High Risk Advanced Practice Dietitian

Driscoll Children’s Hospital is a leader in pediatric healthcare, dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality care to children across South Texas. We are seeking a High Risk Advanced Practice Dietitian for our Specialty Clinic in Harlingen, TX.

Position Details : Monday-Friday 8am-5pm. This position qualifies for a sign-on bonus and relocation assistance.

General Purpose of Job :

Direct patient care to infants and children between the ages of 0 to 3 years in outpatient setting of former NICU graduates and other high-risk patients. Promotes medical nutrition therapy using evidence-based practice to optimize patient care. Provides consultation to the health care team to ensure efficient and effective nutrition care of patients. Educates patients, families, health care team, and members of the community.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.
• Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
• Works with medical staff and nursing staff to promote optimal patient care;
• Able to accurately obtain anthropometric measurements
• Conducts a thorough nutritional assessment on high risk patients
• Interviews patients / families and documents any pertinent information in the EMR
• Formulates and determines a plan that is focused on the etiology of the problem and known to be effective based on the current knowledge of evidence
• Develops nutrition care plans for patients at nutritional risk and assures implementation and evaluation of care plans, including recommendations for nutrition intervention and education.
• Reviews nutrition care plan with the medical provider
• Counsels patients and families on the plan of care.
• Utilizes medical history, lab results, anthropometric measurements and diet history to evaluate nutrition related consequences
• Monitor patients tolerance to treatment modalities and progress through checking patient understanding and compliance with plan; determines if the plan is being implemented as prescribed; Provides and gathers information indicating reasons for lack of progress and supports conclusion with evidence.
• Evaluates outcomes by comparing current finding with previous status, intervention goals, and or reference standards.
• Documents relevant, accurate, and timely information in the medical chart in accordance with department standards.
• Coordinates with appropriate hospital staff the need for continuum of care
• Serves as an educator and resource to the medical staff and allied health personnel on nutrition issues, including nutrition support therapy principles, content, and issues as needed for specific patient populations.
• Completes all applicable forms associated with patient nutrition
• Travel to satellite clinic locations as needed.
• Telemedicine services to all locations
• Performs other duties as required.

Education and / or Experience :

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For a detailed overview of our benefits, visit : Driscoll Children's Hospital Employee Benefits .