Clinical Dietitian - Adult Inpatient

University Of New Mexico - Hospitals; Los Lunas (NM); Vor Ort; USD 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Sign-On Bonus Available

Relocation Assistance Available

Zusammenfassung

UNMH Jobs seeks a Dietitian/Nutritionist to deliver Medical Nutrition Therapy and monitor outcomes across units. You will assess nutritional status using recalls, history, and labs, providing patient education and coordinating care with the healthcare team.

Responsibilities include supervising dietetic interns, updating records, and supporting safety and policy adherence in a hospital setting. Requires related degree and dietetics credentials.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's Degree is essential.
• Master's Degree is nonessential.
• 1/2 year (6 months) of directly related experience is essential.
• 1 year of directly related experience is nonessential.

Aufgaben

• Collaborate with healthcare team to provide Medical Nutrition Therapy.
• Monitor effectiveness and outcomes of nutrition interventions.
• Evaluate nutritional status using diet recall/history, physicals, labs, and anthropometric measures.
• Provide nutrition education to patients and family.
• Manage delivery of nutrition care services on assigned units.
• Ensure adherence to hospital and department policies.
• Care for neonate to geriatric age groups as assigned.
• Perform nutrition screening, assessments, and care plan development.
• Follow up on nutrition risk with ongoing reassessment.
• Direct the nutrition care aides to ensure nutrition care plan adherence.
• Identify and monitor enteral and parenteral nutrition support.
• Maintain accurate records for regulatory guidelines.
• Participate in educational activities and quality improvement.

Ausbildung

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

CPR for Healthcare/BLS Provision/Professional Rescuers

Jobbeschreibung

Compensation Disclaimer

Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations.

Department: Food and Nutrition - UH

FTE: 0.90

Full Time

Shift: Days

Position Summary

Collaborate with members of the healthcare team to provide Medical Nutrition Therapy, and monitor the effectiveness and outcomes of nutrition interventions. Evaluates the nutritional status of patients utilizing diet recall/history, physical appearance, oral intake, laboratory values, and by performing anthropometric measurements. Provide nutrition education to patients and family members. Manage delivery of nutrition care services on assigned units. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups.

Detailed responsibilities

• PATIENT CARE - Perform key functions of nutrition care according to system policy including nutrition screening, assessments, development of care plans
• PATIENT CARE - Follow-up monitoring/reassessment of patients identified to be at nutrition risk; base clinical practice on sound scientific principles, current research and theory
• NUTRITION - Direct the nutrition care aides in assuring that patients receive nutrition care that meets the nutrition therapy care plan
• NUTRITION - Identify, monitor, and evaluate effectiveness of enteral and parenteral nutrition support regimes
• PATIENT CARE - Provide care according to organization ethics, licensure, and the Standards of Professional practice for Dietetics professionals
• PATIENT CARE - Assess patient's learning needs and provide nutrition education appropriate to patient's literacy and/or cognitive ability
• COMMUNICATION - Share knowledge and expertise with other health care team members through activities such as participating in patient care rounds, in-services to staff, participation on assigned committees and teaching classes
• PRECEPTOR - Serve as a preceptor for dietetic interns in applying nutrition knowledge and skills
• RECORDS - Maintain accurate records to meet regulatory agency guidelines and assist in statistical analysis of data
• DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
• PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
• PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
• PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
• PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"
• RESEARCH - Locate, review, and utilize evidence-based best practices to improve patient outcomes

Qualifications

Education

Essential:

• Bachelor's Degree

Nonessential:

• Master's Degree

Education specialization

Essential:

• Related Discipline

Nonessential:

• Related Discipline

Experience

Essential:

• 1/2 year (6 months) directly related experience

Nonessential:

• 1 year directly related experience

Credentials

Essential:

• Certi w/Cmmsn on Dietetic Registration/eligible if prov
• NM Dietician License or Provisional Dietitian License
• CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days

Physical Conditions

Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. May require walking or standing to a significant degree or requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or may require working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of materials is negligible.

Working conditions

• Minor Hazard - physical risks, dirt, dust, fumes, noise
• May perform subordinate tasks in high census/vol
• May be required or is required to perform on-call duties
• May work rotating shifts, holidays and weekends
• Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required

Benefits

• Sign-On Bonus Available
• Relocation Assistance Available