Job Title Registered Dietitian - U.S. Air Force Academy

Location USAF ACADEMY, CO US (Primary)

Job Type Full-time

Job Description

SUMMARY: Provide medical nutrition therapy and other nutrition care services to inpatients and outpatients whose disorders/diseases require complex dietary management using theAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics Nutrition Care Process, AF Dietitian Nutrition Care Guidelines, DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines, ADA Evidence-Based Guides, IAW ADA Nutrition Care Manual, and AF and local operating instructions. ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: * Will provide nutrition care and services in accordance with the ADA Standards of Practice in Nutrition Care, Standards of Professional Performance, along with the ADA Code of Ethics. Standards of Practice are authoritative statements that describe a competent level of practice that is demonstrated through nutritional assessment, nutrition diagnosis, nutrition intervention, and outcomes monitoring and evaluation. The dietitian obtains adequate information in order to identify nutrition-related problems (nutrition assessment); identifies and describes an actual occurrence, risk of, or potential for developing a nutrition problem that dietetics professionals are responsible for treating independently (nutrition diagnosis); identifies and implements appropriate, purposefully planned actions designed with the intent of changing a nutrition-related behavior, risk factor, environmental condition, or aspect of health status for an individual, target group, or the community at large (nutrition intervention); and monitors and evaluates outcome(s) related to the nutrition diagnosis and the goals established in the intervention plan to determine the degree to which progress is being made and goals or desired outcomes of nutrition care are being met, and use selected outcome indicators to create an outcomes management system (nutrition * Work closely with and is a member of the interdisciplinary health care team (e.g. Cadet Healthy Eating Working Group) which may be composed of physicians, nurses, social workers, pharmacists and/or psychologists, to provide medical nutrition therapy and nutrition education that are integrated and compatible with the patient's medical program goals and objectives. Review patients' medical background, psycho-social history, current dietary adherence, and method of administration of nutrition care and assess patients for nutrition risk, to include physical and psychological needs through a detailed history. These conditions can include, but are not limited to, renal disease, liver disease, cancer, gastrointestinal disease, diabetes, prenatal, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, neurological disease, immune deficiency disorders, inborn errors of metabolism, cystic fibrosis, and failure to thrive. * Conduct evaluation of in-depth diet/nutrition history, 24-hour recall and food frequency data with patients and/or caregivers regarding food habits, intolerances, allergies, preferences, ethnic or lifestyle habits which may impact on food intake and calculate nutrition requirements and necessary dietary restrictions or supplementation. * Collect appropriate nutrition assessment data to include anthropometric data, laboratory parameters, drug-nutrient interaction needs, and dietary education needs to make a comprehensive evaluation of patients' nutrition needs. * Develop nutrition care plans and implement appropriate dietary regimes for individual outpatients/inpatients/family members/caregivers upon consult from a physician or via needs determination using patient screening/assessment criteria. Incorporate into dietary plans: nutritional factors associated with obesity, diabetes, cancer, cardiac, gastrointestinal, hepatic, hypertension, metabolic, endocrine, renal, surgery, neurologic, pulmonary, mal absorption,... For full info follow

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