Department

Food and Nutritional Services

Employment Status (Full Time Equivalent)

Part-Time (0.5 FTE): 20 hours per week

Benefit Eligible

Hours

• Monday thru Friday
  • 7:00am to 3:30pm
  • Can be flexible
• Occasional Saturdays
  • In-Person or Remote
  • 4 hours or less

Position Objective

The Clinical Dietitian will be under the general supervision of, and report directly to, the Food Nutrition Services Director (FNS). In the absence of the FNS Director, the Staff Dietitian will assume the duties of the FNS Director. The Staff Dietitian will also be serving the hospital as a Clinical Dietitian with responsibilities for patient visitations and monitoring patient screens and screening/assessing patient's nutritional needs. The position will assist in developing and maintaining pertinent record systems (P.I. data, outpatient dietary records, calorie count guidelines), conduct classes for hospital support groups and other organizations as requested. The Staff Dietitian will be in constant liaison with the hospital medical staff for recommendations on dietetic policies affecting patient treatment.

Some requirements in this job description may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk of the health and safety of themselves or other employees. The requirements are subject to reasonable accommodation to allow individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Essential Responsibilities

• Interpret standards prescribed by federal, state, and local authorities
• Recommend standards and monitor practices for sanitation and safety
• Be involved in numerous contacts with patients and/or relatives/caregivers in counselling them as to their clinical diet
• Be involved in contacts with the medical staff
• Establish good rapport in the entire FNS Department to be an effective manager in the absence of the FNS Director, and also be effective in and with in-service training
• Collaborate with other hospital services
• Record patient information consistently per policies and procedures for: evaluations/re-evaluations, treatment notes, establishment of goals, plan of care, discharge summaries/planning, medical record support information, billing information
• Gather and record departmental data for departmental reports
• Maintain pertinent data and provide recommendations or modifications to therapeutic diets as needed for meeting patient's needs
• Evaluate patient tolerance of therapeutic diets when appropriate
• Visit patients to determine satisfaction with food services
• Instruct patient/family/significant others on established clinical diet and resolves diet/special eating problems
• Recommend dietary therapeutic diet changes to physician/medical staff
• Provide nutrition consultation to staff
• Develop treatment plans and goals as indicated from results of patient evaluation on a timely basis
• Responsible for patient's ongoing assessment and discharge planning at the minimum recognized intervals
• Approve: patient menus, nutritional supplements, patient menu nutritional analysis, facility diet manual
• Monitor food service activities
• Document all patient care processes according to policy
• Provide care according to organizational ethics and Standards of Professional Practice for Dietetics Professionals
• Review and implement all policies and procedures as outlined in the Safety/Risk Management Manuel (i.e. Volume I - General Safety, Mandatory Annual In-Services, Volume II - Employee Health and Infection Control)
• Monitor food service activities including HACCP
• Complete mandatory safety in-services annually
• Carry out Physicians' orders as to the proper diet for each patient
• Provide group education classes

Other Responsibilities

• Use personal protective equipment when there is a risk of exposure to chemicals and/or infectious materials
• Follow necessary precautions to avoid injury, including stretching and short breaks from repetitive actions
• Attend relevant meetings within and outside the hospital to maintain current knowledge in dietetics
• Perform all other related duties as assigned in a professional and responsive manner
• Demonstrate the ability to use relevant equipment
• Support, understand, and promote Alomere Health's mission, vision, values, policies and procedures
• Ability to meet the work schedule requirements with flexibility dependent upon the needs of the department
• Foster respectful working relationships with professional colleagues, patients, families, and general public regardless of age, gender, lifestyle, culture, beliefs, race, socioeconomic class, or ability

Required Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited college offering the dietetic program
• Registered member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (or eligible)
• Completed an approved dietetic internship
• Complete continuing education requirements to remain registered

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Medium physical work demand for strength to perform job duties
• Ability to tactically handle difficult situations
• Ability to communicate factual data orally and written for patient and department reports
• Knowledge of specific nutritional needs of the patients they serve as related to their age (portion served, specific dietary requests and/or needs)
• Knowledge of hospital wide polices in order to complete assignments and assist in the supervision of other staff and students
• Knowledge about all equipment in the FNS Department
• Demonstrate initiative, ability to accomplish tasks without managerial intervention

Ability to be alert to details, accurate in responses to inquires with prompt relating of messages and information

Benefit Status

Part-time

Union Position

No