Provide nutritional assessments and care plan management for pediatric patients across the care continuum. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and provide education to staff and students to improve patient outcomes.
Requirements summary
Requires RD/RDN certification, a Texas Licensed Dietitian (LD) credential, and at least 4 years of experience as a registered dietitian. A bachelor's degree is required, and experience in pediatric nutrition is preferred.
bachelor degreeprofessional certificateCare Plan DevelopmentPatient EducationInterdisciplinary CollaborationPatient Care CoordinationWeight ManagementNutritional AssessmentClinical NutritionDiabetes ManagementPediatric NutritionMalnutrition Management
Job description
We are searching for a Clinical Dietitian II. Someone who will provide nutritional assessment of pediatric patients, care plan development and management of needs across the patient care continuum as well as provide education and special project support to the clinical nutrition staff and department.
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Qualifications
RD/RDN - Certification from Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Commission on Dietetic Registration required
LD - Licensed Dietitian Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation required
4 years' experience in Nutrition as a registered dietitian required
2 years' experience in pediatric nutrition preferred
Preferred Certifications:
CDCES - Cert Diab Care and Educ Spec Certification Board of Diabetes Care and Education
CCTD - Cert Clin Transplant Dietitian NATCO The Organization for Donation and Transplant Professionals
CEDS- Cert Eating Disorders Specialist International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals
CHES - Cert-Cert Health Education Spec National Commission for Health Education Credentialing
CNSC - Cert-Cert NTI Support CLIN National Board of Nutrition Support Certification
CSO - Cert-BC SPCLST Oncology NUTR Commission on Dietetic Registration
CSOWM BC Obese Weight Mgt
CSP - Cert Spec in Pedi Nutrition Commission on Dietetic Registration
CSPCC Pedi Critical Care Nutri Commission on Dietetic Registration
IBCLC - Cert-Lactation Con IBCLC International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners
CEDS-C Cert Eating Disorder Specialist Consultant International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals
CSDH - Certified Specialist Digestive Health Commission
Responsibilities
Provides age-appropriate assessments and reassessments of all patients identified at nutrition risk to include malnutrition, weight management, diabetes management and education per established time frame/guidelines.
Adapts nutrition plan to specific economic, social, cultural, and age-appropriate patient needs utilizing progressive problem-solving skills.
Assesses learning needs and readiness to learn for all patients/families.
Identifies and provides education opportunities to staff /students that increase skills (nursing course lectures, dietetic intern lectures, medical student/resident training).
Participates in the orientation of training of clinical nutrition staff to include oversight of pathways for key areas as well as critical competencies
Collaborates with other professionals to integrate and communicate nutrition principles that enhance patient outcomes.
Participates in interdisciplinary rounds and care management meeting/huddles and interacts with the care team to coordinate the implementation of the nutrition care plan.
Coordinates/transitions care across the continuum to include home care coordination of products and supplies.
Implements and utilizes hospital approved hand off technique per policy to facilitate patient hand off to different care providers.
Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is Houston’s first community hospital designed, built and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city’s most rapidly growing communities in the area from Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, four operating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab and a full-scale pharmacy.
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