Pediatric Specialist Clinical Dietitian - San Antonio, TX
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Description: ARAMARK is employing Pediatric Specialist Clinical Dietitian - San Antonio, TX right now, this occupation will be situated in Texas. Detailed specification about this occupation opportunity kindly see the descriptions. ARAMARK is a leader in professional services, providing award-winning food services, facilities management, and uniform and career apparel to health care institutions, universities and school districts, stadiums and arenas, and businesses around the world. The company is recognized as one of the "World's Most Ethical Companies" by the Ethisphere Institute, as the industry leader in FORTUNE magazine's "World's Most Admired Companies," and as one of America's Largest Private Companies by both FORTUNE and
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Aramark Healthcare has an immediate openings for a PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY CLINICAL DIETITIAN at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa. This role plans and administers activities related to resident/patient nutrition care, complying with the standards established by ARAMARK Healthcare, regulatory agencies and client. Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with other departments to provide a unified approach to patient/resident care. Level of expertise and responsibility increases with advancement along clinical ladders. Level of impact is within own operation.
Key Responsibilities
Nutrition Assessment
§ Conducts a nutrition assessment when warranted by a pediatric patient's needs or conditions. Nutrition screening is completed within 24 hours of inpatient admission according to facility/state/accreditation requirements.
§ Reviews dietary intake for factors that affect health conditions and nutritional risk.
§ Supervises dietetic technician's screening and data collection activities.
§ Evaluates health and disease conditions for nutrition-related consequences.
§ Evaluates psychosocial, functional, and behavioral factors related to food access, selection, and preparation; physical activity; and understanding of health condition.
§ Evaluates patient/client/group's knowledge, readiness to learn, and potential for changing behaviors.
§ Identifies standards by which data will be compared.
§ Identifies possible problem areas for making nutrition diagnoses.
§ Observes client/patient for nonverbal and verbal cues that can guide and prompt effective interviewing methods.
§ Determines appropriate data to collect.
§ Selects assessment tools and procedures (matching the assessment method to the situation) and applies assessment tools in valid and reliable ways.
§ Distinguishes relevant from irrelevant data and important from unimportant data, and validates the data.
§ Organizes and categorizes the data in a meaningful framework that relates to nutrition problems.
§ Determines when a problem requires consultation with or referral to another provider.
Nutrition Diagnosis
§ Finds patterns and relationships among the data and possible causes for the nutrition problem.
§ Prioritizes the relative importance of problems for patient/client/group safety.
§ Documents the nutrition diagnostic statement in PES (problem, etiology, and signs/symptom) or PE format.
Nutrition Intervention
§ Formulates and determines a plan of action that is focused on the etiology of the problem and known to be effective based on best current knowledge and evidence from Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guidelines.
§ Assesses educational needs and provides nutrition counseling for pediatric patients and their families based on individual needs, including nutrient requirements, knowledge and abilities, and medical, economic, and social situation.
§ Evaluates achievement of learning objectives by the patient and/or family. Provides appropriate follow-up in accordance with the patient's treatment goals, referring patients for outpatient counseling and community or home health services as appropriate.
§ As needed, delegates or coordinates nutrition plan of care with other healthcare professionals.
§ Confers with patient/client/group, other caregivers or policies and program standards in developing the intervention(s).
§ Defines the intervention plan by writing the nutrition prescription and defining the time and frequency of care including intensity, duration, and follow-up.
§ Identifies resources and/or referrals needed.
§ Implements the nutrition intervention including communicating the plan of nutrition care.
§ Provides appropriate follow-up in accordance with the patient's treatment goals, referring patients for outpatient counseling and community or home health services as appropriate.
§ Collects data and modifies the plan of care as needed.
Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation
§ Utilizes monitoring and evaluation techniques that consider the varied needs of age-specific populations as well as cultural, religious, and ethnic concerns.
§ Monitors progress through checking patient/client/group understanding and compliance with plan; determines whether the intervention is being implemented as prescribed; provides evidence that the plan/intervention strategy is or is not changing patient/client/group behavior or status; identifies other positive or negative outcomes; gathers information indicating reasons for lack of progress; and supports conclusions with evidence.
§ Measures outcomes through selecting outcome indicators that are relevant to the nutrition diagnosis or signs or symptoms, nutrition goals, medical diagnosis, and outcomes and quality management goals and use of standardized indicators. Evaluates the effectiveness and measures progress toward outcomes of nutrition interventions.
§ Evaluates outcomes by comparing current findings with previous status, intervention goals, and/or reference standards.
Documentation, Communication, and Continuation of Care
§ Documents relevant, accurate, and timely information performed in steps in the Nutrition Care Process in the patient's medical record or electronic medical record.
§ Determines continuation of care based on whether the patient/client/ group has met intervention goals or is not at this time able/ready to make needed changes.
§ Communicates and influences treatment interventions determined by the medical team through interdisciplinary meetings, rounds, medical conferences, and nutrition-related in-services.
§ Works cooperatively with foodservice staff to ensure conformance with nutrition prescriptions.
§ Coordinate care with ambulatory dietitian(s).
§ Serves as a resource to medical staff and allied health personnel on nutrition issues.
§ Assists in the education of dietetics students and interns. Plans learning experiences, teaches, and evaluates performance.
Compliance
§ Demonstrates accountability for the proper use of patients' protected health information imposed by regulatory requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996.
§ Ensures that care delivered to each patient is in accordance with the state form of dietetics regulation, licensing, certification, or registration.
§ Assists in achieving compliance with the Joint Commission, Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP), or other accrediting agency standards to continuously improve the safety and quality of care to the public and to the organization's performance improvement.
§ Complies with federal requirements set forth under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Participation (COP) in order to receive Medicare/Medicaid payment. Ensures state and local certifications for health, safety, and quality standards are met.
Community Outreach
§ Participates in community projects and education as needed/assigned.
Business/Supervisory Functions
§ Maintains productivity standards and practices effective time management and prioritizing of tasks.
§ Maintains accurate record-keeping of daily clinical activities, including information for scheduling and billing.
§ Manages resources (time, materials, staff) in a cost-effective manner.
§ Assigns and directs the workload of diet technicians and diet clerks.
§ Participates in the orientation and training of students, dietetic technicians, and new dietitians.
Performance Improvement
§ Directs process, outcome, and structure measures initiatives using quantifiable indicators to identify actual results of a program, service, or activity. Collects specific information to track program's success.
§ Participates in and/or initiates continuous quality improvement activities for nutrition care services.
§ Participates in planning and developing nutrition-related policies, procedures, and goals.
§ Conducts in-services and educational presentations to hospital/ department staff.
§ Assists in developing and revising patient education materials, clinical forms, and protocols.
§ Supports and promotes the organization's infection control, safety, risk management, and customer/guest relation programs.
Professional Development
§ Participates in nutrition research studies and communicates findings through reports, abstracts, presentations, and publication.
§ Maintains dietetic registration and continuing education requirements.
§ Develops and implements an individualized portfolio plan for professional growth and development including participation in professional organizations and activities, workshops, seminars, and staff development programs.
§ Participates in departmental and interdisciplinary meetings, task forces, and projects.
Qualifications
Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree in dietetics, foods and nutrition, or related area, granted by a U.S. regionally accredited college or university. Completion of a didactic program in dietetics and supervised practice program approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the American Dietetic Association. Minimum of 2 years as a clinical dietitian with pediatric experience preferred.
Certification/License: Registered Dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the American Dietetic Association; Certification/Licensure as required by state of practice. Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition (CSP) preferred.
Job
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Nutrition/Dietetics
Primary Location
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US-TX-San Antonio
Organization
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Healthcare
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