<p>As a Clinical Dietitian, you will function as the primary resource for Medical Nutrition Therapy of inpatients as needed, within the framework of the multidisciplinary health care team.</p> <p>DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:</p> <p>Monitors the nutritional needs of patients to assure appropriate nutritional care:</p> <ul> <li>Identifies high nutritional risk patients and makes clear treatment recommendations based on nutritional indicators in the medical record. </li><li>Performs nutritional assessments using pre-established criteria and formulates nutritional care plans, appropriate to patient ages and physical limitations, making recommendations to physicians and health care team members as needed. </li><li>Participates in multidisciplinary patient care rounds and collaborates with other allied health professionals in patient plans of care, including discharge planning. </li><li>Communicates relevant changes in patient conditions/treatment plans to nursing, assuring accuracy and continuity of care. </li><li>Communicates with physicians, patients/families, and ancillary departments regarding patient conditions/treatments, verbally (including via phone) and in writing. </li><li>Educates patients/families on modified/therapeutic diets, according to their learning needs, barriers to learning, preferred learning styles and education levels, utilizing translator services when indicated. </li><li>Develops patient educational materials, reviewing and revising such as needed, using current standards of acceptable practice. </li><li>Calculates enteral and parenteral nutrition recommendations, and infant/baby formula recommendations, when applicable. Communicates recommendations to the physicians and health care team members. </li><li>Conducts Nutrition Focused Physical Examinations and documents findings in the medical record. </li></ul> <p>Conducts a variety of activities to ensure patient satisfaction with meals and services.</p> <ul> <li>Maintains current diet information, communicating appropriate information to diet office/kitchen staff, in order to facilitate daily meal and snack provision according to patients needs and preferences. </li><li>Interprets/adjusts menus and complex diet information and transcribes such for menu selection/computer input as needed. </li><li>Conducts patient rounds to elicit patients' satisfaction with their overall nutritional care experience, conducting service recovery activities as needed to resolve issues. </li></ul> <p>Provides current, appropriate nutritional information to hospital personnel and the community:</p> <ul> <li>Organizes, develops and teaches classes in the community on a variety of nutrition topics. </li><li>Conducts educational sessions for physicians, nurses, students and other allied health professionals. </li><li>Assists in the training of department employees in a variety of nutritional topics and contributes to the ongoing therapeutic accuracy of meals and patient satisfaction. </li><li>Participates in projects to update office resources and clinical practice using evidence-based criteria. </li></ul> <p>EDUCATION AND RELATED EXPERIENCE:</p> <p>Required:</p> <ul> <li>Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) OR Registered Dietitian Eligible with CDR and must successfully pass the RD exam within 90 days of hire. </li><li>Dietitian/Nutritionist License with the Licensing Board of Dietitians & Nutritionists of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts OR eligible to become licensed and must obtain state licensure within 90 days of hire. </li></ul> <p>Preferred:</p> <ul> <li>One or more years of experience with inpatient nutrition care activities. </li><li>Certification in specialized area (i.e. Nutrition Support, Pediatrics, Renal, Diabetes Education, etc.) </li><li>Postgraduate degree in nutrition related field. </li></ul>