Clinical Dietitian

Job Responsibilities

• Perform medical nutrition therapy assessments on residents in order to address acute and chronic conditions.

• Educate residents on therapeutic diets and nutrition interventions to improve outcomes and quality of life.

• Work collaboratively with nursing, dietary manager, speech language pathologist, physicians and nurse practitioners to deliver appropriate individualized nutritional therapy including therapeutic diets, oral nutrition supplements and texture-modified diets.

• Monitor and assess residents with weight changes, enteral feeding, dialysis and wounds.

• Participate in resident review meetings to address high-risk residents.

• Conducts patient nutrition assessment on a population of varying levels of acuity patients

• Manages the development and implementation plan for nutrition intervention in accordance with the Nutrition Care Process

• Provides nutrition counseling for individuals, taking into consideration any adaptations to teaching methods necessary to meet patient learning needs

• Utilizes assessment and evaluation techniques that consider the varied needs of age-specific populations as well as cultural, religious, and ethnic concerns

• Provides appropriate follow-ups in accordance with the patient?s treatment goals, referring patients for outpatient counseling, community, or home health services as appropriate

• Works cooperatively with medical staff as well as food and nutrition services staff to ensure conformance to prescribed nutrition care orders

• Provides education that ensures compliance with food safety, sanitation, and overall workplace safety standards

• Provides appropriate and timely documentation that summarizes the nutrition care plan in a patient?s medical record, including nutrition assessment, diagnosis, plan, implementation, and progress towards goals

• Demonstrates accountability for the proper use of patients? protected health information

At Aramark, developing new skills and doing what it takes to get the job done make a positive impact for our employees and for our customers. In order to meet our commitments, job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice.