Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

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SUMMARY

This position is responsible for providing comprehensive nutrition service to eligible patients and provides nutritional consultation to assigned medical specialty clinics.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Conducts assessments, plans, and implements diet recommendations to children and adults with special health care needs
• Calculates nutrients to meet prescribed needs; develops individualized nutrition care plans and educates children and their families about their individual nutritional needs
• Documents all nutritional care provided in the electronic health record in an accurate and timely manner, in accordance with clinic policies
• Provides Nutrition consultation in the assigned interdisciplinary specialty clinics
• Provides patient and/or family with nutrition counseling and arranges for follow-up appointments as indicated
• Participates in nutrition educational in-services for the Clinic staff
• Participates in quality improvement and program development activities in specialty area, work team and, as assigned, in cross-functional teams. Participates in analysis of patient clinical and functional outcomes of care and uses outcomes information to guide care planning
• Serves as mentor of dietetic interns from a variety of statewide internship programs
• Participates in new staff orientation and ongoing staff education; mentors and provides training on areas of expertise or specialty as requested by Department Manager
• Facilitates the ordering of medically necessary nutritional supplies and supplementations by generating supporting documentation and communicating with vendors as is necessary
• Performs other duties as required and assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of evidence-based approaches to planning and providing pediatric nutritional care; experience in measuring and reporting clinical and functional outcomes of care to parents, physicians, and other professionals
• Knowledge of corporate, local, state, and national regulatory and billing requirements and ability to execute job duties consistent with them
• Skill in professional communication with staff and physicians involved in care, to ensure quality patient outcomes and care coordination
• Skill and proficiency in using Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to obtain accurate anthropometric measurements and the ability to interpret measurements in a special needs population
• Ability to counsel patients and family on the importance of nutrition in patient’s treatment plan and distributes appropriate literature as needed
• Ability to design and develop nutritional programs required by patients
• Ability to effectively manage time with a proven ability to meet deadlines; organization and attention to detail
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of patient, personnel, and corporate data
• Ability to operate personal computer and related office equipment as needed to perform job function