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Description
The Genetic Metabolic Clinical & Research Dietitian II in Emory University's School of Medicine (SOM) provides Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) to patients with inherited metabolic disorders (IMD) in an inpatient and outpatient clinical and/or research setting compliant with University and Healthcare TJC, CMS and hospital policies and protocols.
Responsibilities:
- Under the guidance of the director, coordinates clinical and research responsibilities to ensure patient care and redistributes clinical and research workload among team members.
- Assumes responsibility for the training and development of professional clinical and research dietetics staff.
- Develops and participates in revision and update of clinical and research policies/protocols.
- Conducts quality and performance improvement activities providing feedback to dietitians and other staff.
- Coordinates team activities to implement solutions.
- Executes performance appraisals of dietitians at Level I and II.
- Works on revisions of the internship module, learning experiences and assignments in areas of clinical, research and training expertise.
- May precept and evaluate interns independently.
- Participates in the development and coordination of nutrition-related projects, research and education programs.
- Develops, implements, evaluates, monitors, and documents in the medical record the nutrition care plan for patients using the Nutrition Care Process based on patient diagnosis.
- Writes diet prescription and documents changes in the medical record.
- Confirms diet prescriptions, evaluates appropriateness, implements, manages or adjusts for oral and/or enteral/parenteral nutrition.
- Coordinates appropriate implementation of cultural, religious, ethnic preferences or medical requirements related to teaching and various resources that the patient may be referred to (i.e. Women, Infants & Children, WIC), insurance navigation services, pharmacies, durable medical equipment (DME) companies, etc.
- Evaluates and makes recommendations regarding nutritional products and supplies.
- Coordinates nutritional aspects of patient's care with physicians, healthcare personnel and support staff.
- Provides care without supervision; supports care provided by dietitians at Levels I and II.
- Demonstrates advanced practice competency.
- Regularly assumes responsibility for more complex patients.
- Effectively applies or participates in evidence-based research to enhance practice.
- Participates in nutrition rounds, discharge planning and patient care conferences as appropriate.
- Collaborates with University and Healthcare teams to assure continuity of care through effective decision making resulting in quality patient care.
- Provides nutrition counseling to patients, caregivers and providers based on identified needs.
- Designs, creates, evaluates and utilizes education materials based on the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics guidelines and evidence-based practice for staff, patients, families, students and providers.
- Develops and participates in protocols or patient care guidelines for area(s) of specialization in collaboration with providers.
- Completes annual professional compliance modules on time.
- Serves as a nutrition resource to physicians, nurses, other allied health professionals and support staff.
- Mentors level I and II dietitians.
- Seeks guidance and expertise from peers and appropriate medical personnel to expand professional knowledge for application of Medical Nutrition Therapy.
- Communicates and interprets nutrition information to other staff during nutrition & metabolic rounds or patient care conferences.
- May serve as food and nutrition resource/expert to the community through education and presentations.
- Supports teaching & knowledge application of dietetic students, genetic counseling students, and medical students in both face-to-face and online classroom environments.
- Participates in grant-funded research projects and study implementation by collecting and entering data using valid and reliable methods with some oversight.
- Develops new ideas, identifies problems and assists with preparing and publishing manuscripts, posters, and oral presentations for new knowledge and research under the direction of the Program Director/Principal Investigator.
- Interacts with study participants at various stages of the life cycle by participating in study recruitment, enrollment and scheduling of study subjects for visits.
- Performs protocol implementation, diet assessments, metabolic testing, nutrition intervention and patient/provider education.
- Supports research at the Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance (GA CTSA) research center (GCRC) and at Genetics Nutrition Research program as assigned.
- The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Maintains a specialty certification from an approved nutrition-related area OR has a Master's degree in Nutrition, Dietetics or related field.
- Completing a 2-year specialty fellowship counts towards 2 years of experience.
- Registered with the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
- Initiates and maintains development of a professional portfolio through the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) to reflect professional and career goals.
- Maintains licensure and registration by participating in continuing education activities including an average of 15 nutrition-related continuing education hours annually.
- Competent in various computer skills and diet management software.
- Additional credentialing, training and certification may be assigned based on current role.
- Licensed as a dietitian in the State of Georgia.
Note: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University location as needed. All biweekly employees must reside within the State of Georgia. Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee.
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