Dietitian- Medical Nutrition Specialist

Job Responsibilities

• Recognize and respect patient rights during the provision of care or services and conducting business relationships with patient and the public in an ethical manner
• Perform assessments/reassessments of each patient's care or service needs throughout the patient's contact with the organization including physical assessments, psychosocial assessments, functional assessments, and activity assessments as appropriate
• Formulate, revise, and maintain enteral nutrition patient care plans based on physician orders and assessment findings including the identification of patient problems/needs, goals and actions, and interventions relating to the care or service provided
• Monitor patient's response to the care or services provided, the actions or interventions taken, and the outcome of the care or service provided
• Provide patient care, treatment, and service in a continuous and coordinated manner, in settings appropriate to meet patient needs
• Maintain and manage a minimum monthly patient admits/census
• Promote safe and effective patient and organizational environments and feeding equipment use
• Participate in on-going education including in-services, training, and other activities to maintain and improve individual competence
• Obtain, utilize, and update patient information in a confidential and secure manner for utilization in patient care applications
• Recognize and implement infection control practices that reduce the risk of infections in patients and organizational staff
• Listens to and resolves service complaints appropriate to scope of practice
• Affords assistance to the sales team in clinical presentations
• Issues or obtains customer signature on admission, pickup, or delivery
• May have to communicate, interact with, assess, and/or treat Secure Health Systems' patients/family members that may be: Infants (0 - 1 years of age), Pediatrics (1 - 17 years of age), Adults (18 - 64 years of age), Seniors (65 years or greater)
• Responsible for National On-Call not to exceed 6 shifts per year