"Clinical Dietitian" AdventHealth Fish Memorial

Location Address: 1055 Saxon Blvd 1st Floor, Orange City, FL 32763

GENERAL SUMMARY:

The Clinical Dietitian works closely with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide nutrition services and medical nutrition therapy that are integrated and compatible with the patientâ™s medical program goals and objectives.  Primary responsibilities include developing and implementing nutrition services and medical nutrition therapy using established standards of care and practice protocol/guidelines; managing resources in a cost effective manner; participating in performance improvement efforts; and maintaining professional competency and skills required for professional practice.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Patient Care:

Utilizes hospital policies and procedures to identify patients with nutritional risk and provides expert nutrition assessment. 

·    Evaluates and monitors nutritional status of hospitalized patients ranging from newborn to geriatric populations as well as cultural, religious, and ethnic concerns, using established standards of care

·    Develops and implements an individualized plan for nutrition intervention in accordance with the patientâ™s medical program goals and objectives, nutrition prescription, and self-management training. 

·    Obtains timely and appropriate data and analyzes/interprets data based on evidence-based standards

Utilizes hospital policies and procedures to provide timely and appropriate nutrition intervention and therapy within the scope of practice defined by the hospital

·    Develops of a therapeutic plan of specialized nutrition support, including enteral and/or parenteral nutrition

·    Provide recommendations for an individualized plan for nutrition intervention.

·    Collaborates with pharmacists for provision of parenteral nutrition care.

·    Evaluates the effectiveness and measures progress towards outcomes of medical nutrition therapy interventions

·    Reassesses nutrition care process and implements changes as indicated.

·    Communicates with the medical team through interdisciplinary meetings, rounds and discharge planning meetings.

·    Assures that care delivered to each patient is in accordance with the State practice act.

Documents in the patientâ™s legal medical record

·    Provides appropriate documentation that summarizes the nutrition care plan in the patientâ™s medical record, including nutrition assessment, diagnosis plan, implementation, and progress toward goals

·    Follows hospital policies for documentation

·    Avoids the use of una

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