Job Description
Job Description
Responsibilities:
Must possess 1 year experience working with dialysis patients. One year experience in clinical nutrition after registration as a dietician.
Accountable for the overall nutritional health and well-being of patients receiving maintenance dialysis treatment at the Dialysis Center.
Monitors patients’ progress to determine dietary compliance through review of lab data, chart notes, and oral and written communication with the attending physicians.
Instructs patients and families on prescribed renal diet and makes alterations in dietary patterns according to the changes in patient’s condition.
Participates in multi-disciplinary health care conference in which the total health care of the patient is discussed.
Acts as the nutritional resource person for the Dialysis Center health care team.
Conducts in-service classes with the Dialysis Center staff and attends regional and national conferences pertaining to the nutritional care of renal patients.
Documents patients’ nutritional status on progress notes, long and short-term care plans.