Freseniusmedicalcare
Registered Dietitian
Temple, TX
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About the role
- PURPOSE AND SCOPE: Provides nutritional services for the facility's in-center and home patients as applicable in order to maximize the patient's nutritional status and improve clinical outcomes.
- Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team, supporting the FMCNA commitment to the Quality Enhancement Program (QEP) and Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAI) activities.
- Actively participates in process improvement activities that enhance the likelihood that patients will achieve their individualized patient-specific goals as determined by the patient's physician.
Responsibilities
- Implements plan of care with involvement of patient/family/caregiver.
- Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team on Urea Kinetic Modeling recommendations to achieve the physician's prescription of Kt/V.
- Monitors adherence and response to nutrition therapy, adjusts therapy as needed to achieve and sustain an effective nutritional status, documents why the patient was unable to achieve the goals and implements the plan of care to address issues impacting the patient's ability to achieve the goals.
- Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team on management and recommendations for mineral metabolism and renal bone disease, anemia and iron status, nutritional status, psychosocial status, vascular access, modality, rehabilitation status and sodium/volume control.
- Maintains and improves knowledge and skills for a competent and innovative practice.
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary team, ensuring that all work areas are safe and clean.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Travel to regional, Business Unit and Corporate meetings may be required.
- EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS: Minimum of 1-year professional work experience in clinical nutrition as a Registered Dietitian.
Skills
- Minimum of 1-year professional work experience in clinical nutrition as a Registered Dietitian.
- Previous renal experience preferred.
- Able to perform responsibilities with minimum supervision.
- Basic computer skills required.
- For patients.
Benefits
- The work environment is characteristic of a health care facility with air temperature control and moderate noise levels.
- Assesses patient's knowledge of diet and kidney disease and provides education appropriate to patient's learning needs regarding the relationship of diet and kidney disease and the impact on the treatment process.
- Maintains complete and accurate documentation of all appropriate information in medical record according to established FMCNA policies and Federal and state regulations.
- Adheres to FMCNA algorithm and medical record policies.
- Collaborates and coordinates with team members in provision of Pre-ESRD education as appropriate.
- When appropriate, works with Case Manager to coordinate plan of care for patient education and identifies candidates to refer to physician for nutritional supplements, as per disease management agreements.
- Maintains dietetic registration and continuing education hours as specified by American Dietetic Association and state licensure regulations where applicable.
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