Clinical Dietitian I

Kids Are Our Everything.

Department

Pay Range

• Assesses the nutritional status of neonates/ infants, pediatric, adolescent, adult and/or geriatric patient through documentation in the medical record. Uses parameters such as anthropometric measurements, nutrition-focused physical assessment and interpretation of laboratory values.

• Develops, revises and individualizes nutrition care plan based on information from the patient, medical record, family and health care team members.

• Incorporates current evidence-based research into practice.

• Utilizes physician/referring practitioner-driven protocols or other facility-specific processes to implement, initiate or modify order for diet or nutrition-related actions (e.g. nutrition supplements, dietary supplements, diet modifications, diet texture modifications for dentition or individual preferences, nutrition-related laboratory tests and medications, and nutrition education and counseling) consistent with specialized training where required, competence and approved clinical privileges and organization policy.

• Utilizes physician/referring practitioner-driven protocols or other facility-specific processes to manage nutrition support therapies (e.g., enteral and parenteral formula selection and rate adjustments based on energy needs or laboratory results, addition of designated medications and vitamin/mineral supplements to parenteral nutrition solutions or supplemental water for enteral nutrition, and placement of feeding tubes) consistent with specialized training where required, competence and approved clinical privileges and organization policy.

• Executes programs/services in an organized, collaborative, and customer-centered manner. Participates in process for ordering privileges required for expanded roles and enhanced activities consistent with federal and state practice acts.

• Adheres to facility confidentiality, HIPAA regulations, and patient rights policies.

• Complies with regulatory standards, including federal, state and accrediting agencies.

• Completes all required documentation, reports and logs in a timely, professional and thorough manner.

• Communicates effectively with all team members, patients and families through conferences, individual consultation and committee participation. This includes in-person, telephone, written, and electronic communication.

• Orients, mentors and trains staff and interns, as applicable.

• Advises department on patient care and food service issues.

• Provides training to patient services staff on special needs with patients diet prescriptions.

• Assists with modified menu planning based on current diet manual in collaboration with the food service management team.

• Follows facility and department infection control policies and procedures.

• Participates in facility-wide and department Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement (QAPI) Program and on QAPI teams to improve processes and patient care.

• Participates in and attends departmental meetings, staff development, patient care rounds and professional programs, as appropriate.

• Visits patients on assigned nursing unit(s) and contributes to every patient being visited by a member of the management or professional team at least once during their hospital stay.

• Assists and contributes to patient satisfaction goals by providing quality service.

• Projects and practices consistent ownership attributes, which provide a high level of customer service at all points of contact.

• Reads and complies with all policies and procedures of CNH.

• Follows all security procedures for facility and department.

• Responds to utility failures per department policy.

• Follows facility, department, Morrison Healthcare/TouchPoint, and Compass safety policies and procedures to include incident reporting.

• Wears name tag identification and is aware of role in minimizing security incidents.

• Follows the facility's protocols for Hazardous Materials and Waste Program.

• Adheres to Emergency Preparedness Program. Participates in disaster drills as appropriate.

• Adheres to Life Safety Program and participates in fire drills as appropriate.

• Performs other tasks that may be assigned.

• Telehealth:* Complies with all telehealth federal, state and local regulations (e.g. Health Department, HIPPA/ Privacy Act, Joint Commission, DNV-GL, quality assurance, safety operations and personnel) by keeping abreast of the most recent policies and standards of practice.* Provides telehealth from home (distant location): Maintains an office which safeguards private patient information, medical team/operations conversations and PHI access (e.g., complies with Remote Work Agreements per Aramark and client requirements)* Ability to work independently and manage time efficiently.* Demonstrates ability to receive constructive feedback and then incorporate into telehealth communications to improve performance.* Demonstrates ability to quickly establish rapport and therapeutic alliances via approved telehealth modality (e.g., phone, video, or digital) with a diverse population of patients, care givers and medical team* Provide medical nutrition therapy and nutrition education to patients via approved telehealth modality e.g., phone, video, or digital). * Submits data to measure key performance indicators (KPIs) (e.g., Clinical Productivity, chart audits, revenue from outpatient services, etc.)* Present for online webinars and trainings if needed.

The disclosed salary range includes the minimum and maximum rates within which Children's National believes an individual's base pay rate will fall for this position. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the maximum of the pay range. The exact pay rate for this position will be based on a variety of factors in alignment with the Children's National compensation philosophy. These factors are legitimate and non-discriminatory including, but not limited to, the current market conditions; organizational needs; the individual's combination of prior work experience, level of education, knowledge, skills, and other qualifications. Children's National is committed to providing a fair and competitive total rewards package to each of our employees. This base salary range does not include our comprehensive benefits package or any additional compensation for which this position may be eligible.

Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The "Know Your Rights" poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here:Know Your RightsPay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.

Please note that it is the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a "drug-free" work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.