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The Registered Dietitian is responsible for performing patient nutrition assessments and designing individualized nutrition care plans. They provide ongoing counseling, education, and monitoring of patient weight and dietary compliance within a behavioral health setting.
Requirements summary
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in nutrition science or a related field and be registered with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics or CDR. One year of experience in inpatient hospital or behavioral health nutrition services is preferred.
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Essential
Duties
Include:
Nutrition
Assessment &
Patient
Care: Perform initial patient nutrition assessment and order diet, tube feeding and/or supplements utilizing approved format and within specified time frames. Meet with patients at least one time weekly to provide nutrition counseling and education and to review compliance with nutrition recommendations. Monitor weight on a daily basis and make appropriate changes to meal plan and/or tube feeding/supplements to assure appropriate weight restoration/maintenance/loss.
Patient,
Family, and
Staff
Education: Prepare materials and educate patients, as required per program schedule and documenting per facility protocol. Create and implement staff training as requested to improve patient care.
Menu &
Meal
Plan
Oversight: Review and monitor patient menus, diet orders and tube feeding/ supplements on an ongoing basis to ensure nutrition needs are met. Ensure all aspects of nutrition care are provided in compliance with regulatory and certification standards.
Other
Duties: Ability to converse in English with others to give, take and process information, extensive use of telephone. Ability to maintain confidentiality of information, multi-task, coordinate projects and record/transcribe general and specific meeting minutes. Ability to work independently and collaboratively. Communicate with other staff to relay concerns and observations involving patient safety.
QualificationsEducation and
Experience: Bachelors Degree in nutrition science, foods and nutrition, food service systems management, or a related area. Registered with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics or Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) One year experience in inpatient hospital nutrition services or behavioral health nutrition services is preferred.
