Dietician; Registered Dietitian

Job Title

Requirements:

Experience:

2 Years

Responsibilities:

Patient Care:

• Meets hospital, department, and regulatory standards for providing nutrition screening, assessments, and reassessments for assigned units according to established standards and policies.
• Performs a nutrition-focused physical exam on patients and makes a nutrition diagnosis along with a treatment plan.
• Uses evidence-based practice and clinical judgment to individualize medical nutrition therapy, inclusive of oral, enteral, parenteral interventions based on clinical competency.
• Documents using standardized language from Nutrition Care Process Terminology manual, communicates initiation and progress of care plans.
• Identifies and provides age-specific nutrition care to meet the cultural needs of the patients and their families.
• Provides education/or counseling to patients, family and/or group setting as per assessed need, request, or consult.

Education/Training:

• Provides nutrition and other related education to Food Service Staff, medical, nursing, dietetic interns and/or allied health as requested by RHM or as assigned by the Clinical Nutrition Leader.
• Advises FANS department/colleague on patient nutritional care, food allergies, modified diets based on the Nutrition Care Manual.
• Participates with the promotion of health or provision of nutrition education/information for the community/retail space, in collaboration with FANS leadership or as assigned by the Clinical Nutrition Leader.

Performance & Quality Improvement:

• Completes all required/assigned reports in an accurate and timely manner.
• Actively participates in department specific and/or hospital wide teams and committees as appropriate such as patient satisfaction, interdisciplinary rounds and quality improvement as appropriate.
• Keeps current on nutrition research and incorporates into daily practice.