Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs (Registered Dietitian)-61007311

Posting number: 191726

Department: Department of Public Health

Division: Health Promotion and Services

Job classification: Registered Dietition

Posting type: Open

Categories: Health Services, Public Health, Nutrition

Summary

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Provides therapeutic nutrition services for clients with high risk and/or complex nutrition-related medical conditions. Develops nutrition care plans for high-risk patient referrals and approves special and metabolic formulas. Participate in quality assurance processes for nutrition services. Provides care coordination to Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs (CYSHCN) clients in a public health setting.

Population Focused Nutrition Care:
* Utilizing the Nutrition Care Process (NCP), assess and diagnoses the nutritional status of clients with high risk and/or complex nutrition-related medical conditions as referred from WIC, Maternal Child Health (MCH) programs, and other health care providers.
* Develops and implements nutrition care plans to include counseling, follow-up, referral, and coordination of care with other health care providers according to practice and program policies.
* Prioritizes identified client/family needs for those seeking or receiving CYSHCN nutrition services.
* Approves and administers Special and Metabolic formulas in conjunction with the CYSHCN Nutrition Consultant and Newborn Screening RD.
* Determines eligibility for financial assistance according to the CYSHCN Policy Manual and authorizes services/orders formula for eligible clients as needed/requested.
* Adheres to all programmatic and practice policies, including those in the Public Health Services Policy Manual and Health Records Policy Manual.
* Documents care/services per agency policies and procedures. 

Interdisciplinary Care Coordination:
* Provides therapeutic nutrition intervention for CYSHCN clients with high-risk and/ or complex nutrition related medical conditions according to program policies and procedures.
* Serves as care coordinator for diverse CYSHCN clients, working with Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program, nursing, therapists, physicians, schools, social workers, and other relevant providers according to program policies and procedures.
* Provides nutrition consultation to the CYSHCN team. 
* Makes referrals for medical, socioeconomic, mental, nursing, and educational needs as identified and appropriate.
* Maintains knowledge of community resources relevant to the CYSHCN population.

Formula Administration:
* Develops and maintains tracking systems for formula caseloads.
* Orders formula when requested according to program guidelines.
* Dispenses/delivers formula or arranges for such to clients once received by the vendor and checked for accuracy and documents the delivery per policy.
* Collects, documents on, and routes packing slips and invoices timely and per policy.

Continuous Quality Improvement:
* Assists in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of CYSHCN nutrition services and quality assurance processes for nutrition practice.
* Collects and reports on characteristics of assigned caseload, services provided, and outcomes as requested by supervisor.
* Participates in program and discipline audits as requested.
* Participates in staff meetings and shares relevant information with the regional team.
* Assists with the training and mentoring of new CYSHCN staff.

Professional Competency and Growth:
* Completes CYSHCN program an agency required trainings per policy.
* Maintains clinical competence as required by the Office of Nutrition and participates in ongoing professional development to include continuing education credit and training opportunities.
* Represents program or region on committee, workgroups, and at community events as assigned.
* Identifies training needs to supervisor.

Emergency Response and Other Duties:
* Participates in Medical Equipment Power Shelter (MEPS) operations as assigned during emergency response events and responds promptly and effectively to client emergencies during public health emergencies 
and outbreak response efforts.
* Maintains flexibility, professionalism, and completes other duties as assigned related to the position.

Examples of duties

State Minimum Requirements: A master’s degree and registration with the Commission on Dietetic Registration as a Registered Dietitian or registration eligi