Clinical Diet Technician Advanced

Job Description:

Facilitates the nutrition care process to provide patients with optimal medical nutrition therapy under the supervision of a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN).

Essential Functions

Under supervision of Registered Dietitian:

• Conducts nutrition screening and manages nutrition tasks for techs and dietitians.
• Completes nutrition data gathering and analysis including calorie counts.

• Completes and documents nutrition assessment. 

• Identifies and documents nutrition diagnosis. 
• Identifies and implements appropriate nutrition interventions including quality nutrition education based on customer needs, expectations, and culture. 
• Monitors and evaluates individual nutrition outcomes related to nutrition diagnosis, goals, and interventions. 
• Communicates nutrition expertise with all appropriate healthcare providers. 
• Provides patients with nutrition care and education.
• Escalates patient needs and concerns to appropriate RDN.

Skills

• Nutrition Care Process
• Malnutrition Diagnosis
• Nutrition Education
• Critical Thinking
• Detail-oriented
• Interpersonal communication
• Computer Literacy

Qualifications

• Registered Diet Technician with Commission on Dietetic Registration

OR

• Enrolled in an ACEND accredited Didactic Program in Dietetics, Dietetic Internship, Coordinated Program, or graduate-level competency-based dietitian nutritionist program with completion of clinical internship hours.  Registration as either Registered Diet Technician or Registered Dietitian with Commission on Dietetic Registration within 6 months of graduation.

• Demonstrated ability to apply the Nutrition Care Process in completing nutrition assessments.
• Demonstrated attention to detail, organizational and decision-making ability.  
• Demonstrated computer proficiency.
• Experience in a role requiring effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience transcribing information quickly and accurately.

Physical Requirements:

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.

Location:

Utah Valley Clinic

Work City:

Provo

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

0

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

$21.14 - $32.63

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

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