Clinical Dietician

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develops, implements and evaluates patient nutritional care plans.
• Provides age-appropriate assessments of all patients identified at nutrition risk to include diabetes management and education per established timeframe/guidelines.
• Adapts nutrition plan to specific economic, social, cultural, and age-appropriate patient needs.
• Reassess patients at appropriate intervals and adjusts plan of care as warranted.
• Provides age appropriate education to support the nutritional plan of care.
• Assesses learning needs and readiness to learn for all patients/families.
• Participates in the development and review of education materials and department resources to meet the needs of the populations served.

Education and Certifications/ License:

• RD – Cert-Registered Dietitian Commission on Dietetic Registry- Required.
• LD – Licensed Dietitian Texas Department of Licensing- Required.
• Bachelor’s Degree- Required.
• Must be licensed in Texas as a dietitian (TDLR).
• Must be registered dietitian (RD/RDN with Commission on Dietetic Registration.

Experience:

• Clinical nutrition experience in pediatrics who has worked in an outpatient area.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of nutrition, medical nutrition therapy and pediatrics.
• Ability to observe deficiencies and formulate actions to correct the situation, make assessments and recommendations, educate others on nutritional needs, and use word processing, spreadsheet and nutrition programs on a computer.