Dietitian Clinical Nutrition and Food Services

Dietitian Clinical - Full Time - Days - Nutrition and Food Services - Sign On Bonus available

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How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well‑being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what’s possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry and in people’s lives.

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• Collaborates with patient and/or family member, and health care team to assess nutrition and education needs of patients.
• Provides services and establishes goals based on the identified needs of patients and/or family members.
• Applies knowledge and skills in developing, implementing and maintaining nutrition care plans.
• Continuously evaluates nutrition care processes and patient outcomes and implements quality practice by following system policies, procedures, and evidence‑based research.
• Provides care according to organizational ethics, licensure and standards of professional practice for dietetics professionals.
• Applies Joint Commission and/or regulatory standards in the provision of nutrition care.
• Utilizes patient experience and empathy skills when interacting with patients and family members.
• Participates in multidisciplinary rounds, appropriate committees, and team member huddles.
• Provides medical nutrition therapy according to system policy and A.N.D. Nutrition Care Process practice standards.
• Utilizes the Nutrition Care Process and Well Star Nutrition Care Policies when assessing patients.
• Responsible for nutrition screen, assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and monitoring/evaluation of identified at‑risk patients.
• Applies psycho‑social, age‑appropriate, evidence‑based nutrition care.
• Documents all patient encounters in the health care record in accordance with hospital and department policies and procedures.
• Identifies, monitors, and evaluates enteral nutrition support regimens; manages enteral nutrition support under the supervision of medical staff.
• Develops and implements transitional feeding plans.
• Performs Nutrition Focused Physical Exams to evaluate malnutrition severity as appropriate.
• Assesses patient’s learning needs, barriers to learning, preferred learning styles and educational level and provides nutrition education accordingly.
• Utilizes community resources through the continuum of care to foster positive patient outcomes.
• Bases clinical practice on sound scientific principles, current research, and theory.
• Shares and reports research and patient outcomes utilizing various media.
• Demonstrates knowledge related to clinical practice.
• Communicates sound scientific principles, research, and theory to health care team members and dietetic interns in optimally managing patients’ care.
• Shares knowledge and expertise with dietetic interns, patients, family members and health care team members.
• Documents understanding of relevant information and results of communication with dietetic interns/technicians/patients/families and healthcare team members.
• Contributes to the development of new knowledge and services.
• Seeks out information effectively and independently to provide effective services.
• Participates in and identifies performance improvement criteria for nutrition care by completing peer chart audits as assigned and reviewing with their nutrition leader.
• Continuously evaluates and refines service based on measurable outcomes by keeping a productivity log.
• Identifies expected outcomes of patient care.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives and projects.
• Conducts yearly self‑assessment to identify professional strengths and weaknesses.
• Identifies needs for professional development and mentors dietetic interns.
• Documents professional development activities according to system policies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all…