Clinical Dietitian-Clinical Nutrition Services

Principal Job Functions

• Initiates assessment and reassessment for patients identified at nutritional risk, including the nutrition focused physical exam for evidence of nutrient deficiency/excess.
• Synthesizes pertinent initial and ongoing patient data to identify nutrition diagnosis and desired outcomes/goals.
• Determines and implements individualized age-appropriate nutrition treatment plans by utilizing evidence-based practice as per department standards. Uses the nutrition care process as a framework to guide problem identification, treatment and evaluation, and comprehensive documentation of nutrition care and patient outcomes.
• Provides education for the patient and family to meet identified patient needs according to their needs, abilities, preferences and readiness to learn.
• Evaluates the patient's response to and effectiveness of nutrition interventions.
• Evaluates patient's progress toward established outcomes.
• Incorporates cultural considerations into the plan/delivery of care.
• Documents patient care and related information according to the Bryan Medical Center procedures for documentation.
• Collaborates with team members, patients and patient's family members to implement, monitor and evaluate the treatment plan to improve or maintain nutritional status.

Education And Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Dietetics or Food and Nutrition with post baccalaureate internship resulting in registration by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) as a Registered Dietitian (RD).
• Masters degree preferred.
• Prior clinical nutrition experience in specialty area preferred.