Registered Dietitian

General Accountabilities

• Provide Medical Nutrition Therapy and nutritional screening for UCHC patients at any time during the patient’s health care continuum, including pediatrics, perinatal nutrition, adult nutrition, chronic disease management, and geriatrics.
• Conduct assessment of patient’s nutritional risk status utilizing patient medical diagnosis and Provider orders, patient medical history/lab data, social determinants of health, and other clinical information relating to patient care.
• Determine nutritional diagnosis and develop individualized intervention and care plan.
• Provide long-term monitoring and evaluation of patient nutritional status and health goals.
• Schedule and conduct follow-up visits based on the acuity of illness, medical diagnosis, and patient need per assessment and care team input.
• Confer with, serve as a resource for, and communicate with Providers and clinic staff, the patient(s), and the patient’s family/pertinent persons regarding the patient plan of care and critical information as appropriate.
• Ensure continuity of care for UCHC patients between internal UCHC Health services, programs, and providers while providing precise, and timely communication.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings to discuss complex patient cases, work-Aflow, and processes related to operations and the Integrated Care Model.
• Follow department, scope-specific, and UCHC guidelines, policies, procedures, and protocols for patient care and service quality (i.e., make recommendations to providers on medication/insulin needs and/or adjustments and adjust insulin for patients with Diabetes per standing orders/protocols).
• Provide discipline-specific input for the development, approval, implementation, and annual revisions of Nutrition and Health Education protocols and serve as a discipline-specific expert consultant to UCHC staff/providers as assigned.
• Ensure correct and timely documentation and billing in the patient’s medical record, utilize appropriate organizational electronic communications systems, and communicate by other suitable means on patient care plans.
• Collaborate with and refer patients to external services, programs, agencies, and Providers as needed.
• Assist in program assessment, development, and implementation of new programs/protocols/training based on department and UCHC needs.
• Absorb and assist in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
• Assist and/or leads in developing/revising, implementing, and promoting Nutrition and Health Education related educational materials, curricula, policies, procedures, protocols, templates, and marketing materials; organize and stock materials as necessary.
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