Clinical Dietitian (Per Diem)

Work where every moment matters.

• Every day, over 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here.
• We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network.
• Job Responsibilities: Responsible for providing clinical nutrition services, including nutrition assessment, modified diet formulation, self-management training and nutrition intervention to patients/residents.
• Ensures patient satisfaction, quality care, regulatory agency compliance, and good public relations are achieved through the safe and efficient use of resources.
• Assesses the nutritional status of patients/residents/customers and determines individualized nutrition care plan.
• Monitors effectiveness of nutrition care plan per standards of care.
• Coordinates nutritional care of patient with food services.
• Completes nutrition-focused physical exams (NFPE).
• Diagnoses and addresses malnutrition with appropriate nutrition care plan.
• Serves as expert on identifying and treating malnutrition.
• Educates other members of the health care team on malnutrition.
• Documents nutrition assessments, interventions, and follow-up care in the EMR according to policy.
• Tracks data related to patient caseload, complexity and time spent in indirect care activities.
• Provides nutrition education and outreach to the local community.
• Participates in hospital community nutrition education program.
• Develops nutrition education materials for community programs.
• Provides nutrition education to patients, students, staff, and community members as needed.
• Provides guidance, education, and direction to clinical dietetic technicians and food and nutrition employees, when appropriate.
• Orients, mentors and trains interns as applicable.

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s
• Degree in
• Food and
• Nutrition/Dietetics or related field