Registered Clinical Dietitian

Performs the functions of a specialized clinical nutrition service, such as nutrition assessment, nutrition education, nutrient intake analysis and patient screening to provide quality nutrition care to patients and families. Completes established competencies for the position within designated introductory period. Other related duties as assigned.

Responsibilities not listed.

• Completion of a minimum of a Baccalaureate degree granted by a U.S. regionally accredited college/university or foreign equivalent
• Registration or Registration eligible with the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics. Must successfully complete registration examination within six (6) months from date of hire.

• Nutritional Assessment: Conduct comprehensive nutrition-focused physical exams, evaluate lab values, monitor growth charts (including head circumference and recumbent length), and review medical histories to assess nutritional status and diagnose malnutrition using approved criteria.
• Care Plan Development & Implementation: Create and implement individualized medical nutrition therapy plans, including calculating specialized formula recipes, recommending supplements, and ordering/managing parenteral (IV) and enteral (tube) nutrition, as authorized by medical staff and state law.
• Monitoring & Evaluation: Continuously monitor patient tolerance of feedings, track weights and lab values, and adjust nutrition plans of care to ensure progress and optimal outcomes.
• Collaboration: Participate in daily medical rounds and collaborate with physicians, nurses, lactation consultants, pharmacists, social workers, and other allied health professionals to ensure a coordinated and holistic approach to patient care and discharge planning.
• Education & Counseling: Instruct patients and their families, individually and in groups, about diet therapy, food selection and preparation, and adapting food plans to individual needs, ensuring materials are age-appropriate and culturally sensitive

We are a community built on care. Our caregivers and supporting staff extend compassion to those in need, helping to improve the health and well-being of those we serve, and provide comfort and healing. Your community is our community.