Clinical Dietician Associate

General Description of the Job Class

• Coordinate all phases of nutrition care including

• Nutrition assessment
• Nutrition care planning
• Nutrition monitoring
• Nutrition education and counseling of hospitalized patients

• Perform duties in support of and in compliance with performance improvement plans, NABH, and other licensing, accrediting, and regulatory agencies.
• Provide nutrition services and medical nutrition therapy integrated with the patient's medical goals independently.
• Evaluate, interpret, monitor and document the nutritional status and nutritional needs of hospitalized patients using established standards of care and practice guidelines.
• Identify and provide age-specific nutrition counseling to meet the cultural needs of the patients and their families.
• Suggest orders for diet, supplement, and enteral/parenteral nutrition per hospital policy.
• Function as an integral member of the clinical interdisciplinary team.
• Precept dietetic interns and provide on the job training for new entrants.
• Contribute to develop, review, update and implement educational materials to meet the needs of patients and professionals.
• Supervise daily work of Clinical Dietitian Associate; provide input into evaluation but doesn't directly evaluate their performance.
• Continuing professional education & update on nutrition information relevant to current practice theory (eg. Guidelines for nutrition care).
• Coordinate with Food Services team to ensure proper dietary service to the patients.