Registered Dietitian | Pediatric | Inpatient General Medicine | LeBonheur|Full-Time | Day
On-siteJackson, Tennessee, United States
Job Summary
Formulate and implement optimal nutrition therapy and pediatric medical nutrition therapy plans of care for assigned patients. Conduct face-to-face and telehealth assessments, document findings in electronic records, and coordinate nutritional care with multidisciplinary teams. Screen, triage, and prioritize consults across all age groups while monitoring anthropometric indices and biochemical data to adjust plans as needed. Collaborate with foodservice and milk tech staff to calculate special recipes and ensure conformance with therapeutic procedures. Provide age-specific, culturally appropriate nutrition counseling to patients and families, navigate formula formularies and insurance resources, and communicate outpatient issues via EMR messaging.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree Dietetics
- Dietitian-Nutritionist Tennessee - Tennessee Board of Dietitians/Nutritionist Examiners
- Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist - Commission on Dietetic Registration
- Knowledge of the Nutrition Care Process and ability to apply all steps of the process
- Comprehensive knowledge and application of nutrition services and medical nutrition therapy, specifically related to pediatrics
- Comprehensive knowledge, application, and advancement of formularies for preterm, infant, preschool, school age, adolescent, adult, and metabolic and other disease specialty formulas
- Complex understanding and application of growth velocity and estimated needs for multiple age groups (premature, toddler, preschool, school age, adolescent, and adult) with differing growth rates to maximize medical nutrition therapy plan of care
- Critical thinking to integrate facts, informed opinions, active listening, and observations
- Decision making, problem solving, and collaboration skills
- Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form to patients, public, hospital and medical staff, and physicians
- Ability to function independently on assigned patient care units
- Ability to counsel and educate others
- General knowledge of nutrient analysis, word processing, and spreadsheet software
- Must have good balance and coordination
- The physical requirements of this position are: light work - exerting up to 25 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs. of force frequently
- The Associate is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity, such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; or extensive reading
Desired Qualifications
- Master's Degree Dietetics
- Dialysis 0-1 years
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