JOB OVERVIEW

The Dietitian Assistant provides operational support for the Clinical Nutrition department and clinical assistance with patient’s nutritional care.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Degrees
• Associate’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, Healthcare or related field.
• Equivalency
• Certification as a registered dietetic technician or two years of related work experience may be accepted in lieu of education requirements.

• Determines nutritional risk of patients in accordance with policies and procedures and maintains communication with Registered Dietitian (RD) staff.
• Partners with patients, families and nursing to calculate and document all intakes, oral and nutrition support for inpatient orders for calorie count.
• Responsible for triaging phone calls, nutrition risk screening, calorie counts, diet analysis, meal planning, nutrition support flow sheet calculations and ketogenic diet initiation.
• Supports and coordinates the ketogenic diet orientation with the ketogenic RD and team. Plans menus for patients in accordance with the ketogenic diet prescription.
• Provides training to families on how to prepare keto meals while in patient and for home use.
• Coordinates and collaborates closely with the room service coordinators in food service to ensure compliance with inpatients diet modifications.
• Assists patients and families in meal planning for patients on a complex therapeutic diet that cannot be managed through room service. Responsible for outpatient diet analysis of food records submitted by RD’s and medical providers.
• Supports and collaborates with the eating disorder RD’s to help families with patient menu planning. Coordinates with families in ordering meals in compliance with the correct meal plan level.
• Responsible for the accurate calculation and timely documentation of daily enteral and parenteral nutrient intake for patients in the critical care inpatient units.
• Responsible for the preparation and distribution of formulas prepared in formula lab.