Registered Dietitian Outpatient
Core
Assess, develop, and coordinate medical nutrition therapy and education for patients with complex nutritional needs (diabetes, obesity, CKD, GI disorders) in an outpatient Internal Medicine setting.
Role type
Outpatient Registered Dietitian (RD)
Builds
Individual and group nutrition care plans, dietary interventions, and patient education programs
Domain
Healthcare / Clinical Nutrition
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Medical nutrition therapy, nutrition assessment, dietary intervention planning, patient counseling, tube feeding management, interdisciplinary collaboration, program development, precepting
Preferred skills
Outpatient clinical dietitian experience, diabetes management experience
Technologies
Hospital information systems, lab value analysis tools
Responsibilities
Evaluate patient status and need to adapt dietary interventions; provide nutrition education and behavior modification in individual and group settings; monitor tube feedings and assist physicians in determining feeding rates; develop and implement nutrition-based programming; mentor dietetic interns and medical students; participate in clinical research and policy development.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC