Responsible for the visitation, assessment, intervention and multidisciplinary liaison relating to assigned in-patients areas within 24 hours of patient admission.(credentialing criteria is applicable to perform clinical nutrition / dietetic consults)
2. Responsible for patients (referred by physician) nutrition care priorities to identify acuity level and to complete nutrition assessment. The patient nutrition assessment is documented in Patient Medical Record file.
3. Responsible to regularly participate in the consultant, physician ward rounds in-accordance with TIH faculty round schedule.
4. Responsible to plan, develop & implement approved clinical nutrition SOP, s - policies / procedures / system / guidelines & system reports / monitoring tools.
5. Responsible to develop disease specific nutrition care handouts in consultation with faculty chair.
6. Responsible to conduct outpatient multi specialty nutrition care clinics as approved & directed by HOD. It is to ensure that outpatient nutrition care clinics are not conducted by junior nutrition staff or non-credential nutrition staff.
7. Responsible to undertake effective management of outpatients clinics (new, follow up, patients) as per assigned schedule or when assigned and to ensure that work is completed timely and appropriate tools / systems are followed and records are maintained.
8. Responsible to ensure that inpatients are provided healthy balanced diet, nutritionally vulnerable and comply hospital based clinical nutrition standards
9. Responsible to develop ensure that nutrition screening tool is developed, approved and applied to patients where essential and screening evaluation is done e.g. patient poor appetites, increase risk of malnutrition, allergy parameters
10. Responsible to ensure that inpatient therapeutic & non-therapeutic diet plan is developed. Implemented in coordination with FSD management and revised on quarterly where required and records are maintained
11. Responsible to coordinate with Off campus management as directed by Head of Department
12. Responsible for supervising, assisting & monitoring clinical nutrition staff / Dietetic trainee’s day to day operational activities and ensuring smooth delivery of nutritional care to patients
13. Responsible to ensure that patient therapeutic / non therapeutic diet is in accordance with physician diet order entry to comply patient individual nutritional assessment, patient likes & dislikes & patient food allergies are noted / taken care of
14. Responsible to provide disease specific nutritional education / guidelines to patients & families regarding nutritional care and appropriate medical nutrition therapy
15. Responsible to conduct monthly clinical nutrition training for onboard diet technicians, dietitians, interns & residents, FSD patient meals, nursing and other allied health care staff. Responsible to maintain training records