Performs a variety of tasks according to standard practices and procedures, and in complance with regulatory agency requirements that facilitate:
1. Provision and documentation of comprehensive level clinical nutrition services to patients
2. Maintenance of departmental quality assurance/quality control programs
3. Provision of on-going nutritional education to medical/nursing and nutrition staff
4. Following standard practices for regularly scheduled hours, productivity and employee behavior
5. Maintaining and promoting awareness of hospital mission statement and programs in order to assist in accomplishing its goals.
- Provides comprehensive level of clinical nutrition services appropriately and in timely manner by maintaining an efficient program for nutrition screening, assessment, follow-up care and counseling.
- Collaborates with clinical Nutrition Manager during admissions’ screening process by attending and participating in daily team meetings to receive/discuss daily patient visitation assignments.
- Collaborates with medical/nursing staff regarding individual patients to facilitate optimum nutrition care.
- Documents nutrition care provided in patient’s medical record in accordance with department standards.
- Delegates intermediate and basic care level patient visitation activities to graduate dietitians and diet clerks via CNM.
- Utilizes approved Nutrition Care Manual appropriately.
- Plans and implements educational programs for medical/nursing and nutrition staff and patients.
- Attends routine staff meetings, departmental/hospital in-services/orientation. Follows hospital policy on verification of attendance at same.
- Participate in departmental patient services quality assurance/quality control programs.
- Participates in the training of dietetic students.
- Participates in education programs or developmental in-services to improve skill levels.
Qualifying hospital intership experience. Successful completion of requirments for dietetic registration.
• 1 year experience in Clinical Nutrition
• Registered Dietitian
•ADA Registration as Dietitian
•Baccelaureate in Food and Nutrition or Dietetics
BronxCare is the largest voluntary, not-for-profit health and teaching hospital system serving the South and Central Bronx, with 859 beds and more than 4,500 employees. Its two main hospital divisions, comprehensive psychiatric and chemical dependency programs, long-term care facility, and extensive outpatient network of 39 practices are providing the wide range of services needed by the community. BronxCare is now among the largest providers of outpatient services in New York City, with close to 750,000 visits annually. Its ER is among the largest in the nation with 127,000 visits annually.
In 2023, BronxCare received full accreditation from the Joint Commission, the leading accrediting authority for hospitals in the nation. Its medical school affiliation with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and clinical collaboration with the Mount Sinai Health System, as well as 16 accredited residency and fellowship programs, are strong indicators of excellence. BronxCare’s outpatient practices are also certified as a Level Three Patient-Centered Medical Home (the highest designation) by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
As an engine for positive change, BronxCare has infused more than $400 million into the Bronx economy, including a new Pediatric Specialty Center and Ophthalmology Practice, among numerous other capital projects. A new 33-bed Medical-Surgical Unit at the Concourse Hospital Division and 20-bed Adult Psychiatric Unit at the Fulton Hospital Division will increase inpatient capacity to 912 beds, further reinforcing BronxCare’s ability to address the significant needs of the Bronx community.
BronxCare is also modernizing its Inpatient Maternity and Labor and Delivery Units, as well as its Women’s Health Center and Neurology Suite, to improve the patient experience. Additionally, BronxCare’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Center Practice at 174th Street will be opening.
