Dietitian Assistant PRN

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The Dietitian Assistant provides operational support for the Clinical Nutrition department and clinical assistance with patient's nutritional care.

Department Name: Room Service
Job Status: PRN, as needed
Shift: Days/Evenings. 7:00am - 5:30pm and 9:00am - 7:30pm. Holidays and weekends required per department needs.

*This position qualifies for a 20% PRN differential in addition to the base pay

• EDUCATION - Associate's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, Healthcare or related field.
• EQUIVALENCY - Certification as a registered dietetic technician or two years of related work experience may be accepted in lieu of education requirements.

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE

• Neonate - <30 days
• Infancy - >30 days to 1 yr
• Toddlers - >1 yr to 3yrs
• Pre-Schoolers - >3yrs to 5yrs
• School age - >5yrs to 13yrs
• Adolescent - >13yrs to 18yrs
• Adult - >18yrs to 65yrs

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform

• Determines nutritional risk of patients in accordance with policies and procedures and maintains communication with Registered Dietitian (RD) staff.
• Partners with patients, families and nursing to calculate and document all intakes, oral and nutrition support for inpatient orders for calorie count.
• Responsible for triaging phone calls, nutrition risk screening, calorie counts, diet analysis, meal planning, nutrition support flow sheet calculations and ketogenic diet initiation.
• Supports and coordinates the ketogenic diet orientation with the ketogenic RD and team. Plans menus for patients in accordance with the ketogenic diet prescription.
• Provides training to families on how to prepare keto meals while in patient and for home use.
• Coordinates and collaborates closely with the room service coordinators in food service to ensure compliance with inpatients diet modifications.
• Assists patients and families in meal planning for patients on a complex therapeutic diet that cannot be managed through room service. Responsible for outpatient diet analysis of food records submitted by RD's and medical providers.
• Supports and collaborates with the eating disorder RD's to help families with patient menu planning. Coordinates with families in ordering meals in compliance with the correct meal plan level.
• Responsible for the accurate calculation and timely documentation of daily enteral and parenteral nutrient intake for patients in the critical care inpatient units.
• Responsible for the preparation and distribution of formulas prepared in formula lab.

SCOPE AND LEVEL

• Guidelines: Trains in the field and assists higher level personnel to acquire learning through practical experience.
• Complexity: Performs routine and/or basic tasks common to the field. Procedures, methods, and techniques to be used are well established with options to be considered well defined. Tools, work aids, and materials to be used are specified.
• Decision Making: Decisions or recommendations on non-standardized situations are limited to relating organizational policies to specific cases. Brings non routine issues to supervisor. Problems that are not covered by guidelines or that are without precedent are taken up with the supervisor.
• Communications: Contacts with the public or employees where factual information relative to the organization or its functions are received, relayed, or a service rendered according to established procedures or instructions.
• Supervision Received: Performs work with minimal supervisory oversight. Under general supervision, the employee receives assignments and is expected to carry them through to completion with substantial independence. Work is reviewed for adherence to instructions, accuracy, completeness, and conformance to standard practice or precedent. Recurring work clearly covered by guidelines may or may not be reviewed.

• Audio-Visual: Color Discrimination: Good
• Audio-Visual: Depth Perception: Good
• Audio-Visual: Far Vision: Good
• Audio-Visual: Hearing: Good
• Audio-Visual: Near Vision: Good
• General Activity: Sit: 4-6 hrs. per day
• General Activity: Stand/Walk: 2-4 hrs. per day
• Motion: Bend: 1/3 or more of time
• Motion: Carry: Up to 1/3 of time
• Motion: Lift: Up to 1/3 of time
• Motion: Pull: Up to 1/3 of time
• Motion: Push: Up to 1/3 of time
• Use of Hands/Feet: Both Hands - Precise Motor Function (Or Fine Manipulation)
• Weight Lifted/Force Exerted: Up to 50 pounds: Up to 1/3 of time

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Exposure: Exposure to blood/body fluid: Occasional.
• Exposure: Exposure to chemicals: Occasional.
• Exposure: Exposure to infectious diseases: Frequent.
• Exposure: Exposure to radiation: Occasional.
• Exposure: Exposure to skin irritations: Occasional.
• Exposure: Exposure to lung irritations: Occasional.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Manages stress appropriately.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works with others effectively.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Makes decisions under pressure.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Independent discretion/decision making.

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid sick leave and a robust wellness program.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.