Clinical Dietitian - Inpatient

University of Utah; Salt Lake City (UT); Sur place; USD 65 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

University of Utah Health seeks a Clinical Dietitian to assess nutritional needs, develop and implement care plans, and provide nutrition education to patients and families. The role involves collaboration with a broad health care team, ensuring adherence to quality standards and patient-centered outcomes.

The position emphasizes evidence-based practice, data-driven decision making, and ongoing evaluation of nutrition care effectiveness within a hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Must assess nutritional status and develop nutrition care plans.
• Provide nutrition counseling to patients and families.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to meet patient goals.

Responsabilités

• Conducts comprehensive nutritional assessments and interprets data.
• Formulates intervention plans and prioritizes care.
• Defines frequency and duration of care; adjusts plans as needed.
• Monitors outcomes and communicates plan to care team.
• Provides nutrition education to patients, families, and staff.

Connaissances

Nutritional assessment

Care planning

Education & counseling

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Clinical documentation

Description du poste

Overview

As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA

The Clinical Dietitian works with the departmental and interdisciplinary health care team to provide patient care that is integrated and compatible with patient-centered medical goals and objectives. This position is responsible for assessing the nutritional status, identifying nutrition concerns, and developing, implementing and evaluating outcomes of nutrition care plans for patients at nutritional risk. This position may provide nutritional support to patients in specialized populations. This position may be required to access and administer medications within their scope of practice and according to State Law.

Corporate Overview: The University of Utah is a Level 1 Trauma Center and is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. Our five hospitals and eleven clinics provide excellence in our comprehensive services, medical advancement, and overall patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Conducts comprehensive nutritional assessments for patients' nutritional needs by collecting, recording, and interpreting data from patients, clients, family members, caregivers, and other individuals and groups.

• Organizes and categorizes the data in a meaningful framework that links nutrition assessment parameters with nutrition diagnoses, and determines when a problem requires consultation with or referral to another provider.

• Formulates nutrition intervention plan based on nutrition related concerns and prioritizes interventions; utilizes evidence-based nutrition practice guidelines and other practice guidelines to evaluate plan effectiveness.

• Defines time and frequency of care, including intensity, duration, and follow-up; modifies the plan of care as needed.

• Monitors and measures outcomes by selecting relevant nutrition care indicators; compares findings with intervention goals for nutrition and determines whether goals/outcomes are being met.

• Works cooperatively with health care providers, patient/client/caregivers to implement and communicate the nutrition care plan and expected outcomes.

• Provides nutrition counseling and education to patients, families and caregivers, and the community.

• Ensures that state and local certification for health, safety, and quality standards are met.

• Conducts in-services and educational presentations for hospital and department staff and oversees the development and revision of specialized patient education materials, clinical forms, and protocols.

• Acts as an advocate, resource, and liaison with nursing and the medical staff by providing optimal communication and enhancing patient nutritional care, education and research opportunities.

• Participates in outcome measure initiatives to validate nutrition program performance and creates reports.

• Maintains accurate record keeping of daily clinical activities, including information for scheduling and billing.

• Participates in departmental and interdisciplinary meetings, task forces and projects.

• Creates and maintains training programs and manages training of nutrition and dietetics interns and other health care profession students in his/her specialty area.

• May manage total parenteral nutrition macronutrient calculations for specialized populations.

• May conduct and/or collaborate in nutrition research.

• May enter nutrition-related orders, as defined by University of Utah Registered Dietitian Order Writing Protocol.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Demonstrated potential ability to perform the essential functions as outlined above.

• Ability to provide care to the population served.

• Demonstrated knowledge of the