13013-Clinical Dietitian - Medical Weight Management
Core
Provide medical nutrition therapy to patients across all age groups including infants, pediatrics, adults, and geriatrics in a hospital setting.
Role type
Clinical Dietitian (Medical Weight Management)
Builds
Patient care plans and nutrition interventions
Domain
Healthcare / Clinical Nutrition
Required skills
Medical nutrition therapy, clinical assessments, order writing, tube feeding calculations, parenteral nutrition management, drug-nutrient interaction analysis, patient education, supervision of interns
Preferred skills
Experience in medical weight management, experience with metabolic cart studies, experience with nitrogen balance calculations
Technologies
Electronic medical record systems, metabolic carts
Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive medical nutrition therapy to patients; complete physician ordered consults and document in medical record; calculate and report nitrogen balance and metabolic cart studies; supervise daily activities of nutritional therapy support team; collaborate with physicians and nursing staff to improve medical nutrition therapy; develop and teach classes to interns; monitor and evaluate intern performance.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC