Job Summary:

• Providing clinical nutrition service to in-patients referred by any hospital, resident population, patients, visitors, guests and hospital staff.
• Actively involved in updating nutrition standards of care and procedures for the facility and promotes evidence-based practice.
• Quarterly charting on nutrition progress of long-term care residents and monthly chartering, where applicable.
• Supervision any resident meals, approval any modifications in patient/residents’ menus.
• Coordinate negotiations with national and international companies regarding procurement and supplies related to diet and nutritional requirements for the hospital, all in coordination with the Clinical Pharmacist. 
• Secure the products in accordance with the standards set by the hospital, and in a timely fashion.
• Provides evidence-based nutrition counseling and support to patients and their families as required in the assigned area with a Clinical Nutrition Service.
• Documents patient assessment, management and progress in a timely manner.
• Coordinates the provision of special dietary requirements for hospital patients.
• Develops and maintains a range of educational material suitable for use by patients, colleagues, any multidisciplinary functions, student clinical nutritionists (if any), ward staff etc.

Skills on Resume:

• Nutrition Service Delivery (Hard Skills)
• Evidence-Based Care (Hard Skills)
• Nutritional Charting (Hard Skills)
• Meal Supervision (Hard Skills)
• Supply Procurement (Hard Skills)
• Dietary Counseling (Soft Skills)
• Educational Development (Soft Skills)
• Dietary Coordination (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Performing nutrition assessments as appropriate for new admissions and/or ambulatory referrals to determine nutrition needs and the level of care required.
• Collecting pertinent patient data (i.e. medical, nutritional, biochemical, and social information).
• Identifies current or potential nutrition/metabolic problems/disease processes that require nutrition management.
• Evaluating patient nutrition needs by using a Nutrition Focused Physical Exam (NFPE) to identify those at risk for malnutrition/nutrient deficiencies.
• Developing individualized meal plans/regimens.
• Recommending nutritional intervention and nutritional component routes 
• Establishing a monitoring system for the evaluation of nutritional intervention plans, revising diet regimens based on outcomes.
• Documenting all nutrition interventions in medical records.
• Assessing patient learning needs, and identifying appropriate education paths, and potential education barriers.
• Provisioning individualized or group education in inpatient/home/ambulatory settings.

Skills on Resume:

• Nutrition Assessments (Hard Skills)
• Data Collection (Hard Skills)
• Problem Identification (Hard Skills)
• Nutrition Evaluation (Hard Skills)
• Meal Planning (Hard Skills)
• Nutritional Recommendations (Hard Skills)
• Monitoring Systems (Hard Skills)
• Patient Education (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Participating in discharge planning with other health professionals, and communicating with alternative care settings as needed to ensure the continuity of nutrition care.
• Establishing systems for the evaluation of education outcomes, and recommending improvements to educational systems as appropriate.
• Utilizing the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Nutrition Care Manual to educate patients on nutrition care
• Creating/utilizing appropriate education resources/media, including instructional materials and new technologies as they become available.
• Entering menu-related and clinical data into computerized systems, as appropriate.
• Documenting patient/family counseling efforts in medical records.
• Supervising assigned clinical support staff members to ensure that nutrition standards of care are being met in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Assuming responsibility for overall patient nutrition service activities in the absence of the Clinical Director.
• Participating in patient rounds with medical staff members and/or allied health professionals in assigned division(s)/outpatient care team meetings.
• Developing/conducting continuing education programs for medical/nursing staff, allied health professionals, and Nutrition Services Department personnel.

Skills on Resume:

• Discharge Planning (Soft Skills)
• Education Evaluation (Hard Skills)
• Nutrition Education (Hard Skills)
• Resource Development (Hard Skills)
• Data Management (Hard Skills)
• Patient Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Staff Supervision (Soft Skills)
• Continuing Education (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Supervising, orienting, and educating dietetic interns (students), support staff, and other Nutrition Services Department new hires, performing/contributing to timely performance evaluations.
• Developing and presenting educational content to peers/other staff members
• Developing/approving menu and food services systems that meet both national standards and organizational goals.
• Supporting the dietetic internship program as a practice rotation preceptor and class instructor, contributing to the development of the dietetic internship program.
• Department staff meetings, journal clubs, and continuing education activities.
• Department performance improvement/performance survey programs, including collecting, aggregating, and evaluating clinical data.
• Department and hospital clinical research projects that contain nutrition component(s).
• Standing committees and performance improvement task forces.

Skills on Resume:

• Intern Supervision (Soft Skills)
• Content Development (Hard Skills)
• Menu System Management (Hard Skills)
• Internship Preceptor (Soft Skills)
• Continuing Education (Hard Skills)
• Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Clinical Research (Hard Skills)
• Committee Participation (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Provide evidence-based nutrition counseling to patients on modified diets
• Conduct nutritional screenings and assessments of patients
• Collaborate with physicians to coordinate and implement nutritional recommendations
• Identify and communicate potential nutritional implications of medications and document this information in patients' records
• Assist the Food Service Department Dietary Aides with patient food selection and which foods are allowed and disallowed based on the prescribed diet
• Plan and deliver nutritional care to patients and residents, as a member of the interdisciplinary care team, using independent judgment under the general supervision of the Director of Food and Nutrition services. 
• Participate in overall department planning and operations as a member of Food and Nutrition Services’ Leadership Team. 
• Manage department personnel and directly oversee operations in the diet office. 

Skills on Resume:

• Nutrition Counseling (Hard Skills)
• Nutritional Assessments (Hard Skills)
• Physician Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Medication Impact Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Dietary Assistance (Hard Skills)
• Nutritional Care Planning (Hard Skills)
• Leadership Participation (Soft Skills)
• Personnel Management (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Uses critical thinking skills to develop an effective PES statement, a plan of care and on-going monitoring and evaluation of that care.
• Collaborates with and facilitates patient/family/caregiver/client’s active participation in establishing and implementing the plan of care. 
• Works independently providing basic nutrition care in non-specialized and specialized areas.
• Collaborates and confers with other professionals in monitoring and evaluating care. 
• Communicates nutrition recommendations effectively to the medical staff and care team verbally, in rounds, at interdisciplinary care meetings and via the electronic medical record. 
• Evaluates the patient’s nutritional related education needs. 
• Provides education and helps patients/clients to identify and secure appropriate and available resources and services. 
• Participates in the development and/or revision of educational materials, guidelines, protocols and other resources to support clinical practice.
• Reviews research and reports findings for their application of dietetics practice.

Skills on Resume:

• Critical Thinking (Soft Skills)
• Care Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Independent Practice (Hard Skills)
• Professional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Effective Communication (Soft Skills)
• Education Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Resource Facilitation (Soft Skills)
• Material Development (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Supervises the clinical nutrition functions of the registered dietetic technicians. 
• Acts as a junior preceptor for student RD/DTR training programs 
• Presents the Clinical Nutrition section and department in a positive manner at meetings, committees, and other Health System activities.
• Provides input on policy development and revision. 
• Contributes to continuous quality improvement.
• Exhibits professionalism in actions and fosters excellence and best practice. 
• Maintains current knowledge of and follows all legislation and licensure requirements. 
• Complies with all medical center and division policies and procedures. 
• Maintains own competencies for the purpose of maintaining registration with the Commission on Dietetic Registration. 
• Engages in ongoing self/professional development to improve knowledge and enhance professional competence.
• Identifies safety concerns in the age-related population and institutes additional measures to provide a safe environment, identifies development milestones in the patient population(s) served. 
• Adheres to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Revised 2016 Standards of Practice in Nutrition Care and Standards of Professional Performance for Registered Dietitians as applicable to the clinical setting. 
• Adheres to the AND code of ethics for the profession of dietetics.

Skills on Resume:

• Clinical Supervision (Hard Skills)
• Training Preceptor (Hard Skills)
• Positive Representation (Soft Skills)
• Policy Input (Hard Skills)
• Quality Improvement (Hard Skills)
• Professional Excellence (Soft Skills)
• Licensure Compliance (Hard Skills)
• Ethical Adherence (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Initiating and collaborating with patients and significant others to systematically collect data on the health of each patient for initial screening.
• Conducting in-depth assessments and reassessments.
• Identifying priorities, strategies, or interventions that best meet the individualized needs and achieve optimal outcomes for each patient.
• Through consultation with the physician, select and obtain food/food substitutes for proper patient nutrition.
• Recommend appropriate nutritional care plans for acute and chronic conditions
• Monitor and direct progressive nutritional care during recovery and recuperation
• Instruct the patient in a medically prescribed dietary plan for long-term use.
• Record the findings in the patient's medical record and make modifications to the nutrition care plan 
• Be responsible for developing, reviewing and updating educational materials to meet the needs of patients
• Coordinate and attend grocery shopping and restaurant outings

Skills on Resume:

• Data Collection (Hard Skills)
• In-depth Assessments (Hard Skills)
• Strategic Planning (Hard Skills)
• Nutrition Consultation (Hard Skills)
• Care Plan Recommendation (Hard Skills)
• Nutritional Monitoring (Hard Skills)
• Dietary Instruction (Hard Skills)
• Educational Material Development (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Provides nutrition support and medical nutrition therapy to patients that are integrated and compatible with the patient’s medical goals. 
• Educates patients regarding the diet/nutrition plan for discharge. 
• Serves as a nutrition resources to medical and nursing staff and other health care team members. 
• Supervises Food Service Supervisors and Patient Food Service Assistants to assur quality nutrition and food service are provided.
• Acts as the patient’s primary advocate for all aspects of nutrition care. 
• Assesses the nutrition needs and determines nutrient requirements for patients that are enterally and parenterally fed and/or eating based on age and disease specific needs of the patients. 
• Develops, implements and monitors the effectiveness and outcomes of nutrition support interventions for patients. 
• Provides nutrition education to patients and their families and caregivers. 
• Educates and acts as a resource for students, residents, medical staff, nursing and other healthcare team members regarding nutrition support practices. 
• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the core values of the Hospital.

Skills on Resume:

• Medical Nutrition Therapy (Hard Skills)
• Discharge Education (Hard Skills)
• Nutrition Resource (Soft Skills)
• Food Service Supervision (Hard Skills)
• Nutrition Advocacy (Soft Skills)
• Nutritional Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Nutrition Intervention Monitoring (Hard Skills)
• Nutrition Education (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Participate in a multidisciplinary team to develop, execute, monitor, and adjust comprehensive and coordinated care plans that include shared goals with measurable outcomes.
• Assist in the development of specific nutrition goals as part of the patient’s overall care plan.
• Develop thorough and cost-efficient meal plans that meet nutrition goals.
• Evaluate the effects of meal plans on living healthy and managing chronic pain and update the plans as needed to reflect progressive goals.
• Counsel patients on the relationship between good eating habits and preventing or managing specific diseases in individual and group settings.
• Translate nutrition science into understandable, practical eating advice.
• Care for a medically complex and emotionally challenging patient population that requires compassion, empathy, and the ability to deescalate and appropriately react to unacceptable behavior in individual and group settings.
• Perform all phases of nutrition care, including nutrition assessment, care planning and monitoring
• Provide recommendations for diet, supplements and enteral/parenteral nutrition
• Implement and monitor individual patient meal plans

Skills on Resume:

• Care Plan Coordination (Soft Skills)
• Nutrition Goal Setting (Hard Skills)
• Meal Plan Development (Hard Skills)
• Dietary Evaluation (Hard Skills)
• Nutritional Counseling (Soft Skills)
• Dietary Translation (Soft Skills)
• Compassionate Care (Soft Skills)
• Nutrition Care Management (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Conducts nutrition assessments for patients of all ages (infant, preschool, school age, adolescent, adult, and geriatric) through patient/family interview to obtain diet histories
• Review of medical records, and collaboration with health care team to determine nutritional status and plan for appropriate interventions. 
• Documents in medical record in a timely and accurate manner. 
• Demonstrates the ability to perform psychosocial and developmental age-related needs of the specific population served.
• Formulates and documents plan of nutritional care for nutritional interventions in a timely and accurate manner for patients of all ages (infant, preschool, school age, adolescent, adult, and geriatric). 
• Updates and modifies care plans based on nutritional needs. 
• Evaluates responses to diet therapy in patients of all ages (infant, preschool, school age, adolescent, adult, and geriatric) by interviewing patient/family and nurse
• Calculating nutrient intake, monitoring lab results, oral intake, and tolerance to prescribed intervention. 
• Provides diet counseling to patients and their families in a timely, thorough, and patient oriented approach, recognizing and addressing the needs of the infant, preschool, school age, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patient. 
• Provides leadership, guidance, training, and supervision to assigned nutrition assistants. 
• Provides additional training or recommends disciplinary action as appropriate.
• Plans and conducts assigned quality improvement projects in order to identify and resolve problems including peer review and patient satisfaction surveys. 
• Demonstrates the ability to perform behavioral competencies (general and unit specific) as indicated on the competency inventory.
• Plans and presents assigned in-service activities to clinical staff to maintain current knowledge of clinical dietetics and to assure compliance with policies and procedures. 
• Maintains knowledge of current trends and developments in the field by reading appropriate books, journals, and other literature and attending related seminars, conference

Skills on Resume:

• Nutrition Assessments (Hard Skills)
• Medical Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Age-Related Care (Soft Skills)
• Nutritional Care Planning (Hard Skills)
• Dietary Evaluation (Hard Skills)
• Diet Counseling (Soft Skills)
• Nutrition Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
• Quality Improvement (Hard Skills)