Dietitian Assistant

Job description

Position Title Dietitian Assistant Bell Hospital: Position Summary / Career Interest: The Dietitian Assistant II is responsible for nutrition screening, calculating intake records, providing basic patient educations, and serving as a liaison between the Patient Food Service and Clinical Nutrition departments. Other duties function to support the Clinical Dietitians and their patient care activities. Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions: - Performs timely nutrition screening using departmental criteria to identify patients at nutrition risk. - Evaluates patient intake records and uses appropriate resources to accurately calculate daily patient intakes as per departmental guidelines. - Assesses patient learning needs, barriers to learning, and preferred learning styles. - Provides appropriate education to patients on a wide variety of topics including, but not limited to: stroke, heart failure, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, neutropenia, and lithium food/drug interaction. - Performs indirect calorimetry measurements as appropriate and when ordered by a physician or dietitian. - Documents all care in the electronic medical record as per departmental guidelines. - Manages en...