Dietician

PRN Dietician - El Paso TXSUMMARY Provides nutrition assessment and counseling in Medical Nutrition Therapy for adult and pediatric JOB FUNCTIONSTo perform this job successfully an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential function listed below: Consults with physician and other health care personnel to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions of and implements a treatment plan in accordance with Network and dietary field individual and group counseling on the control of diabetes cholesterol hypertension obesity and other appropriate behavior modification methods for control and alternation of eating menus for therapeutic diets based on medical and physical condition of patients and integrates patients menus with basic institutional clients and their families in nutritional principles dietary plans food selection and as a resource and educator for health care providers and policies for food service or nutritional programs to assist in health promotion and disease food service operations to ensure conformance to nutritional safety sanitation and quality other related duties and activities as required. Minimum Knowledge and Skills required by the Job The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or abilities required to perform the job: Education and Experience: Masters degree in NutritionThree years experience in a medical environment and/or administering nutritional Licenses and Registrations: State licensure requiredPhysical Requirements: Medium work. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move WITH DISABILITIES ACT STATEMENT External and internal applicants as well as position incumbents who become disabled must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined on a case by case basis via the interactive process.