Dietitian Assistant
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Job Location:
Kansas City, KS - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Position Title
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 enteral formulary stock evaluates patient care unit par stocks and orders product as appropriate to ensure adequate enteral stock with focus on cost control and waste reduction.
- Works collaboratively with nursing and other staff to complete patient care activities.
- Serves as liaison between Patient Food Service and Clinical Nutrition departments. This includes orientation training and ongoing interaction with Nutrition Assistants and Call Center staff.
- Participates in departmental activities to facilitate patient care and operations including participation in quality focus teams committees recipe tasting and revisions/updates to department policies and procedures.
- Must be able to perform the professional clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
- These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelors Degree in Nutrition or related field
- High School Graduate
Preferred Education and Experience
- Patient care experience particularly in a hospital or long-term care setting
Preferred Licensure and Certification
- Dietetic Technician Registered (DTR) - Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)
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Job Requisition ID:
R-52386Important information for you to know as you apply:
The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race color religion sex (including pregnancy gender identity and sexual orientation) national origin ancestry age disability veteran status genetic information or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity Equity & Inclusion.
The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link .
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Junior IC
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About Company
The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City is a world-class academic medical center and destination for complex care and diagnosis. We offer more options for patients with serious conditions because of our expertise and leadership in medical research and education.
