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Nemours is seeking a Clinical Dietician provides clinical nutrition consultation in coordination with Physicians and other members of the multidisciplinary care team.

Nutrition Operations - Ensures Delivery of Quality Clinical Nutrition Services

• Functions as a nutrition consultant, completing nutrition consults and referrals from Nemours and community providers.
• Conducts nutrition assessment and intervention for Inpatients and Outpatients, as required by the specific position. For inpatients, this includes those patients identified at high nutrition risk; completes re-screens for patients who are identified at moderate or low nutrition risk upon admission.
• Develops and implements nutritional care plans based on diet history, labs, medications, supplements, medical history, medical care plan, and expected growth and development appropriate for the patient's age, sex, cultural /ethnic background and disease specific requirements.
• Performs nutrition counseling for pediatric patients/caretakers regarding disease specific diets and /or formulas. This requires knowledge of composition of infant, pediatric, and adult formulas, along with ability to calculate specialized formula recipes and meal plans.
• Documents nutritional assessments and recommendations via EPIC medical record documentation system.
• Actively participates in team rounds, as necessary.
• Provides recommendations for and prescribes enteral feeding and parenteral nutrition orders, as necessary.
• Demonstrates clinical proficiency in direct clinical nutrition patient consultation/care and is responsible for the completion of 100% of clinical competencies (to include basic competencies and enteral/parenteral prescribing competencies, as deemed necessary by manager).
• Continually updates teaching materials recommended for nutritional therapies pertaining to specific diseases.
• Serves as nutrition resource to medical team, hospital staff and community.
• Interacts and coordinates nutritional care of patients with physicians and other health care providers (nurses, social workers, therapists, hospital/community dietitians, homecare companies, pharmacies, and school personnel).
• Fulfills on-call responsibilities on a rotating schedule with other dietitian staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Must have completed a minimum of a master's degree at a U.S. regionally accredited university or college and course work accredited or approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Must have completed continuing professional education requirements to maintain registration and licensure.
• Minimum (1) one year of experience.
• Must obtain Registered Dietitian certificate within 90 days of hire by passing the national examination administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• Obtain Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist status through the Delaware Department of State: Division of Professional Regulation within (6) six months of receiving RD certificate.
• Additional State Licensure in Pennsylvania, Maryland, or New Jersey may be required, based on position.
• Additional specialty certification preferred (CDCES, CNSC, CSOWM and or CSP)
• Hospital experience preferred; at least (2) two years of pediatric experience preferred.