Clinical Dietician PRN- Food and Nutrition in Las Cruces, NM at Memorial Medical Center
Posted on: 27 Feb 2021
Las Cruces, NM
Job Description
Job Description
Memorial Medical Center
Provides inpatient and/or outpatient clinical nutrition services through utilization of all aspects of the nutrition care process.
Essential Functions
Conducts Nutrition Screening / Prioritization of care for all patients that need to be seen on a daily basis.
Utilizes knowledge in the area of medical nutrition therapy to apply the Nutrition Care Process, including completion of the nutrition assessment, determination of the nutrition diagnosis, developing and implementing nutrition interventions, and monitoring and evaluating of the patients progress according to age, disease, and individual needs.
Utilizes current / evidence based protocols in order to ensure medical nutrition therapy practices to meet established guidelines.
Provides and assesses effectiveness of patient and family education. Develops, evaluates and utilizes appropriate education materials for patients. Identifies learning needs using methods appropriate to each patient's developmental and educational level; evaluates and documents learner response to teaching.
Completes all required documentation including nutritional care plan, assessments, consultations, nutrient intake analyses and patient education in the patient's medical record and on all required documentation tools in a timely, professional and thorough manner.
Attends multidisciplinary care plan rounds on assigned floors as indicated by hospital and department policy and procedures.
Job Requirements
Minimum Education: B.S., B.A. or higher degree from an accredited college or university with a major in a related discipline. Successful completion of internship accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND).
Minimum Experience: Minimum of 1 year as a practicing registered dietitian preferred. Teaching or seminar development and delivery experience. Experience with multi-level programs preferred.
Certification/Licensure: Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). Licensed Dietitian with the State of New Mexico.
LifePoint Health is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of color, race, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, gender identity, sexual orientation, veterans status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
LifePoint Health, Inc.
Brentwood, TN
Across our network and at our Health Support Center, we are united by a shared mission and vision, core values and guiding principles that drive everything we do and inform our approach to patient care, quality and how we do busine. We know that to achieve our vision of creating places where people choose to come for healthcare, physicians want to practice and employees want to work, we must organize around the right strategies. At LifePoint, our strategies are simple and enduring.
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