Diab & Nutrition Ed - Educator
Company: Trios Health
Location: Kennewick
Posted on: April 16, 2024
Job Description:
Registered Dietitian -
- Nutritional care of patients.
- Assist in maintaining the diabetic and nutrition education
program that meets ADA certification.
- Assist in the diabetes education of hospitalized and outpatient
diabetes patients.
- Assess, evaluate, educate and help patients formulate an
education plan based on the national standards for diabetes
self-management education.
- Help patients identify goals and objectives based on a core
body of knowledge in diabetes content topics and self care
behaviors.
- Consult with all necessary disciplines to ensure instructional
and educational needs of patients are being met.
- Accurately documents patients' treatments and education
requirements.
- Assists in the development of new programs for patient
education.
- Serves as clinical resource for nursing staff, physicians,
therapists, and other medical personnel in diabetes and nutrition
care.
- Assist with educational activities, in-services, skill fairs or
other activities to provide education to staff for the maintenance
of competence levels in diabetes & nutrition care.
- Maintains statistical data for outcome and benchmarking studies
to continue ADA
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Personal Standards
- Maintain professional growth and development through seminars,
workshops and professional affiliations to keep abreast of latest
trends. Meet the education requirement to maintain program's
recognition and certifications.
- Coordinates and promotes a positive relationship between staff,
physicians, patients and families.
- Provides leadership and assistance in marketing the services of
the diabetic and nutrition education department.
- Work with community services and other organizations that are
associated with the Diabetes and Nutrition Education
department.
Certified Dietitian / RN Addendum, RD, CDE only
- Nutritional care of patients.
- Conducts diet consultations with patients, families, and others
of the medical team in in-patient and out-patient setting.
- Works with inter-disciplinary team to assess the need for
nutrition intervention and education for all patients.
- Charts nutrition assessment and plan of care given in patient's
medical record, whether orally or parenterally.
- Maintains all required records, reports, and statistics. Chart
notes according to hospital policy.
- Updates nutrition education materials as needed, provides age
appropriate materials-children, adolescent, adult, and
geriatric.
- Aware of and knowledgeable regarding the developmental needs of
patients across the age span.
- Assists Director with diet manual review annually and updates
as needed.
- Available as education resource to nursing and medical
personnel, patients and their families.
- Represents Nutrition Services in all clinical
functions.
- Assists Director with Nutrition Services policy and procedures
manual.
*This is designated as a safety-sensitive position*
Patient Menus
- Develops or revises modified diets as needed.
- Writes menus for diabetic, low sodium, and other modified diets
as needed, individualizing to the patients' needs as
requested.
- Visits patients to determine dislikes, allergies, requests,
special nutritional problems or inadequacies and nutritional
assessment. Charts any significant findings in the patient's
medical record, and modifies the patient's diet according to the
physician's orders.
- Patient menus are checked for nutritional adequacy with each
revision of cycle menus. Menus will exceed 100% of the USRDAs for
protein, vitamin C and D.
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Personal Standards.
- Uses body language to convey a sense of caring and warmth.
Maintains eye contact with patient. - Uses active listening
skills.
- Maintains RD status; keeps registration current, pays dues
annually.
- Attends special in-services and educational seminars as
requested by Assistant Administrator. Shows willingness to learn
and accept change when presented by Assistant
Administrator.
- Arranges for dietitian coverage when sick
leave/vacation.
- Work with community services and other organizations that are
associated with the Nutrition Department.
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Wage Scale:
$28.79 -$40.89
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Benefits: - -
Medical Insurance: -PPO, HRA, HDHP -offered through Blue Cross Blue
Shield
Dental Insurance: Offered through Delta Dental
Vision Insurance: Offered through VSP
Free EAP (Employee Assistance Program) -
Paid Time Off (Up to 25 days a year or 200 hours)
Employer Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
Coverage options for Medical, Dental and Vision include: Employee,
Employee & Spouse/Domestic Partner, Employee & Child, Family
Voluntary Benefits: -
Health Savings Account
Flex Spending Account: Medical & Dependent
Voluntary Life: including Employee, Spouse/Domestic Partner, and
Child
Critical Illness: including Employee & Spouse/Domestic Partner
Hospital Indemnity
Accident Coverage
Identity Theft Protection
Legal Aid
401(k)
Keywords: Trios Health, Kennewick , Diab & Nutrition Ed - Educator, Other , Kennewick, Washington
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