Dietitian Nutritionist

• Orients, mentors, and trains team members and dietetic interns as applicable. 
• Adheres to the hospital and departmental policies and procedures promoting a cooperative work environment.   Demonstrates a personal responsibility and commitment to customer service and satisfaction by utilizing communication skills to interact with patients, customers, and staff to develop interpersonal relationships and team building. 
• Complies with Sodexo standards.  Department maintains a minimum average Gold Check score of silver.
• Performing physical assessments and assessing nutritional needs of patients according to departmental and evidence-based standards.
• Participating in interdisciplinary clinical rounds and programs to provide optimum nutrition care and improve patient outcomes.
• Demonstrating knowledge and use of current literature and evidence-based guidelines/practices in providing appropriate and competent nutritional care.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of patient outcomes and patient care services to achieve hospital and departmental goals.
• Providing nutrition information to health care professionals, students, patients, caregivers and the community to promote optimal nutritional health and therapeutic outcomes.
• Ensuring age/developmentally appropriate patient care.
• Demonstrating appropriate, competent and timely nutritional care for transplant patients to meet hospital and regulatory standards, as applicable.
• Providing timely outpatient documentation and charging that supports hospital/department standards, as applicable.
• Collaborating routinely to reduce the impact of no-shows and optimize clinic productivity to meet hospital/department goals, as applicable.

Education

Certification / License

Registration by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Commission on Dietetic Registration is required.  Active licensure by the NC Board of Dietetics/Nutrition is required according to policy

Work Experience

• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with medical and nursing staff, patients, employees and the general public. 
• Computer literacy.