Dietitian 1-Clinical Nutrition

Job Description

Provide individualized medical nutrition therapy (MNT) through a multi-disciplinary approach for inpatients and or outpatients in SSMC.

MNT is implemented according to the American Dietetic Association (ADA) Nutrition Care Process (NCP), which provides a framework for the Clinical Dietitians to individualize care, taking into account the patient’s needs and values and using the best scientific evidence available to make decisions.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) and thus assess patients using the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) which is a systematic approach to providing high-quality nutrition care. The NCP consists of four distinct, interrelated steps: Nutrition Assessment, Nutrition Diagnosis, Nutrition Intervention, and Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation.
• Record all assessments and interventions of all patients as per facility policies and procedures.
• Discuss and/or ref...