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Wellstar Health Systems
Clinical Dietitian - Kennestone - Part Time
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What they do
A Dietitian or Nutritionist provides clients with advice on healthy eating, and helps to plan nutritional menus. Works with individuals who have specific dietary needs, such as hospital patients, or oversees food programs in schools, hospitals, and other large organizations. May work in a community setting or non-profit, governmental, or public health organization, offering nutritional advice to specific groups of people.
$71,419 / year median in Georgia
+13% projected growth
Job Description
Clinical Dietitian
- Kennestone
- Part Time at Wellstar Health Systems Clinical Dietitian
- Kennestone
- Part Time at Wellstar Health Systems in Marietta, Georgia Posted in 2 days ago.
Job Description:
How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives. Work Shift Day (United States of America)Job Summary:
Clinical Dietitian- Kennestone
- Part Time Practices as a member of the interdisciplinary health care team responsible for the provision of medical nutrition therapy.
Responsibilities:
Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:
Develops, implements, and promotes quality services based on client expectation and needs:- Collaborates with patient and/or family member, and healthcare team to assess nutrition and education needs of patients.
- Provides services and establishes goals based on the identified needs of patients and/or family members.
- Applies knowledge and skills in developing, implementing and maintaining nutrition care plans.
- Continuously evaluates nutrition care processes and patient outcomes and implements quality practice by following system policies, procedures, and evidenced based research.
- Provides care according to organizational ethics, licensure and Standards of Professional Practice for Dietetics Professionals.
- Applies Joint Commission and/or regulatory standards in the provision of nutrition care.
- Utilized patient experience and empathy skills when interacting with patients and family members.
- Participates in multidisciplinary rounds, appropriate committees, and team member huddles.
Nutrition Care Process practice standards:
- Utilizes the Nutrition Care Process and WellStar Nutrition Care Policies when assessing patients.
- Responsible for nutrition screen, assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and monitoring/evaluation of identified at risk patients.
- Apply psycho-social, age appropriate, evidence-based nutrition care.
- Document all patient encounters in the health care record in accordance with hospital and department policies and procedures.
- Identify, monitor, and evaluate enteral nutrition support regimens. Manage enteral nutrition support under the supervision of medical staff.
- Develop and implements transitional feeding plans.
- Perform Nutrition Focused Physical Exams to evaluate malnutrition severity as appropriate.
- Assess patient's learning needs, barriers to learning, preferred learning styles and educational level and provides nutrition education accordingly.
- Utilizes community resources through the continuum of care to foster positive patient outcomes. Locates, reviews, and utilizes best practice research findings for their application in optimally managing a disease or condition and improving patient outcomes:
- Bases clinical practice on sound scientific principles, current research and theory.
- s and reports research and patient outcomes utilizing various media.
- Demonstrates knowledge related to clinical practice.
- Communicates sound scientific principles, research, and theory to health care team members and dietetic interns in optimally managing patients' care.
- s knowledge and expertise with dietetic interns, patients, family members and healthcare team members.
- Documents understanding of relevant information and results of communication with dietetic interns/technicians/patients/families and healthcare team members.
- Contributes to the development of new knowledge and services.
- Seeks out information effectively and independently to provide effective services. Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of practice and revises practice as needed to incorporate results of evaluation:
- Participates in and identifies performance improvement criteria for nutrition care by completing peer chart audits as assigned and reviewing with their nutrition leader.
- Continuously evaluates and refines service based on measurable outcomes by keeping a productivity log.
- Identifies expected outcomes of patient care.
- Participates in quality improvement initiatives and projects. Engages in lifelong self-development to improve knowledge and skills that promote continued competence:
- Conducts yearly self-assessment to identify professional strengths and weaknesses.
- Identifies needs for professional development and mentors dietetic interns.
- Documents professional development activities according to system policies.
- Engages in continuous learning opportunities to further develop skills and capabilities in application technical and functional areas.