Clinical Dietitian

This position provides clinical nutrition consultation in coordination with Physicians and other members of the multidisciplinary care team.

1.

Nutrition Operations - Ensures Delivery of Quality Clinical Nutrition Services


* Functions as a nutrition consultant, completing nutrition consults and referrals from Nemours and community providers


* Conducts nutrition assessment and intervention for Inpatients and Outpatients, as required by the specific position.

For inpatients, this includes those patients identified at high nutrition risk; completes re-screens for patients who are identified at moderate or low nutrition risk upon admission


* Develops and implements nutritional care plans based on diet history, labs, medications, supplements, medical history, medical care plan, and expected growth and development appropriate for the patient's age, sex, cultural /ethnic background and disease specific requirements


* Performs nutrition counseling for pediatric patients/caretakers regarding disease specific diets and /or formulas.

This requires knowledge of composition of infant, pediatric, and adult formulas, along with ability to calculate specialized formula recipes and meal plans


* Documents nutritional assessments and recommendations via EPIC medical record documentation system


* Actively participates in team rounds, as necessary


* Provides recommendations for and prescribes enteral feeding and parenteral nutrition orders, as necessary


* Demonstrates clinical proficiency in direct clinical nutrition patient consultation/care and is responsible for the completion of 100% of clinical competencies (to include basic competencies and enteral/parenteral prescribing competencies, as deemed necessary by manager)


* Continually updates teaching materials recommended for nutritional therapies pertaining to specific diseases


* Serves as nutrition resource to medical team, hospital staff and community


* Interacts and coordinates nutritional care of patients with physicians and other health care providers (nurses, social workers, therapists, hospital/community dietitians, homecare companies, pharmacies, and school personnel)


* Fulfills on-call responsibilities on a rotating schedule with other dietitian staff

2.

Professional Development


* Attends appropriate continuing education to maintain professional credentials and expand knowledge and skills


* Participates as expert speaker/author on pediatric nutrition topics, as appropriate


* Fulfills continuing education requirements to maintain registration through the Academy of Nutrition And Dietetics (AND) as a Registered Dietitian (RD), State Licensure, and additional specialty certification (CNSC, CSP, etc.), as applicable


* Complies with Requirements of the RD Clinical Nutrition Ladder, as applicable

3.

Research and Evidence-Based Practice - Ensures Nutrition Care is Consistent With Evidence-Based Standards & Practice


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