Title : Clinical Dietician
Duration: 5 months
Location: Webster TX 77598
Shift: Day Shift 8:00am-4:30pm
Description:- Develops, implements and evaluates patient nutritional care plans.
- Provides age-appropriate assessments of all patients identified at nutrition risk to include diabetes management and education per established timeframe/guidelines.
- Adapts nutrition plan to specific economic, social, cultural, and age-appropriate patient needs.
- Reassess patients at appropriate intervals and adjusts plan of care as warranted.
- Provides age appropriate education to support the nutritional plan of care.
- Assesses learning needs and readiness to learn for all patients/families.
- Participates in the development and review of education materials and department resources to meet the needs of the populations served.
Skills:- Knowledge of nutrition, medical nutrition therapy and pediatrics.
- Ability to observe deficiencies and formulate actions to correct the situation, make assessments and recommendations, educate others on nutritional needs, and use word processing, spreadsheet and nutrition programs on a computer.
Education:
RD - Cert-Registered Dietitian Commission on Dietetic Registry Required
LD - Licensed Dietitian Texas Department of Licensing Required
Bachelor's Degree- Required