Clinical Dietitian, Full-Time, Days
Core
Provides nutritional counseling, assessments, and care plans to restore or maintain optimal nutrition status for patients in collaboration with the interdisciplinary healthcare team.
Role type
Clinical Dietitian (IC)
Builds
Patient nutrition care plans and educational materials
Domain
Healthcare / Clinical Nutrition
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Nutritional assessment, care plan development, patient education, interdisciplinary collaboration, pharmacotherapy interpretation, data collection for quality management
Preferred skills
BLS certification, clinical experience
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to identify patients needing nutrition counseling; Provide nutritional assessments using medical info, anthropometric data, and lab values; Identify nutritional interventions and feeding routes; Provide nutrition/lifestyle education to individuals and groups; Evaluate intervention effectiveness and adjust care plans; Participate in medical rounds and precept dietetic interns; Document all assessments in medical records.
Seniority
Mid-level, licensed professional