• Ethics and Compliance Program
• Values Commitment
• Patient and Employee safety/security policies and protocols
• Comply with all requirements of employment (license/certification, annual education, vaccine preventable diseases/annual flu requirements)

Experience Required

3+ years of Registered Dietitian and 1 year combination of…