Dietician

Nemours Children's Health is seeking a Dietician to provide clinical nutrition consultation in coordination with Physicians and other members of the multidisciplinary care team in our Pediatric Specialty Care setting.

Primary Responsibilities:


* Functions as a nutrition consultant, completing nutrition consults and referrals from Nemours and community providers


* Conducts nutrition assessment and intervention for Inpatients and Outpatients, as required by the specific position.

For inpatients, this includes those patients identified at high nutrition risk; completes re-screens for patients who are identified at moderate or low nutrition risk upon admission


* Develops and implements nutritional care plans based on diet history, labs, medications, supplements, medical history, medical care plan, and expected growth and development appropriate for the patient's age, sex, cultural /ethnic background and disease specific requirements


* Performs nutrition counseling for pediatric patients/caretakers regarding disease specific diets and /or formulas.

This requires knowledge of composition of infant, pediatric, and adult formulas, along with ability to calculate specialized formula recipes and meal plans


* Documents nutritional assessments and recommendations via EPIC medical record documentation system


* Actively participates in team rounds, as necessary


* Provides recommendations for and prescribes enteral feeding and parenteral nutrition orders, as necessary


* Demonstrates clinical proficiency in direct clinical nutrition patient consultation/care and is responsible for the completion of 100% of clinical competencies (to include basic competencies and enteral/parenteral prescribing competencies, as deemed necessary by manager)


* Continually updates teaching materials recommended for nutritional therapies pertaining to specific diseases


* Serves as nutrition resource to medical team, hospital staff and community


* Interacts and coordinates nutritional care of patients with physicians and other health care providers (nurses, social workers, therapists, hospital/community dietitians, homecare companies, pharmacies, and school personnel)

Qualifications:


* Must havecompleted a minimum of a bachelor's degree at a U.S.

regionally accredited university or college and course work accredited or approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND).


* Must have completed continuing professional educational requirements to maintain registration and licensure.


* Master's Degree in Nutrition related field preferred.


* Hospital experience preferred; at least 2 years pediatric experience preferred.


* Must obtain RD certificate within 90 days of hire by passing the national examination administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND).


* Obtain Licensed...