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PRN , As needed

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

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Duties/Responsibilities

• Utilizes the Nutrition Care Process to perform comprehensive nutritional assessments and reassessments while using age-appropriate standards and validated tools to include nutrition related diagnosis using the eNCP terminology approved by the Academy of Nutrition and dietetics.

• Respond to consults and nutrition referrals within the established time frame Facility and or based on department policy and patient outcome

• Monitor and evaluate patient progress, adjusting nutrition interventions as needed

• Communicate with medical team regarding nutrition intervention or plan of care through verbal, written, or electronic communication

• Provides nutrition education to patients and families with the patient’s preferred learning style/readiness for change/cultural belief

• Support enteral and parenteral nutrition therapy when applicable and communicate recommendations with the medical team

• Participate in Hospitalist rounding, interdisciplinary meetings, and/or discharge rounds as needed.

• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, speech therapists, and other healthcare professionals

• Communicates and coordinated meals, supplements, and enteral feeding regimen with the FNS staff

• Ensure compliance with clinical guidelines, regulatory standards, and hospital policies

• Serves as a preceptor for dietetic interns

Required Skills/Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree if RDN obtained prior to 1/1/24 or master’s degree after 1/1/24

• RD/RDN or RDE with ability to sit for exam required withing 6 months of hire date

• LD (Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist) or LD approved application from Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation required 6 months of hire date with R.D.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in clinical nutrition practice preferred; 1 year experience in a pediatric preferred

• Ability to read and speak English, Spanish ability beneficial

• This position fulfills on-call responsibilities for weekends and holidays on a rotating schedule with other RDN staff

Working Environment

• Working Conditions: Inside

• Working Position: Sitting, Standing, and Walking

• Physical Demands: Medium

• Physical Requirements: Lifting/Carrying, Pushing/Pulling, Stooping/Kneeling/Bending, and Repetitive Movements

• Lifting or carrying between 11 - 24 lbs.

• Sensory/Communicative activities essential to the performance of this position: Feeling, Hearing, Seeing, Smelling, Tasting, and Speaking

• This position will be exposed to Inside Environments