Job Summary:

Provides nutrition health needs of patients through the application of the Nutrition Care.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Assess, recommends and implements per established and approved disease-specific or condition-specific protocol orders from the referring practitioners, executing interventions to meet individual nutrient and energy needs, including but not limited to prescribed diets, modification of food textures for dentition and individual preferences; nutritional supplements; nutrition support therapies, for example enteral nutrition (tube feeding) and parenteral nutrition support.
Works closely with interdisciplinary team members for care coordination (e.g. ability to swallow, in the case of patients with dysphagia with rehab, occupational therapist, speech language pathologist, consulting on drug-food interaction with a pharmacist) and provide referral to other health professionals according to the needs of patients.
Provides nutrition counseling and nutrition education as components of preventive, therapeutic and restorative healthcare (in and out of the hospital activities).
Contributes to the implementation of work processes, outputs and enhancements on specific policies and programs directly related to unit’s operation. Educates dietetics affiliates, DSET trainees, healthcare professionals and others as preceptors for a supervised practice experience.
Participates in organization wide activities and monitors the unit’s compliance to hospital standards. Performs additional tasks assigned by the immediate superior related to the position.

TOPSERVE SERVICE SOLUTIONS INC

Nutritionist/Dietician