Clinical Dietitian-Ephrata Hospital- Days

Full time (72 hours biweekly) 

8:00A-4:30P Monday-Friday

Every 3rd weekend and on call Holiday.

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Job Description:

Under general supervision, assesses and monitors nutritional care, manages physician ordered therapeutic diets and provides nutritional education to patients. May coordinate patient menu activities.

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Accountabilities:

1. Performs nutritional assessments and follow up care involving review of patient charts, diagnoses, and nutritional history. Develops and implements a nutrition care plan, as appropriate.
2. Performs nutritional screenings and follow up on assigned areas.
3. Documents all relevant aspects of nutritional care for patients in accordance with institutional and departmental standards.
4. Reviews, updates, and coordinates patient nutritional care through ongoing communications with nursing, providers and other members of the health care team.
5. Assesses patients' educational needs. Develops and implements a nutrition education plan for patients on assigned area.
6. Teaches group nutrition classes.
7. 6 Writes diet and enteral and parenteral nutrition orders, in coordination with the patient’s provider.
8. 7Represents clinical nutrition at multidisciplinary committees, task forces and project groups.
9. 8Participates in performance improvement initiatives.
10. Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of the assigned patient
11. population. Assesses and interprets patient age specific data and provides appropriate, age specific treatment. Provides
12. direct patient care to assigned patient age group(s).
13. Maintains appropriate records, reports, and files as required.
14. Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
15. Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, inservice meetings, and workshops.
16. Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement
17. and innovation.

Qualifications

• Minimum Experience:
  • 1 - 2 years
• Minimum Education:
  • Completion of an Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND)
  • approved program
  • Bachelor's Degree in Food and Nutrition or related field
• Minimum Field Of Expertise:
  • Knowledge of foods/nutrition; food preparation; production; supervisory/instructional
  • techniques
• Preferred Field Of Expertise:
  • Nutrition
• Required Certification:
  • istrationNutrition Support Dietitian certification (CNSD) preferred
• Required Courses:
  • Completion of ACEND accredited, supervised practice program
• Physical Demands:
  • Frequent prolonged standing/walking