Registered Dietitian

Job description

Overview
Performs a variety of tasks according to standard practices and procedures, and in complance with regulatory agency requirements that facilitate:
• Provision and documentation of comprehensive level clinical nutrition services to patients
• Maintenance of departmental quality assurance/quality control programs
• Provision of on-going nutritional education to medical/nursing and nutrition staff
• Following standard practices for regularly scheduled hours, productivity and employee behavior
• Maintaining and promoting awareness of hospital mission statement and programs in order to assist in accomplishing its goals.

Responsibilities
• Provides comprehensive level of clinical nutrition services appropriately and in timely manner by maintaining an efficient program for nutrition screening, assessment, follow-up care and counseling.
• Collaborates with clinical Nutrition Manager during admissions’ screening process by attending and participating in daily team meetings to receive/discuss daily patient visitation assignments.
• Collaborates with medical/nursing staff regarding individual patients to facilitate optimum nutrition care.
• Documents nutrition care provided in patient’s medical record in accordance with department standards.
• Delegates intermediate and basic care level patient visitation activities to graduate dietitians and diet clerks via CNM.
• Utilizes approved Nutrition Care Manual appropriately.
• Plans and implements educational programs for medical/nursing and nutrition staff and patients.
• Attends routine staff meetings, departmental/hospital in-services/orientation. Follows hospital policy on verification of attendance at same.
• Participate in departmental patient services quality assurance/quality control programs.
• Participates in the training of dietetic students.
• Participates in education programs or developmental in-services to improve skill levels.

Qualifications
Qualifying hospital intership experience. Successful completion of requirments for dietetic registration.
• 1 year experience in Clinical Nutrition
• Registered Dietitian
• ADA Registration as Dietitian
• Baccelaureate in Food and Nutrition or Dietetics