NICU Nutrition Tech: Care Plans & Calorie Counting

Intermountain Healthcare Inc.; Provo (UT); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

Intermountain Health's Utah Valley Clinic seeks a part-time Clinical Diet Tech to support nutrition care under the supervision of a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN). You will collect and document patient nutrition information and help implement care plans in the clinical setting.

This role involves collaborating with clinical staff, performing nutrition data gathering, calorie counts, and providing education to patients and the community.

Qualifications

• Experience in a role requiring effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated attention to detail, organizational and decision-making ability.
• Experience using word processing, spreadsheet, internet and e-mail applications.
• Demonstrated advanced math skills.
• Experience transcribing information quickly and accurately.
• Experience in a healthcare setting or completion of nutrition-related college level course work, preferred.
• Experience with nutrient analysis software, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collects nutrition screening information and manages nutrition tasks for techs and dietitians.
• Completes nutrition data gathering and analysis.
• Performs calorie counts.
• Documents patient information in the electronic health record as established by protocol.
• Interacts and problem solves with clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Provides patient and the community with nutrition care and education, under the direction of RDN.
• Performs various functions in the NICU under the direction of RDN.
• Participates in department continuous quality improvement projects.
• Provides exceptional customer service in all customer interactions.
• Completes business functions as established by department.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Math skills

Accuracy

Reasoning and logic

Interpersonal communication

Computer Literacy

Tools

Nutrient analysis software

Job description

Intermountain Health's Utah Valley Clinic seeks a part-time Clinical Diet Tech to support nutrition care under the supervision of a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN). You will collect and document patient nutrition information and help implement care plans in the clinical setting.

This role involves collaborating with clinical staff, performing nutrition data gathering, calorie counts, and providing education to patients and the community.