Dietitian

Job Description

Position responsibilities

• Educate staff regarding dietary issues with the focus on dietary needs and interventions at the end of life.
• Assist the physician and nursing personnel to determine the dietary needs of the patient.
• Work with the IDG in the development of nutritional plans of care based on comprehensive assessments of patients’ nutritional need, preferences, and choices.
• Provide dietary assessments of patients as well as dietary counseling to patients/families as needed.
• Function as a resource for agency staff, as requested.
• Participate in QAPI activities, as appropriate.
• Communicate with other team members and, when appropriate, instructs them in nutritional, dietary teaching that they may use while working with the patient.
• Maintain and submit written clinical and agency records as deemed necessary.
• Assume responsibility for self-development by continually striving to improve his/her health care knowledge through educational programs, attendance at workshops and conferences, active participation in professional and related organization meetings and individual research and reading.
• Perform additional duties assigned in response to patient and/or Agency needs.