Legacy Community Health

Dietitian

• Assess and counsel pediatric and adult patients using nutrition science
• Create individualized diet plans for health promotion, disease management, weight control, and complex or acute nutritional concerns
• Build trusting relationships with patients and families and provide practical nutrition guidance
• Help patients set SMART goals and monitor behavioral and biometric progress
• Evaluate diet history, 24-hour recall, food frequency, laboratory data, body composition, interviews, and shared decision-making outcomes
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary care teams and consult providers regarding diagnoses and progress
• Document patient services in electronic health records and other required data systems
• Manage patient schedules and desktop in the electronic health record system
• Maintain counseling equipment and instructional materials
• Meet agency and contract requirements for appointment volume, appointment type, and billing
• Collect and report monthly statistics and other required reports
• Design and evaluate initiatives related to diet-related illness
• Participate in quality and performance improvement programs
• Consult clinic staff on nutrition information and patient referrals
• Participate in nutrition, provider, clinic, departmental, and agency meetings
• Attend required training workshops and meetings
• Monitor assigned budgets for Units of Services and nutritional supplement spending, if applicable
• Direct support staff, if assigned
• Advise patients on health and illness prevention, voluntary family planning, and preventive health services
• Perform other assigned duties and functions outlined in the Dietitian Delineation of Privileges

Registered Dietitian