Clinical Dietitian

HealthPartners • Saint Paul, MN

20d

About The Position

The Clinical Dietitian provides inpatient clinical nutrition services in all areas where nutrition care is needed. The role includes conducting nutritional assessments and nutrition-focused physical exams, developing and implementing nutrition care plans using order-writing privileges, monitoring patient response, and documenting care. The dietitian also provides nutrition education to patients and clients, medical staff, dietetic students and interns, and the community. Nutrition therapy is tailored to patients from infancy through old age and considers their weight, medical and physiologic conditions, and social and cultural needs. The role also supports patient food-service development and evaluation to maximize nutritional intake and patient satisfaction and to ensure that diets meet dietary and medical nutrition therapy guidelines. The dietitian develops, maintains, and evaluates programs, policies, procedures, and improvement processes to support excellent nutrition care.

Requirements

• BA/BS in Food and Nutrition and supervised practice/internship in dietetics.
• Must be a Registered Dietitian.
• Must be licensed with the state of Minnesota within 5 months of employment.

Responsibilities

• Provide inpatient clinical nutrition services in areas where nutrition care is needed.
• Perform nutritional assessments, including nutrition-focused physical exams.
• Develop and implement nutrition care plans using order-writing privileges.
• Assist with nutritional assessment and the development and implementation of nutrition care plans.
• Monitor patient response and document nutrition care.
• Provide nutrition education to patients and clients, medical staff, dietetic students and interns, and the community.
• Apply medical nutrition therapy standards while considering each patient's age, weight, medical and physiologic conditions, and social and cultural needs.
• Participate in the development and evaluation of patient food service to maximize nutritional intake and patient satisfaction and ensure diets meet dietary and medical nutrition therapy guidelines.
• Develop, maintain, and evaluate programs, policies, procedures, and improvement processes to assure excellent nutrition care.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time