Dietician- Feeding Disorder- Outpatient - Children's Behavioral Health Center

Position Title:

Dietician- Feeding Disorder- Outpatient - Children's Behavioral Health Center

Department:

Pediatric Behavioral Health OP

Job Description:

The Dietitian in this position will function as an interprofessional member of their specialty area of dietetics practice. They will adhere to the current Scope and Standards of Practice for the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and elevate the standard of care to reflect the focus area standards of their specialty area of practice. Performance must be in alignment with their designation as a Competent, Proficient, or Expert practitioner in accordance with the focus area standards for their specialty area of practice.

Essential Responsibilities

Demonstrating Ethics and Competence in Practice: The registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) demonstrates competence, accountability, and responsibility for ensuring safe, ethical, and quality person-centered care and services through regular self-evaluation, and timely continuing professional education to maintain and enhance knowledge, skills, and experiences.

Striving for Health Equity: The registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) approach to practice reflects the value the profession places on health equity in all forms of interaction when delivering care and/or services to colleagues, customers, students/interns, and when interacting with stakeholders.

Illustrating Quality in Practice: The registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) provides quality services effectively and efficiently using systematic processes with identified ethics, leadership, accountability, and dedicated resources. Demonstrating Leadership, Interprofessional Collaboration, and

Management of Programs, Services, and Resources: The registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) provides safe, quality service based on customer expectations and needs; the mission, vision, principles, and values of the organization/business; and integration of interprofessional collaboration.

Applying Research and Guidelines: The registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) applies, participates in, and/or generates research to enhance practice. Evidence-based practice incorporates the best available research/evidence and information in the delivery of nutrition and dietetics services.

Providing Effective Communications and Advocacy: The registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) effectively applies knowledge and expertise in communications with customers and the public, and in public policy advocacy efforts.

Providing Person-/Population-Centered Nutrition Care: The registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) conducts nutrition care process and workflow elements to identify and address nutrition-related problems which a RDN is responsible for treating, incorporating the following elements:

• Reviews or obtains nutrition screening data to identify malnutrition or risk of malnutrition
• Obtains and evaluates medical, nutrition, and food-related information for relevance and accuracy
• Identifies and labels nutrition problem(s)/diagnosis(es)
• Develops plan and implements culturally appropriate person-/population-centered nutrition interventions
• Monitors and evaluates person-/intervention-specific indicators and outcomes data to determine whether planned interventions should be continued or revised
• Documents and communicates results with interprofessional team and patients/clients/caregivers.

General Responsibilities

Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in dietetics, foods and nutrition, or related area, granted by a US regionally accredited college or university, or foreign equivalent required. Completion of required dietetics coursework and supervised practice through a Didactic Program in Dietetics and Dietetic Internship, or a Coordinated Program in Dietetics accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Master’s degree preferred.

Experience:

A minimum of 1 year of acute care clinical nutrition and/or nutritional counseling experience preferred.

License(s)/Certification(s)/Registration(s):

Licensed Dietitian from the State of Oklahoma required upon hire and Registered Dietitian from the Commission on Dietetic Registration required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to interpret and communicate technical information in such a way that patients can understand.
• Ability to work independently and to maintain good interpersonal skills