Clinical Nutrition Specialist

• Provide ongoing nutritional assessment, monitoring, evaluation, and education to patients with eating disorders and their families
• Develop and implement individualized nutrition care plans for patients across the lifecycle
• Integrate evidence-based research in the education, practice, and management of eating disorder patients
• Effectively communicate nutrition plans and rationale to team members
• Provide education on medical nutrition therapy for eating disorders
• Ensure continuity of care when a patient transitions between levels of care
• Deliver lectures to residents, NPs, and fellows
• Serve as a clinical preceptor to dietetic interns
• Participate in adolescent medicine rounds and interdisciplinary rounds
• Serve as liaison between patients/units and foodservice staff
• Exercise independent judgment and display advanced decision-making in complex cases
• Evaluate literature, new products, and techniques
• Participate in quality assurance activities
• Serve on committees for department and hospital initiatives
• Represent the department at community functions

• Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition, Foods and Nutrition Service or equivalent
• completion of one-year dietetic internship experience or equivalent
• 2 years of clinical nutrition experience in a health care setting
• Registered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration
• Advanced certification, CNSC, CDCES, CSP or other specialist certification in specific area of practice required within 18 months of hire

Master’s Degree in related field