Position Details

Type Full-Time

Experience mid

Exp. Years Not specified

Education Bachelor's Degree in Dietetics or Food and Nutrition required.

Category Healthcare & Medical

About this role

The Registered Dietitian will perform nutritional screening and assessments for pediatric patients, guide diet orders and tube feeding decisions, and provide nutrition education. The role collaborates with medical and kitchen staff and participates in discharge planning to meet nutritional goals.

Key Responsibilities

Nutritional screening and assessments of patients
Determine tube feeding/diet order appropriateness
Interpret and adjust diet orders for kitchen staff
Provide nutrition education and counseling
Participate in discharge planning for nutritional concerns

Technical Overview

Clinical nutrition assessment, diet orders interpretation, tube feeding decisions, nutrition education, interdisciplinary collaboration.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a mid-to-senior level Registered Dietitian with a Bachelor's degree in Dietetics/Nutrition and an active RD license, experienced in pediatric nutrition and behavioral health populations to support complex patient needs.

Must-Have Skills

Bachelor's Degree in Dietetics or Food and Nutrition required.Registered Dietitian license required.

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience working with children and adolescents who experience behavior dysfunction secondary to brain injuryautismand other developmental disabilitieschronic medical disorders and other severe and chronic impairmentsand their caregivers preferred.

Required Skills

["Bachelor's Degree in Dietetics"'Dietetics''Nutrition''Nutrition screening''Assessments''Tube feeding''Diet orders''Kitchen coordination''Nutritional education''Counseling''Discharge planning''Pediatric nutrition''Brain injury''Autism''Developmental disabilities']

Soft Skills

communicationcounselingempathyteamworkdiscretion

Certifications

Required

Registered Dietitian license

Industry & Role

Industry Healthcare & Medical

Job Function Deliver pediatric clinical nutrition services and manage diet orders and education

Role Subtype Registered Dietitian

Keywords for Your Resume

Registered DietitianBachelor's Degree in Dietetics or Food and NutritionRegistered Dietitian licensenutrition screeningassessmentstube feedingdiet orderskitchen staffnutritional educationcounselingdischarge planningResidential Treatment Programpediatric nutritionbrain injuryautismdevelopmental disabilitiesdiet orders verificationregistered dietitiandieteticsregistered dietitian license

Deal Breakers

Not a licensed Registered Dietitian, Bachelor's degree not in Dietetics or Food and Nutrition, No state licensure as RD

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