Clinical Dietitian

Overview

Franciscan Health Indianapolis Campus, 8111 S Emerson Ave, Indianapolis, Indiana 46237

The Clinical Dietitian coordinates the nutritional aspects of patient care in a wide variety of inpatient and outpatient settings, and serves as a resource for promoting nutrition education within the organization and community. This position performs and documents nutrition assessments for at risk patients identified through nutrition screening. This position assesses nutritional needs and identifies nutrient requirements, according to age and disease-specific needs of patients.

The Clinical Dietitian also provides diet education and counseling on therapeutic diets, and collaborates with other hospital services to implement the nutrition care plan.

• Approve patient menus and nutrition supplements.
• Calculate patients' nutritional needs for oral, enteral and parenteral nutrition.
• Maintain pertinent patient data necessary to recommend, prescribe or modify therapeutic diets, as needed, to meet the nutritional needs of the patients and document nutrition care plan in the medical record.
• Participate in patient care conferences and collaborate with other hospital services including medical staff, nursing, pharmacy, and social work, to plan and implement patient care as necessary in meeting the nutritional needs of the patients.
• Perform and document nutritional assessments, including nutrition-focused physical assessments, when applicable, and evaluate patient tolerance to therapeutic diets, when appropriate.
• Perform nutrition reassessment by monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the nutrition care plan.
• Perform patient access duties: schedules, checks in, checks out, and enter charges for nutrition appointments.
• Plan and implement patient nutrition interventions, and establish goals aimed at resolving nutrition-related problems.
• Provide nutrition education and counseling to inpatients, outpatients, their families, caretakers, staff, and the community.
• Review medical records, and interview the patient and their caregivers to collect food and nutrition-related history or client history assessment data.
• Serve as preceptor for dietetic interns, and provide on-the-job training for new hires.

• Required Bachelor's Degree Dietetics or Nutrition Related Field
• 2 years Clinical Dietetics Preferred
• Registered Dietitian (RD) - State Licensing Board
• State Certification or Licensure - .

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