Job Profile Summary
This role focuses on providing medical and clinical support services to patients. In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Nutrition duties: Evaluates patients and helps them improve physical and mental conditions through treating nutritional difficulties, ranging from undernourishment to obesity. A professional individual contributor role that may direct the work of other lower level professionals or manage processes and programs. The majority of time is spent overseeing the design, implementation or delivery of processes, programs and policies using specialized knowledge and skills typically acquired through advanced education. An entry level role that applies broad theoretical job knowledge typically obtained through advanced education. May require the following proficiency: work is closely supervised, problems faced are not typically difficult or complex, and explains facts, policies and practices related to job area.
Job Overview
This position is responsible for providing of optimal nutritional care of assigned hospitalized and ambulatory patients.
Job Description
Minimum Qualifications:
1. Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition or Public Health.
2. Current Massachusetts licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist or obtain within 6 months of hire.
Preferred Qualifications:
1. Current Massachusetts licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist.
Location: Lowell General Hospital - 295 Varnum Avenue - Lowell, MA
Hours: Part-Time, 24hrs/week, day shift, 1 weekend every 7 weeks (on site on Saturday, on-call on Sunday), 1 holiday (on call) per year, would also need to rotate to Saints as and when required.
Duties and Responsibilities: The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.
1. Review nutritionist status and medical record of each hospitalized patient to determine nutritional needs and the level of nutritional intervention required.
2. Perform nutritional and metabolic assessments based on clinical, medical, and nutritional data to identify patient nutrition risk. Interview patients for nutritional history and related medical history.
3. Assess patient nutritional status, develop medical nutrition care plans, monitor, and document the needs for those patients identified at nutritional risk, transition eternally or parentally fed patients to discharge regimen. Monitor nutrient intake records and nutrient calculations for selected patients.
4. Review physician diet orders for appropriateness and recommend clarification or changes as indicated based on nutrition history, medical history, socio-economic factors, and laboratory data.
5. Assist in development, implementation, and monitoring of quality improvement standards for patient meal service delivery.
6. Educate patient and families regarding modified or normal diets to meet the individual nutritional needs of the patient and document counseling in medical record. Prepare patient education materials.
7. Develop an individualized diet plan based on the evaluation and counsel patient and, if necessary, the family, including the planning, purchasing, and preparation of foods to meet patient individual needs.
8. Follow progress of patient on successive visits and makes appropriate changes in care plan.
9. Maintain the necessary patient records and statistics.
10. Document and update nutritional status, care plan, and counseling in patient medical record.
11. Provide nutritional consultation and in-service education to members of the health care team as assigned.
12. Act as a resource to community groups regarding nutrition and give presentations and lectures at professional meetings and to community groups.
13. Communicate nutrition information to appropriate staff as needed.
14. Interact with other members of the patient's health care team to ensure optimal nutritional care for each patient.
15. Participate in…