Clinical Dietitian - Prov Food & Nutrition Services - Providence

USA Health Nutritionist

USA Health is transforming medicine along the Gulf Coast to care for the unique needs of our community. USA Health is changing how medical care, education, and research impact the health of people who live in Mobile and the surrounding area. Our team of doctors, advanced care providers, nurses, therapists, and researchers provides the region's most advanced medicine at multiple facilities, campuses, clinics, and classrooms. We offer patients convenient access to innovative treatments and advancements that improve the health and overall well-being of our community.

Responsibilities

• Develops, revises and individualizes nutrition care plans based on information from the patient, medical record, family and health care team members.
• Incorporates current evidence-based research into practice.
• Utilizes physician / referring practitioner-driven protocols or other facility-specific processes to implement, initiate or modify order for diet or nutrition-related actions(e.g. nutrition supplements, dietary supplements, diet modifications, diet texture modifications for dentition or individual preferences, nutrition related laboratory test and medications, and nutrition education and counseling) consistent with specialized training where required, competence and approved clinical privileges and organization policy
• Executes programs / services in an organized, collaborative, and patient-centered manner.
• Adheres to facility confidentiality, HIPAA regulations, and patients' rights policies.
• Complies with regulatory standards, including federal and accredited agencies.
• Completes all required documentation, reports, and logs in a timely, professional and thorough manner.
• Communicates effectively with all team members, patients, and families through conferences, individual, consultation and committee participation. This includes in-person, telephone written and electronic communication.
• Must be able to navigate throughout the facility, including walking between and across assigned patient care floors as needed to complete daily responsibilities.
• Advises department on patient care and food service issues.
• Provides training to patient services staff on special needs with patient diet prescriptions.
• Follows facility and department infection control policies and procedures.
• Participates in facility-wide and department Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement (QAPI) Program and on QAPI teams to improve processes and patient care. Follows all security procedures for the facility and department.
• Possesses necessary skills to effectively operate the Hospital's electronic medical record system.
• Ability to operate a computer, including the use of MS applications.
• Ability to define problems and collect data. Establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret a variety of technical instructions and deal with several abstracts and concrete variables.
• Advises Department on patient care and food service issues.
• Assist with modified menu planning based on current diet manual in collaboration with the food service management team.
• Follows facility and department infection control policies and procedures
• Completes all mandatory department, educational and hospital requirements
• Adheres to current Infection Control and Safety Standards
• Regular and prompt attendance
• Ability to work schedule as defined and overtime as required
• Related duties as assigned

Additional Information

Employees must be in a regular position, working 20 hours or more per week (.50 FTE or greater) to qualify for benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with major course work in human nutrition, food and nutrition, dietetics, or food systems management from an accredited institution Required
• DTR - Dietetic Technician, Registered with the Commission on Dietetic Registration and licensure with the state of Alabama as a dietitian. Required
• Comparable combination of education and experience may substitute for the above requirements.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

The University of South Alabama is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other applicable legally protected basis. EO Employer minorities/females/veterans/disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.