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Job Posting Title:

Registered Dietitian

Location:

Dallas - Hospital

Additional Posting Details:

Monday - Friday

8:30 am - 5:00 pm with rotating weekend call

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities

• Utilizes the Nutrition Care Process to perform comprehensive nutritional assessments and reassessments while using age-appropriate standards and validated tools to include nutrition related diagnosis using the eNCP terminology approved by the Academy of Nutrition and dietetics.

• Respond to consults and nutrition referrals within the established time frame Facility and or based on department policy and patient outcome

• Monitor and evaluate patient progress, adjusting nutrition interventions as needed

• Communicate with medical team regarding nutrition intervention or plan of care through verbal, written, or electronic communication

• Provides nutrition education to patients and families with the patient’s preferred learning style/readiness for change/cultural belief

• Support enteral and parenteral nutrition therapy when applicable and communicate recommendations with the medical team

• Participate in Hospitalist rounding, interdisciplinary meetings, and/or discharge rounds as needed.

• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, speech therapists, and other healthcare professionals

• Communicates and coordinated meals, supplements, and enteral feeding regimen with the FNS staff

• Ensure compliance with clinical guidelines, regulatory standards, and hospital policies

• Serves as a preceptor for dietetic interns

Required Skills/Abilities

• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD/RDN) credential required, or eligibility to sit for the registration exam within six months of hire.

• Pediatric nutrition experience preferred.

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