Registered and Licensed Dietitian - Eating Disorder Specialty

Overview

Job Purpose : Provide medical nutrition therapy to improve outcomes and quality of life.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides individual and group medical nutrition therapy to meet patient goals, through in-person and / or telehealth sessions
• Assesses, evaluates, interprets, monitors, and documents nutritional status and needs of patients; uses established standards of care and evidence-based practice guidelines
• Counsels and provides tailored nutrition education to patients and their families
• Uses age-specific, disease-specific and culturally competent educational materials and counseling techniques to meet patient needs
• Documents in electronic medical record to monitor patient progress
• Communicates and collaborates with patient's primary care provider, as well as other specialty services to coordinate care
• Attend all mandatory trainings and department meetings, readily bringing own ideas and thoughts into the discussion
• Develops, reviews, updates, and implements educational materials to meet the needs of patients and providers
• Provide in-service training or presentations for other company providers and specialists, as deemed necessary
• Contribute blog articles and recipes to company website
• Contribute case studies and data on patient progress as part of outcomes collection and research activities
• Continually study emerging trends and new research related to the practice of dietetics and facilitate discussion and findings with the nutrition team

Provides coverage for other program dietitians, when needed

Additional Duties and Responsibilities

Accomplishes all tasks as assigned or as they become necessary

Qualifications

Experience, Education and Licensure :

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

Language Skills :

Ability to communicate well in writing and in person. Ability to read and interpret common medical terminology.

Expectation of Employee