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Job Location (Full Address):
601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, New York, United States of America, 14642
Opening:
Worker Subtype:
Regular
Time Type:
Full time
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Department:
500061 Nutritional Support Services
Work Shift:
UR - Day (United States of America)
Range:
UR URCB 211 H
Compensation Range:
$30.00 - $40.50
The referenced pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation for
this job. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within the job's
compensation range, and will be determined by considering factors including, but
not limited to, market data, education, experience, qualifications, expertise of
the individual, and internal equity considerations.
Responsibilities:
To provide timely, comprehensive, and evidence-based nutritional care and
education to patients with eating disorders and their families, in both an
inpatient and outpatient setting. Participate in the training of medical staff,
dietetic interns and peers. Does so in a manner which is highly responsive to
patients’ unique psychological and medical needs of eating disorder patients,
promoting and supporting the highest quality nutritional care across all levels
of treatment.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
* Provide ongoing nutritional assessment, monitoring, evaluation, and education
to patients with eating disorders and their families, in both an inpatient
and outpatient setting. Develop and implement individualized nutrition care
plans for patients across the lifecycle, from adolescents to adults, as
assigned. Integrate evidence-based research in the education, practice, and
management of eating disorder patients, including medical complications
related to malnutrition and refeeding.
* Effectively communicate nutrition plans and rationale to team members both
verbally and in the medical record. Demonstrate the ability to utilize
various HIPAA secure patient communication modalities such as “Zoom”, “My
Chart”, etc.
* Provide education on medical nutrition therapy for eating disorders,
including topics such as refeeding syndrome, electrolyte management, and
food-drug interactions, to patients, families, and significant others. Ensure
continuity of care when a patient transitions between inpatient, residential,
and outpatient levels of care; develop specialized nutrition education
materials for eating disorder recovery. Serve as a clinical preceptor to
dietetic interns and provide didactic training to nutrition students, peers
(journal club), and other medical professionals (including medical students,
psychiatric residents, fellows, and attendings). Participate in orienting,
training, and in-servicing professional and other nutrition staff. Maintain
expertise by pursuing continuing education in eating disorder treatment and
related medical nutrition therapy.
* Participate in adolescent medicine rounds and interdisciplinary rounds on a
frequent basis and act as a consultant/resource to all members of the health
care team. Serve as liaison/ambassador between patients/units and foodservice
staff to ensure therapeutic meal plans are implemented accurately.
* Participate in quality assurance activities related to eating disorder
treatment. Serve on committees for department and hospital initiatives,
including those focused on behavioral health and nutrition. Represent the
department at community eating disorder awareness and nutrition functions.
Attend regular department staff meetings as scheduled.
* Other duties as assigned
MINIMUM EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
* Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition, Foods and Nutrition Service or
equivalent, completion of one-year dietetic internship experience or
equivalent required.
* Master’s Degree in related field preferred
* Clinical nutrition experience in a health care setting preferred.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
* Demonstrate strong communication skills, the ability to work independently
and effectively in a busy, multi-disciplinary medical practice setting, able
to prioritize workload and multi-task with accuracy and efficiency required.
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
* Registered or registry-eligible by the Commission on Dietetic Registration,
the credentialing agency of The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics required
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