Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare · 2 weeks ago
Dietitian Med Surg | Children's Foundation Research Institute | Full | Time | Days
Memphis, TN
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
1+ years expMethodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is a leading healthcare provider in Memphis and the Mid-South, dedicated to caring for the community. The Dietitian role involves formulating and implementing nutrition therapy for pediatric patients, coordinating care with multidisciplinary teams, and providing age-specific nutrition counseling and education.
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Responsibilities
Provides the Nutrition Care Process. Formulates and implements pediatric specialty medical nutrition therapy plan of care. Documents in accordance with policy, procedure, and clinical practice guidelines
Understands and documents face to face and telehealth charging practices with subsequent input into the electronic charging system
Screens, triages, and prioritizes medical nutrition therapy consults for all age groups (neonates, infants, pediatrics, adolescent, and adult.)
Completes nutrition assessments and identifies nutrition diagnosis/problem(s)
Identifies and documents differing malnutrition indicators in the following groups: neonates, pediatrics, and adults
Monitors formula orders and calculates special recipes with or without additives for milk tech staff
Identifies and integrates trends in anthropometric indices and biochemical data, implications of diagnostic tests and therapeutic procedures
Performs pediatric nutrition focused physical findings to evaluate nutritional status throughout the lifecycle
Performs and ensures proper athropometric data and proper measuring techniques, including pediatric specific head circumference, segmental length, and recumbent length, and applies values to appropriate growth charts
Serves as resource for multidisciplinary team on proper anthropometric measuring techniques and equipment
Performs increased frequency of monitoring and adjusts pediatric plan of care, as pediatric patients can become malnourished quickly
Implements nutrition plan of care and works collaboratively with foodservice staff and milk techs to ensure conformance and continuation of said plan
Functions as an integral member of the clinical interdisciplinary team and the Nutrition Therapy team
Navigates wide network of pediatric formulas and additives and the corresponding companies to ensure tolerance and availability and patients fincial resources
Works with case management and social work to identify available resources for formula supplies between WIC, insurance, and community programs. Documents need for each resource, how much will come from each resource, and assists with document completion for insurance, DME and community resource formula coverages
Identifies goals and provides age-specific, culturally appropriate nutrition counseling and education to patients and their families/caregivers throughout the lifecycle
Uses evidence-based nutrition practice guidelines and appropriate instructional methods and tools based on appropriate age groups
Documents in medical record patient's and/or caregiver comprehension and anticipated compliance with nutrition guidelines in measurable terms. Completes Ad Hoc charting for in-patient
Calculates special formula recipes for home and modifies as needed. Completes education with pt/caregivers, and documents formula education in the EMR
Monitors, trouble shoots, and communicates outpatient issues and nutrition plan of care in EMR messaging when patients are between outpatient appointments and/or inpatient admissions
Demonstrates professional development and leadership
Demonstrates performance measurement and quality improvement
Performs other job functions as assigned or requested
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree Dietetics
Master's Degree Dietetics
1-3 years experience as a registered dietitian
Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist - Commission on Dietetic Registration
Licensed as a Dietitian/Nutritionist in the state where work is performed
Knowledge of the Nutrition Care Process and ability to apply all steps of the process
Comprehensive knowledge and application of nutrition services and medical nutrition therapy, specifically related to pediatrics
Comprehensive knowledge, application, and advancement of formularies for preterm, infant, preschool, school age, adolescent, adult, and metabolic and other disease specialty formulas
Complex understanding and application of growth velocity and estimated needs for multiple age groups (premature, toddler, preschool, school age, adolescent, and adult) with differing growth rates to maximize medical nutrition therapy plan of care
Critical thinking to integrate facts, informed opinions, active listening, and observations
Decision making, problem solving, and collaboration skills
Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form to patients, public, hospital and medical staff, and physicians
Ability to function independently on assigned patient care units
Ability to counsel and educate others
General knowledge of nutrient analysis, word processing, and spreadsheet software
Company
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is a comprehensive network dedicated to enhancing the health and outcomes of patients.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1MKey Investors
Health Resources and Services Administration
2021-07-01Grant· $1M
Leadership Team
Monica Wharton
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Kate Dowd
SVP and Chief Legal Officer
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