Clinical Dietitian

Minimum Qualifications

Education, certification, and/or licensure:

• Registered Dietitian (RD) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) through the Commission of Dietetic Registration (CDR)
• Must possess current licensure as required by state board where services will be provided:
• WV:
  Licensed Dietitian through the West Virginia Board of Licensed Dietitians
• MD:
  Licensed Dietitian through the State Board of Dietetic Practice
• OH:
  Licensed Dietitian through the Ohio Board of Dietetics
• State criminal background check and Federal (if applicable), as required for regulated areas.

• One (1) year of clinical experience.

• Provide comprehensive high‑quality medical nutrition therapy to patients.
• Complete physician‑ordered consults and instructions according to standards of care and document in medical record; contact the physician regarding any concerns, recommendations, etc.
• Document NPO/Clear Liquid notes by day five; follow‑up until nutrition provided (unless contraindicated).
• Complete and document calorie counts accurately; document summary within 24 hours of completion if results warrant nutritional recommendations.
• Calculate and report results of nitrogen balance and metabolic cart studies accurately and in a timely manner.
• Complete and document nutrition assessments on high‑risk patients according to standards of care, including but not limited to: appropriateness of diet to diagnosis, adequacy of current tube feeding, infant formula, or parenteral nutrition orders; assessment of laboratory values, drug‑nutrient interactions, medical history, current nutritional needs, nutrition education needs, care plan development and writing orders in the electronic medical record when nutrition intervention is needed for a patient.
• The Registered and Licensed Dietitians (RD/LD) at WVUH have been granted Order Writing Privileges (with physician co‑signature) approved by the WVUH Medical Executive Committee and the WVUH Board of Directors; these privileges may be utilized whenever the physician orders the “MNT Protocol”.
• Complete and document follow‑up to assessments and consults according to standards.
• Attend local or national meetings/conferences specifically those that physicians request dietitian attendance or those meetings/conferences required to maintain accreditation of hospital programs or foster partnership with other facilities.
• If applicable, provide guidance and supervise daily activities of nutritional therapy support team, including difficult or unusual diet orders, tube feeding calculations, infant formula calculations.
• Work with Physicians, Nurse Managers and nursing staff on assigned units to improve medical nutrition therapy to the patient, including diet texture changes, providing appropriate foods/texture for aspiration risk, timing of medications to prevent drug‑nutrient interactions, etc.
• Act on any patient food complaints, provide alternative selections and/or arrangements; follow‑up with appropriate managers on food quality issues.
• Review and update clinical rotation assignments annually to reflect changes in practice and feedback; develop and teach classes regarding area of specialization to the interns (e.g., renal nutrition, oncology, nutrition support, etc.).
• Monitor interns, ensuring they function to standards before leaving unsupervised; review and co‑sign all intern documentation in the medical record; correct assignments and evaluate progress within two weeks of the end of the rotation; attend intern case study presentations, question interns, evaluate presentation.
• Develop and present in‑services to other health care personnel, food service personnel, and students as requested.
• Develop and present lectures to community groups as requested.

• Frequent walking, sitting and standing are necessary body movements to complete the work.

• Majority of work is performed in patient care units. Some office, classroom and meeting room work. Occasional community speaking.

• Must have ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Must have basic math skills including addition and subtraction.
• Basic…