Immediately Needed: Clinical Dietician
Houston, TX
Contracted
Experienced
Job Title: Clinical Dietician
Location: Houston, TX 77030
Job Type: 3 Months Contract
Location: Houston, TX 77030
Job Type: 3 Months Contract
Schedule Notes: | Day shift (M-F; 8am-5pm) |
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.
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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. |
Education: | RD - Cert-Registered Dietitian Commission on Dietetic Registry- Required LD - Licensed Dietitian Texas Department of Licensing- Required Bachelor's Degree- Required |
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