Registered Dietitian/Rd Elig U -

City/State: Bronx, New York Grant Funded: No Department: PEDS - Division Of Allergy/Immunology Bargaining Unit: 1199 Work Shift: Day Work Days: DAYS VARY Scheduled Hours: 8:30 AM-5 PM Scheduled Daily Hours: 8 HOURS Hourly Rate: $43.59 For positions that have only a rate listed, the displayed rate is the hiring rate but could be subject to change based on shift differential, experience, education or other relevant factors.

To learn more about the “Montefiore Difference” – who we are at Montefiore and all that we have to offer our associates, please click here . Job Summary   Provide in-dept nutritional assessment and follow up for patients at high nutritional risk. Develops care plan including discharge recommendations, which may include instructions on appropriate diet therapies to patients/family. Actively participates as core team member in interdisciplinary coordinated patient care program and on committees for the development and revision of nutrition related policies and procedures.

May assess patients to determine level of care and implement care plan in patients of moderate or potential risk. Acts as a source of nutrition care expertise to MMC staff and associates. Essential Functions Assess patients by evaluating nutritional status, determining level of care and implementing nutritional care plan. Nutritional status is evaluated through review of the medical record, patient/caregiver interview, and input from health care team * Completed Assessment as evidenced in the medical record in adherence to policies and procedures, departmental and professional standards of practice, and time frames.

Completes comprehensive assessment of patients at high nutritional risk including formulation of care plan, goals and recommendations through continuum of care. * Completes Comprehensive Assessment form including care plan that is realistic, appropriate and in conformance with professional and departmental policies and procedures and standards of practice. Additional evidence when recommendations acknowledged and/or implemented by health care team Determines appropriateness of diet order and communicates recommendations for change when indicated.

* Documented evidence in medical record in conformance with departmental policies and procedures and time frames in making recommendations for change. Evidence that recommendations implemented by Physicians. Monitors and evaluates efficacy of care plan in terms of patient compliance, tolerance, laboratory data, and physical and psychological. * Completes progress notes in medical record according to departmental standards and time frames.

Evaluates patient/caregiver need for nutrition counseling. Provides counseling where necessary using method/materials to maximize comprehension and achieve desired outcomes including conformance with diet therapy and enhanced quality of life. * Documented evidence of evaluation of need for nutrition counseling and its completion, if indicated, according to departmental and regulatory agency standards and time frames.

Evidence presents of evaluation of patient comprehension and anticipated compliance. Responds to nutrition consults within allotted time frames. * Documented evidence in medical record of response to consult. Documents, consults, initial assessments/care plans, comprehensive assessments, follow-up/progress notes, record. and counseling in medical record to provide record of intervention and recommendations.

* Evidence of intervention and recommendations in medical record. Reviews nutrition office computerized patient file for accuracy of diet orders, evidence of prior intervention/recommendations in order to develop daily assignments and provide continuity of care. Documents intervention including assignment of care level, comprehensive assessment, counseling and recommendations on a daily basis in diet office computerized patient files.

* Documented evidence of adherence to departmental standards of practice in diet office computer fil