Registered Dietician, Hospice Home Care, Manhattan (Per Diem)

VNS Health · United States

What We Provide

Per Diem team members can access our extensive Employee Assistance Program that includes financial, legal, and mental health counseling program as well as participate in a retirement savings program.

What You Will Do

• Assesses and evaluates nutritional status of individual patients utilizing professional knowledge, interviewing skills and evidence-based guides to provide quality patient care.

• Evaluates patient’s physical condition and calculates therapeutic diet to meet the specific requirements of individual patient. Recommends to physician the plan of care, and advises physician of patient progress. 

• Establishes nutritional plan based on assessment of patient’s condition. Monitors patient’s progress and recommends/revises changes in nutritional plan for effective patient care.

• Coordinates with team members and develops patient care plan to meet identified nutrition needs. Seeks clinical guidance from Nutrition Manager on hard to service cases. 

• Documents patient care information such as evaluation data, treatments, communications on patient progress, patient responses to interventions and desired goals on a timely basis in patient’s medical record.

• Initiates and maintains verbal/written communication according to VNS Health Hospice Care policy to ensure coordinated patient quality care.

• Provides nutrition counseling to patients and/or caregivers utilizing educational materials, modified diets and individualized teaching aids to ensure patient understanding of the overall plan of care and its implications.

• Manages nutrition care planning of assigned caseload of patients from evaluation to discharge. 

• Maintains productivity level of patient visits sufficient to meet program needs. 

• Participates in agency in-service education programs, QA reviews, interdisciplinary team meetings and case conferences.

• Acts as liaison to other community agencies to gather and disseminate information on nutrition trends and changes.

• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Licenses and Certifications:
Current registration to practice as a Registered Dietitian from American Dietetic Association OR

Current certification to practice in NY State as a Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist required 

Education:
Bachelor's Degree with major in food and nutrition or equivalent experience required

Master's Degree in nutrition or public health preferred

In lieu of work experience, a Master’s Degree in nutrition or public health will be considered

Effective oral/written/interpersonal communication skills required