Registered Dietitian | Pediatric | Inpatient General Medicine | Le Bonheur | Full-Time | Day

About the role

We formulate and implement optimal nutrition therapy plans for pediatric patients at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital. This includes evaluating outcomes, coordinating with other healthcare professionals, and educating patients and their families.

Responsibilities

• Provides the Nutrition Care Process
• Formulates and implements pediatric specialty medical nutrition therapy plan of care
• Documents in accordance with policy, procedure, and clinical practice guidelines
• Screens, triages, and prioritizes medical nutrition therapy consults for all age groups
• Completes nutrition assessments and identifies nutrition diagnosis/problem(s)
• Maintains and monitors formula orders and calculates special recipes with or without additives for milk tech staff
• Monitors and adjusts pediatric plan of care based on nutritional status
• Works collaboratively with foodservice staff and milk techs to ensure conformance and continuation of said plan
• Serves as a resource for multidisciplinary team on proper anthropometric measuring techniques and equipment
• Identifies and integrates trends in anthropometic indices and biochemical data, implications of diagnostic tests and therapeutic procedures
• Performs increased frequency of monitoring and adjusts pediatric plan of care
• Functions as an integral member of the clinical interdisciplinary team and the Nutrition Therapy team
• Navigates wide network of pediatric formulas and additives and the corresponding companies to ensure tolerance and availability
• Works with case management and social work to identify available resources for formula supplies between WIC, insurance, and community programs
• Documents need for each resource, how much will come from each resource, and assists with document completion for insurance, DME and community resource formula coverages
• Identifies goals and provides age-specific, culturally appropriate nutrition counseling and education to patients and their families/caregivers
• Uses evidence-based nutrition practice guidelines and appropriate instructional methods and tools based on appropriate age groups
• Documents in medical record patient's and/or caregiver comprehension and anticipated compliance with nutrition guidelines in measurable terms
• Completes Ad Hoc charting for in-patient
• Calculates special formula recipes for home and modifies as needed
• Completes education with pt/caregivers, and documents formula education in the EMR
• Maintains and communicates outpatient issues and nutrition plan of care in EMR messaging when patients are between outpatient appointments and/or inpatient admissions
• Demonstrates professional development and leadership
• Demonstrates performance measurement and quality improvement
• Performs other job functions as assigned or requested

Requirements

• Required - Bachelor's Degree Dietetics
• PREFERRED - Master's Degree Dietetics
• Preferred - Dialysis 0-1 years
• Required - Dietitian-Nutritionist Tennessee - Tennessee Board of Dietitians/Nutritionist Examiners
• Required - Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist - Commission on Dietetic Registration
• Preferred - Dietitian-Nutritionist Mississippi - Mississippi State Department of Health
• Knowledge of the Nutrition Care Process and ability to apply all steps of the process
• Comprehensive knowledge and application of nutrition services and medical nutrition therapy, specifically related to pediatrics
• Comprehensive knowledge, application, and advancement of formularies for preterm, infant, preschool, school age, adolescent, adult, and metabolic and other disease specialty formulas
• Critical thinking to integrate facts, informed opinions, active listening, and observations
• Decision making, problem solving, and collaboration skills
• Able to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form to patients, public, hospital and medical staff, and physicians
• Able to function independently on assigned patient care units
• Able to counsel and educate others
• General knowledge of nutrient analysis, word processing, and spreadsheet software

Supervision Provided by this Position

No supervisory responsibilities assigned to this position.

Physical Demands

The physical activities of this position may include climbing, pushing, standing, hearing, walking, reaching, grasping, kneeling, stooping, and repetitive motion. Must have good balance and coordination. The physical requirements of this position are: light work - exerting up to 25 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs. of force frequently. The Associate is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity, such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; or extensive reading. The conditions to which the Associate will be subject in this position: The Associate is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions; job functions are typically performed under conditions such as those found in general office or administrative work.