Dietitian (Registered) - Fulltime - Days - Detroit

GENERAL SUMMARY:

Act as nutritional consultant and resource to members of the health care team. Provides comprehensive nutritional care including assessment, Nutrition Diagnosis, implementation of a care plan, counseling, education, and evaluation of outcomes to patients, families, and associates. Coordinates various education programs and seminars on nutritional topics.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Assess the nutritional needs of patients by obtaining, verifying, and interpreting data needed to identify nutrition related problems, their causes and significance.

* Determine from patient/family, medical record, and health care team the food and nutrition related history, anthropometric measurements, biochemical data, medical tests, and procedures, nutrition-focused physical findings and the client history.

* Determine the nutrition diagnosis to identify and describe a specific nutrition problem (Intake, Clinical or Behavioral-Environmental) that can be resolved or improved through treatment/nutrition intervention by the registered dietitian.

* Implement nutrition interventions to resolve or improve the identified nutrition problem. Nutrition therapy is based on individualized, specific patient care needs, including food and or nutrient delivery (meals, snacks, supplements, enteral or parenteral), nutrition education, nutrition counseling, and coordination of care.

* Monitor and evaluate patient care outcomes to determine the amount of progress made and whether goals/expected outcomes are being met. (Food/nutrition related history outcomes, anthropometric measurement outcomes, biochemical data, medical tests, and procedure outcomes, and nutrition-focused physical finding outcomes.)

* Monitor patient's food tolerances to ensure appropriate food consistencies and assess adequate nutritional intake.

* Collaborate and communicate with health care providers. a. Acts as consultant b. Informs team of advances in diet therapy, unusual diet related lab results, or other pertinent facts related to the nutritional care of the patient. c. Investigates unusual occurrences/customer service complaints.

* Educate patients and/or their significant other as appropriate, on nutrition and special diets to be followed during and after hospitalization based on physician's order to aid in maintaining patient's health.

* Maintain documentation of nutrition services provided in the patient's medical record. 10.Develop and conduct in-service classes, community education and other health and nutrition offerings as requested or assigned.

* Participate in special projects and committees related to the nutritional care of patients as needed.

* Maintain and enhance professional expertise through appropriate educational and organizational activities.

* Develop and maintains educational resources appropriate to patient and audience needs as required.

* Supervise dietetic interns/students orienting them to the profession and providing clinical teaching, precepting and mentoring throughout their program.

* Acts as a liaison with the department of culinary wellness, both patient foodservice and retail foodservice, addressing patient, employee, visitor, or staff needs.

* Demonstrate professional characteristics and ethics by adhering to department and organizational policy and maintaining up to date knowledge and skills in field of expertise.

* Perform other related duties as required.