Clinical Dietician

Schedule Notes:
40 hours per week - 8:30 – 5:00 / 9:00 – 5:30 – somewhat flexible
  Duties:

• Develops, implements and evaluates patient nutritional care plans.
• Provides age-appropriate assessments of all patients identified at nutrition risk to include diabetes management and
education per established timeframe/guidelines.
• Adapts nutrition plan to specific economic, social, cultural, and age-appropriate patient needs.
• Reassess patients at appropriate intervals and adjusts plan of care as warranted.

• Provides age appropriate education to support the nutritional plan of care.
• Assesses learning needs and readiness to learn for all patients/families.
• Participates in the development and review of education materials and department resources to meet the needs of the
populations served.

Skills:

• Knowledge of nutrition, medical nutrition therapy and pediatrics.
• Ability to observe deficiencies and formulate actions to correct the situation, make assessments and recommendations,
educate others on nutritional needs, and use word processing, spreadsheet and nutrition programs on a computer.

Outpatient RD for the Gastroenterology Clinic:  Overweight, Fatty liver, failure to thrive, picky eaters,  g-tube feedings, motility disorders etc. 

40 hours per week - 8:30 – 5:00 / 9:00 – 5:30 – somewhat flexible 

Pediatric Experience preferred- familiar with pediatric specialty formulas 

Education:

RD - Cert-Registered Dietitian Commission on Dietetic Registry- Required LD - Licensed Dietitian Texas Department of Licensing- Required Bachelor's Degree- Required