Job Details

Day shift (M-F; 8am-4:30pm)

Houston locals ONLY - 100% ONSITE at West Campus (77094)

MUST BE REGISTERED and LICENSED to work in Texas

Duties:

• Develops, implements and evaluates patient nutritional care plans.

• Provides age-appropriate assessments of all patients identified at nutrition risk to include diabetes management and education per established timeframe/guidelines.

• Adapts nutrition plan to specific economic, social, cultural, and age-appropriate patient needs.

• Reassess patients at appropriate intervals and adjusts plan of care as warranted.

• Provides age appropriate education to support the nutritional plan of care.

• Assesses learning needs and readiness to learn for all patients/families.

• Participates in the development and review of education materials and department resources to meet the needs of the populations served.

Skills:

• Knowledge of nutrition, medical nutrition therapy and pediatrics.

• Ability to observe deficiencies and formulate actions to correct the situation, make assessments and recommendations, educate others on nutritional needs, and use word processing, spreadsheet and nutrition programs on a computer.

Education:

RD - Cert-Registered Dietitian Commission on Dietetic Registry- Required

LD - Licensed Dietitian Texas Department of Licensing- Required

Bachelor's Degree- Required