Registered Dietician
Core
Provides Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) care for inpatient and outpatient populations, including screening, assessment, and developing individualized nutrition plans.
Role type
Clinical Dietitian (Medical Nutrition Therapy)
Builds
Individualized nutrition plans of care, enteral/parenteral nutrition regimens, therapeutic diets, and patient education programs.
Domain
Healthcare / Clinical Nutrition
Required skills
Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT), Nutrition Focused Physical Examinations, enteral and parenteral nutrition support, therapeutic diet prescription, interdisciplinary collaboration, regulatory compliance documentation, patient education, malnutrition assessment and treatment.
Preferred skills
None stated.
Technologies
Electronic medical record systems, CBORD, EPIC.
Responsibilities
Develop and implement individualized nutrition plans of care; prescribe enteral and parenteral nutrition support orders; lead efforts to identify, treat, and prevent malnutrition; document billable nutrition diagnoses and quality indicators; precept dietetic graduate students and medical residents; collaborate with interdisciplinary teams on patient care transitions.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC