Schedule: Tuesdays and Fridays Inpatient hospital with every fourth Saturday rotation.

Purpose of Job:

This position is responsible for coordinating all phases of nutrition care including nutrition assessment, care planning, monitoring, education and counseling of hospitalized patients and outpatients in a variety of settings.

Job Functions:

• Evaluates, interprets, monitors and documents the nutritional status and nutritional needs of hospitalized patients and outpatients.
• Provides nutrition services and medical nutrition therapy integrated with the patient's medical needs.
• Consults with physicians and other care team members regarding patient nutritional care needs
• Interprets nutrition assessment information to identify each patients nutritional requirements related to their age-specific needs.
• Develops, reviews, updates and implements educational materials to meet the needs of patients, family members, community, and health care team.
• Provides recommendations for enteral/parenteral nutrition needs and orders nutrition supplements to meet patients nutritional needs.
• Precepts dietetic interns.
• Educates inpatients and outpatients in one-on-one and group settings.
• Provides professional and courteous customer service to internal and external customers.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education/Work Experience

• Current registration by the Commission of Dietetic Registration

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Advanced knowledge and background in nutrition and diet therapy for health and disease, human physiology and anatomy and basic pharmacology relative to age-specific criteria for pediatric, adolescent, adults and geriatric
• Ability to meet and maintain the necessary background checks as aligned with position functions
• Ability to communicate in the English language for effective written and verbal correspondence in order to complete job functions as mentioned above
• Ability to multitask and prioritize
• Ability to work autonomously and as a team
• Ability to respond appropriately to unpredictable situations and diverse patient populations
• Capable of making independent decisions with the use of good critical thinking and problem solving skills

License/Certifications

• Licensed Dietitian with the State of Minnesota and CDE Certification