Job Description
Job Description
The Dietitian oversees patient diets in accordance with physician orders and ensures nutritional adequacy of patient menus.
- Conducts Nutritional assessments and monitoring per DNV guidelines.
- Conducts nutrition education and in-service education to meet the needs of patients and staff.
- Assesses patient's nutritional status and establishes goals for each patient within 72 hours of admission.
- Provides appropriate educational in-service to dietary and nursing departments.
- Communicates with all appropriate disciplines information regarding patient care regularly.
- Participates in patient team conferences.
- Participates on appropriate committees as appointed.
- Evaluates and approve patient menus and approves modified diets.
- Instruct patients and their families on the nutritional needs at home and appropriate ways to achieve these as ordered by the physician.
- Educates patient/family on food/drug interactions and documents appropriate notation of such in the patient medical record.