Dietitian (Clinical)-Home Based Primary Care

Dietitian (Clinical)

The Dietitian (Clinical) assignment serves in a position within the Clinical Section of Nutrition & Food Service (NFS) serving as the medical nutrition expert. Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Conducting comprehensive nutrition assessments using the Nutritional Care Process (NCP), including nutrition focused physical examinations to establish a nutrition diagnosis and determine risk and/or degree of malnutrition
• Developing and implementing Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) to address the nutrition diagnosis, evaluates, and monitors the effectiveness and outcomes of MNT interventions- modifying the plan as needed to achieve positive patient outcomes
• Calculating nutrient requirements and necessary diet restrictions or food and drug interactions tailoring the diet prescription to each individual patient
• Documenting MNT in the medical record using the Assessment, Diagnosis, Intervention, Monitoring, Evaluation (ADIME) format
• Functioning independently and accurately when record keeping
• Identifying patients in need of nutritional support and recommending the appropriate mode of support and communicating appropriately with the health care team
• Actively participating in formal and informal interdisciplinary team meetings
• Maintaining accurate record keeping of daily clinical activities and completing patient encounters using approved systems
• Ensuring continuous improvement of safe and quality care of Veterans
• Performing other related duties as assigned

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Maybe Authorized to Highly qualified applicants Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Maybe Authorized to Highly qualified applicants Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized