PRN Dietician - El Paso, TX

SUMMARY

Provides nutrition assessment and counseling in Medical Nutrition Therapy for adult and pediatric patients. 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

To 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 patients.
• Develops and implements a treatment plan in accordance with Network and dietary field guidelines.
• Provides individual and group counseling on the control of diabetes, cholesterol, hypertension, obesity and other diagnoses.
• Suggests appropriate behavior modification methods for control and alternation of eating habits.
• Formulates menus for therapeutic diets based on medical and physical condition of patients, and integrates patient's menus with basic institutional menus.
• Instructs clients and their families in nutritional principles, dietary plans, food selection, and preparation.
• Serves as a resource and educator for health care providers and staff.
• Develops policies for food service or nutritional programs to assist in health promotion and disease control.
• Monitors food service operations to ensure conformance to nutritional, safety, sanitation and quality standards.

• Performs 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: 

• Master’s degree in Nutrition
• Three years’ experience in a medical environment and/or administering nutritional services.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations:

• State licensure required

Physical 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 objects.

AMERICANS 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.