Overview

Evaluates, assesses, and plans nutrition care to meet patient nutritional needs.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient nutritional status using documented medical information and established nutritional standards.

• Counsels patients and/or families by identifying nutrition-related problems. Develops plans of instruction and nutritional care, and monitoring results.

• Identifies inpatients at nutritional risk and documents recommendations.

• Participates in physicians' rounds, discharge planning rounds, and conferences with nutritional implications.

• Participates in the development of departmental policies, procedures, nutritional standards, patient educational material, and QI projects.

• Conducts education programs for patients, community groups, and staff.

• Certified Diabetes Educators (CDE) may counsel patients on overall diabetes management outlined by Diabetes Centers of New Hampshire (DCNH) to include: hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, medication: insulin and oral hypoglycemic agents, exercise, monitoring of blood glucose, sick days, hygiene and complications.

• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

• Certification by the National Board for Diabetes Educators preferred.

• Prior specialty experience preferred.

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited program in nutritional sciences.

Required Licensure/Certifications

• Current NH Dietitian license required.

• Current Registration by The Commission on Dietetic Registration.

• Area of Interest:Allied Health

• FTE/Hours per pay period:1.00 - 1.00 - 40 hrs/week

• Shift:Day

• Job ID:26270

Dartmouth Health is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. We do not exclude or treat people differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.