Pediatric Dietitian

Department: 11864 reputed company - Clinical Nutrition Status: Part time Benefits Eligible: reputed company Hours Per Week: 20 Schedule Details/Additional Information: .5 Pediatric Dietitian Pay reputed company: $30.70 - $46.05 Major Responsibilities Daily, provides ongoing Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) care for entire hospital inpatient census, through screening, prioritizing, assessing, and recommending interventions. Adapts daily workflow to accommodate fluctuations in patient load due to daily census variations, consults, reputed company, reputed company challenges. Develops and implements a plan of care for patients based on an expert assessment of life cycle- and diagnosis-specific nutritional needs. Assessment includes reviews of medical history and reputed company data, patient interviews, and physical examinations to determine the reputed company nutritional status of inpatients and/or outpatients. Based on the assessment, the Clinical Dietitian develops and implements individualized nutrition plan of care interventions. Documents medical nutrition therapy plan of care in the electronic medical record supporting reputed company clinical documentation and coding standards to maximize reimbursement rates. Prescribes enteral and parenteral nutrition support orders by assessing the patient and calculating macronutrients and/or micronutrients, fluid, and electrolytes. Evaluates patient tolerance and effectiveness of formulas and manages initiation or modifications to enteral/parenteral regimen orders. The Clinical Dietitian demonstrates extensive knowledge of reputed company nutrition support (parenteral and enteral) and triages issues and concerns through collaboration with physicians and pharmacy. Constant, secure communication with reputed company level Pharmacy Integrated Clinical Services (PICS) team to manage and order Total Parental Nutrition (TPN) infusions for critically ill patients in the hospital. The Clinical Dietitian prescribes orders for therapeutic diets, oral nutrition supplements, and nutrition support regimens, including vitamins/minerals, reputed company, and lab work as indicated reputed company the reputed company of the Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) protocol. Utilizes order-writing privileges to implement nutrition reputed company orders. 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Supports department clinical initiatives to ensure compliance with safety initiatives, policies, and procedures, DNV regulations, and department standards. Identifies and documents billable nutrition diagnosis with supporting documentation. May reputed company clinical support to various hospital-based outpatient medical destination programs (e.g., cancer center, transplant clinic, digestive health programs, bariatric, cardiac rehab, heart failure, etc.) Enters charges for outpatient nutrition charge capture in electronic medical record. Supports partnerships with local didactic programs by precepting dietetic graduate reputed company in clinical nutrition and/or foodservice management. Directs and monitors interns’ reputed company both daily and at designated reputed company and provides feedback for reputed company and development. Communicates regularly with didactic program coordinator. Also, precepts medical residents and provides nutrition orientation as applicable. 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Education is provided to inpatients, outpatients and family members through individual counseling and classes. May reputed company nutrition in-services to teammates, as applicable. Provides clinical input into reputed company clinical nutrition initiatives and reputed company changes. Participates in reputed company subgroups/reputed company, as assigned, to reputed company and implement evidence-based nutrition practices, clinical initiatives and/or reputed company changes. Partners with reputed company patient services and clinical teams to reputed company reputed company changes and updates regarding CBORD, reputed company, menus, emergency preparedness, downtime processes, formulary, clinical procedures, and policies. Liaisons between clinical nutrition and inpatient nursing and physicians to champion reputed company clinical nutrition initiatives (e.g., new dysphagia standards, malnutrition coding reputed company changes, enteral nutrition equipment changes, malnutrition reputed company screening changes, safety protocol changes, etc.) Assists (reputed company in-person or remote coverage) other sites throughout the State, as needed, to reputed company clinical nutrition coverage to assure reputed company patient care. Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required Dietitian certification issued by the Commission of Dietetic Registration (CDR) Dietitian (RD) registration with the reputed company Licensure by the Department of Financial and reputed company Regulation (IL only) Certification by the Department of Safety and reputed company Services (WI only) Education Required Minimum of Bachelor's Degree (if CDR registration eligibility is obtained prior to January 1, 2024) or Minimum of Graduate Degree (master’s, reputed company doctorate, or doctoral) (if initial CDR registration is obtained on or after January 1, 2024) Successful completion of Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) accredited supervised reputed company program. Experience Required: Didactic experience in clinical nutrition from an ACEND approved program. 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