Clinical Dietitian

Lane Regional Medical Center • Zachary, LA

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About The Position

The Clinical Dietitian plans, directs, and provides nutritional care to acute care and rehabilitation patients, as well as on an outpatient basis. They develop and implement a plan of care based on an assessment of nutritional needs and correlation with other integrated members of the Health Care Team for hospital and rehabilitation patients. The role involves counseling individuals and families in nutritional principles and dietary plans, adapting plans to individual lifestyles for inpatients and outpatients. The dietitian evaluates nutritional care and provides follow-up for continuity of care, communicates appropriate recommendations through electronic medical records, and assists in planning regular and therapeutic diet menus as prescribed by the attending physician. They review therapeutic and regular diet plans and menus to ensure compliance with physicians’ orders, compile and develop educational materials for nutrition education, and provide nutritional education to FNS and hospital staff as needed. The role also includes developing and conducting community nutrition education, maintaining effective communication, serving as an educational resource, participating in research activities, and evaluating and recommending new products.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree or advanced degree in Nutritional and Dietetics.
• Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist in the State of Louisiana
• Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration

Nice To Haves

• At least two years related experience as a therapeutic dietitian with counseling/education experience.

Responsibilities

• Plans, directs, and provides nutritional care to acute care and rehabilitation patients, as well as on an outpatient basis.
• Develops and implements a plan of care based on an assessment of nutritional needs and correlation with other integrated members of the Health Care Team for hospital and rehabilitation patients.
• Counsels individual and families in nutritional principles, dietary plans, food selections and adapts plans to the individual’s life style for inpatients and outpatients.
• Evaluates nutritional care and provides follow-up for continuity of care for hospital and rehabilitation patients.
• Communicates appropriate recommendations for diet history and nutritional care data through electronic medical records.
• Assists in planning regular and therapeutic diet menus as prescribed by the attending physician.
• Reviews therapeutic and regular diet plans and menus to assure that plans are in compliance with physicians’ orders.
• Compiles and develops educational materials for nutrition education.
• Provides nutritional education to FNS and hospital staff as needed.
• Develops and conducts community nutrition education as needed.
• Maintains effective written and verbal communication with public relations, inter and intra departmentally.
• Is available as an educational resource to the health care team, patients and families.
• Participates in research activities.
• Evaluates and recommends new products.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level