Immediately Needed: Clinical Dietician

Job Description

Job DescriptionJob Title: Clinical Dietician
Location: Houston, TX 77030
Job Type: 3 Months ContractSchedule Notes:Day shift (M-F; 8am-5pm)Duties:• Develops, implements and evaluates patient nutritional care plans.
• Provides age-appropriate assessments of all patients identified at nutrition risk to include diabetes management and
education per established timeframe/guidelines.
• Adapts nutrition plan to specific economic, social, cultural, and age-appropriate patient needs.
• Reassess patients at appropriate intervals and adjusts plan of care as warranted.
• Provides age appropriate education to support the nutritional plan of care.
• Assesses learning needs and readiness to learn for all patients/families.
• Participates in the development and review of education materials and department resources to meet the needs of the
populations served.

• Ideally, I’d love to find someone with clinical nutrition experience in pediatrics who has worked in an outpatient area.
• Must be licensed in Texas as a dietitian (TDLR)
• Must be registered dietitian (RD/RDN with Commission on Dietetic Registration)

Skills:• Knowledge of nutrition, medical nutrition therapy and pediatrics.
• Ability to observe deficiencies and formulate actions to correct the situation, make assessments and recommendations,
educate others on nutritional needs, and use word processing, spreadsheet and nutrition programs on a computer.Education:RD - Cert-Registered Dietitian Commission on Dietetic Registry- Required LD - Licensed Dietitian Texas Department of Licensing- Required Bachelor's Degree- Required