Pediatric Registered Dietitian - NICU

Pediatric Registered Dietitian - NICU

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We strive to be an employer of choice and establish a reputation for being a talent‑rich organization where Associates can grow their career caring for others. For over a century, we’ve served the health care needs of the people of Memphis and the Mid‑South. The role involves formulating and implementing optimal nutrition therapy, evaluating outcomes, coordinating nutritional care with other disciplines, and modeling appropriate behavior as exemplified in MLH Mission, Vision and Values.

• Provides the Nutrition Care Process. Formulates and implements pediatric specialty medical nutrition therapy plan of care. Documents in accordance with policy, procedure, and clinical practice guidelines.
• Understands and documents face to face and telehealth charging practices with subsequent input into the electronic charging system.
• Screens, triages, and prioritizes medical nutrition therapy consults for all age groups (neonates, infants, pediatrics, adolescent, and adult.)
• Completes nutrition assessments and identifies nutrition diagnosis/problem(s).
• Identifies and documents differing malnutrition indicators in the following groups: neonates, pediatrics, and adults.
• Monitors formula orders and calculates special recipes with or without additives for milk tech staff.
• Identifies and integrates trends in anthropometric indices and biochemical data, implications of diagnostic tests and therapeutic procedures.
• Performs pediatric nutrition focused physical findings to evaluate nutritional status throughout the lifecycle.
• Performs and ensures proper anthropometric data and proper measuring techniques, including pediatric specific head circumference, segmental length, and recumbent length, and applies values to appropriate growth charts.
• Serves as resource for multidisciplinary team on proper anthropometric measuring techniques and equipment.
• Performs increased frequency of monitoring and adjusts pediatric plan of care, as pediatric patients can become malnourished quickly.
• Implements nutrition plan of care and works collaboratively with food service staff and milk techs to ensure conformance and continuation of said plan.
• Functions as an integral member of the clinical interdisciplinary team and the Nutrition Therapy team.
• Navigates wide network of pediatric formulas and additives and the corresponding companies to ensure tolerance and availability and patients financial resources.
• Works with case management and social work to identify available resources for formula supplies between WIC, insurance, and community programs. Documents need for each resource, how much will come from each resource, and assists with document completion for insurance, DME and community resource formula coverages.
• Identifies goals and provides age‑specific, culturally appropriate nutrition counseling and education to patients and their families/caregivers throughout the lifecycle.
• Uses evidence‑based nutrition practice guidelines and appropriate instructional methods and tools based on appropriate age groups.
• Documents in medical record patient's and/or caregiver comprehension and anticipated compliance with nutrition guidelines in measurable terms. Completes Ad Hoc charting for in‑patient.
• Calculates special formula recipes for home and modifies as needed. Completes education with pt/caregivers, and documents formula education in the EMR.
• Monitors, trouble shops, and communicates outpatient issues and nutrition plan of care in EMR messaging when patients are between outpatient appointments and/or inpatient admissions.
• Demonstrates professional development and leadership.
• Demonstrates performance measurement and quality improvement.
• Performs other job functions as assigned or requested.

• Bachelor's Degree Dietetics
• Master's Degree Dietetics

• 1-3 years experience as a registered dietitian.

• Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist - Commission on Dietetic Registration
• Licensed as a…