Position Summary
Oncology dietitians are essential members of cancer centers because they identify and treat malnutrition and nutrition related symptoms early, tailor oral/enteral/parenteral plans and help patients complete cancer therapies with fewer complications.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.
Develop and implement nutrition services for cancer patients undergoing active treatment in an outpatient setting.
Provide medical nutrition therapy including individualized nutrition assessments, counseling, and oral and written nutrition recommendations based on patients' specific therapies and nutrition needs.
Provide monthly nutrition classes for patients and caregivers.
Provide education for staff addressing nutrition topics and research pertinent to cancer patients.
Develop nutrition education and resource materials as needed.
Collaborate with providers and staff to ensure the nutrition screening mechanism is consistently identifying patients at risk.
Collaborates with other community agencies to promote nutrition and provide education.
Demonstrates excellent communication skills working daily with physicians and other healthcare professionals.
Maintains pertinent and timely documentation in the patient's medical chart.
Accurately maintains required departmental statistical data.
Minimum Qualifications
Education
Licensure/Certification
Physical Requirements
About GW MFA
MFA physicians provide comprehensive patient care, offering one practice for the whole person with 52 medical and surgical specialties. As members of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences faculty, MFA providers are teachers and mentors for medical students, residents, fellows, and researchers preserving the rich tradition of academics, research, and healing. In addition to maintaining a closely integrated alliance with The George Washington University and The George Washington University Hospital (GWUH) which is separately owned and operated by Universal Health Services (UHS), the GW MFA has active referring relationships with 12 area hospitals.
The GW MFA's leading healthcare presence in the DC metro region is complemented by a network of community-based practices in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Given its geographic location in central NW Washington, DC, and proximity to more than 175 resident embassies, the MFA continues to evolve its international clinical outreach.
The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates (MFA) is the largest multi-specialty physician practice in Washington, DC, that is conveniently located in one building. We are committed to providing the best possible, most comprehensive, and most convenient care to our patients. Our investment in medical technology allows us to serve our neighbors, our country, and our international community.
The MFAs practice is built upon a long-standing tradition of care and community partnership. Our academic medical and surgical specialties and multidisciplinary approach to treating patients has far reaching roots in the local and international communities.