Dietitian

• Provide nutritional services for in-center and home patients to maximize nutritional status and improve clinical outcomes
• Assess patients’ knowledge of diet and kidney disease and provide individualized education
• Educate patients, families and caregivers on nutritional status, adequacy measures, fluid status and nutrition-related laboratory parameters
• Complete nutritional assessments and participate in interdisciplinary comprehensive assessments
• Develop individualized comprehensive plans of care with the interdisciplinary team
• Calculate diet prescriptions according to standards of practice
• Complete progress notes and maintain accurate medical-record documentation
• Provide ongoing nutrition assessment and outcome-oriented nutrition counseling
• Identify malnourished or at-risk patients and implement appropriate interventions
• Monitor adherence and response to nutrition therapy and adjust therapy as needed
• Collaborate on Urea Kinetic Modeling, mineral metabolism, renal bone disease, anemia, iron status, psychosocial status, vascular access, modality, rehabilitation and sodium/volume control
• Report nutrition QAI results and participate in quality improvement activities
• Coordinate Pre-ESRD education and patient education plans
• Review nutrition-related laboratory results, counsel patients, recommend treatment changes and communicate results to physicians and care providers
• Participate in staff and care plan meetings
• Consult with the FMS Corporate Dietitian as needed
• Maintain and improve professional knowledge and skills
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to ensure work areas are safe and clean
• Perform other nutrition management and related duties as assigned

Registered Dietitian

• Serve as a vital member of each patient's core care team
• Analyze lab-work results
• Educate patients and their families on appropriate nutrition
• Build meaningful, long-term relationships with patients and families in an intimate outpatient setting
• Collaborate with and support teammates in a positive environment
• Contribute to patient health through clinical goal-setting and quality improvement initiatives
• Work across multiple facilities and travel when needed

• 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