Clinical Practices/Protocols, Consulting, Dietetics, Disease, Establish Priorities, Health Plan, Healthcare, Nutrition, Nutrition Therapy, Patient Assessment, Patient Care, Patient Education, Project Tracking, Publications, Research Skills, Risk Analysis, Training/Teaching, Training/Teaching Materials
Job Summary: The Dietitian provides nutritional education and nutritional patient care to assigned patient populations. Screens patients for nutritional risk.
Essential Job Functions & Accountabilities:
- Screens patients for nutritional risk. Assesses patient nutritional status.
- Develops individualized care plans in accordance with the patient's disease state, nutritional status, physical, emotional and social needs.
- Assesses the nutritional status of patients and develops nutritional care plans in accordance with patient preferences, age, disease state, and resources.
- Schedules follow up assessments and appointments at appropriate intervals to monitor progress.
- Consults with physicians and other members of the interdisciplinary care team.
- Documents pertinent objective and subjective data pertaining to patient status and care.
- Instructs, educates and counsels with patients and their significant others in nutritional therapy. Reviews and develops patient educational materials for appropriateness and current practice guidelines. Conducts group educational events.
- Prioritizes patient care activities, and implements or recommends appropriate changes to improve practice protocols and clinical practice guidelines.
- Serves as a nutritional resource person to other health care professionals, interns, trainees, community civic groups, media, etc.
- Conducts in-services, authors publications, conducts research to contribute to the education and understanding of the science of nutrition.
- Job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and may be subject to change with or without notice. Staff are expected to perform other duties as assigned.