Registered Dietician

Overview

JOB TITLE: Registered Dietician

 

REPORTS TO: Chief Medical Officer

 

DEPARTMENT: General Medicine / Diabetes Clinic

 

POSITION OVERVIEW:

1. Provides comprehensive nutritional care to patients identified with special needs and/or those            who meet nutritional risk criteria.

2. Provides nutritional care which includes patient assessment and reassessment, patient and                family education, interdisciplinary communication, nutritional plan of care development, and                documentation of all interventions in accordance with policy and acceptable practice standards.

3. Acts as a competent clinician who provides clinical care in a skilled and effective manner, utilizing      appropriate technical and decision-making skills.

 

Responsibilities

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Completes Dietary assessment, writes on Progress Notes in the patient’s E.H.R., information              such as counseling, food substitutions and diet instructions provided to the patient or any                    pertinent impressions of the patient’s ability to cope and/or acceptance of the diet modification.

2. Determines dietary needs of patients from information gathered from patients chart in                          consultation with medical staff, and other sources.

3. Calculates special diets ordered by physicians.

4. Calculates weighted diets for patients whose intake must be specifically limited.

5. Observes, analyzes, and records diet program and patient response to diets served to evaluate          effectiveness of dietary program, to determine necessary diet changes or supplementary feeding,      and to provide dietary information for related medical purposes.

6. Communicates directly with the patient’s PCP via the NextGen E.H.R. to ensure care coordination.

7. Undertakes continuous self-improvement, attending applicable training, seminars, in-services and      educational classes to maintain skills competency and current knowledge for standard of care            and effective practices.

8. Responsible for following all agency safety and health standards, regulations, procedures,                  policies and practices.

9. Identifies, initiates and implements measures to deliver high quality care to patients and improve        services.

10. Responds efficiently and timely to all patient and provider staff needs and inquiries.

11. Ensures excellent customer service to all FHCCGLA patients.

12. Works with the operations managers to manage patient scheduling and flow to address                      bottlenecks, scheduling issues, etc.

13. Handles patient grievances according to FHCCGLA’s Policy & Procedure.

14. Assists in developing, updates & reviews of FHCCGLA Policies & Procedures (P&P’s) as                   needed (with input from all other key personnel).

15. Ensures HIPAA compliance by maintaining strict confidentiality of all patient data and                          E.H.R./Practice Management System (PMS) according to regulations and FHCCGLA’s P&P’s.

16. Counsels patients regarding normal and therapeutic dietary needs.

17. Confers regularly and periodically with the C.M.O. to review progress, exchange information and        discuss future goals.

18. Assists in planning menus and nourishment lists as needed for conformity with dietary policies           and standards based on the patient’s primary diagnosis (diabetes, overweight, hypertension,             etc.).

19. Develops and conducts in-service training for personnel when appropriate.

20. Assists in the development of applicable sections of FHCCGLA’s policy & procedure manual              related to nutrition.

21. Oversight of the Nutrition portion of FHCCGLA’s Diabetes Program.

22. Train incoming/future Registered Dietitian new hires.

23. Creation of educational materials for Diabetes Programs.

24. Nutritional component of the Hypertension Management Program for patients.

25. May be required to submit written monthly reports to C.M.O.

26. Practices confidentiality regarding all client related matters.

27. Attends the following meetings/trainings:

• Mandatory Quarterly Staff Meeting/Trainings- Quarterly (Jan., Apr., Jul. & Oct.)
• Corporate Risk Management Meeting- Quarterly (Jan., Apr., Jul. & Oct.), as needed (advanced notice will be provided when feasible)
• Clinical & Operations (C&O) Meeting- As needed (advanced notice will be provided when feasible)
• Meetings with FHCCGLA’s Executive Leadership, as needed (advanced notice will be provided when feasible)