Job Description
Position Summary Oncology dietitians are essential members of cancer centers because they identify and treat malnutrition and nutrition related symptoms early, tailor oral/enteral/parenteral plans and help patients complete cancer therapies with fewer complications.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.
- Develop and implement nutrition services for cancer patients undergoing active treatment in an outpatient setting.
- Provide medical nutrition therapy including individualized nutrition assessments, counseling, and oral and written nutrition recommendations based on patients’ specific therapies and nutrition needs.
- Provide monthly nutrition classes for patients and caregivers.
- Provide education for staff addressing nutrition topics and research pertinent to cancer patients.
- Develop nutrition education and resource materials as needed.
- Collaborate with providers and staff to ensure the nutrition screening mechanism is consistently identifying patients at risk.
- Collaborates with other community agencies to promote nutrition and provide education.
- Demonstrates excellent communication skills working daily with physicians and other healthcare professionals.
- Maintains pertinent and timely documentation in the patient’s medical chart.
- Accurately maintains required departmental statistical data.
Minimum Qualifications Education
- A Bachelor’s degree or higher in nutrition, nutrition sciences, and/or dietetics
Licensure/Certification
- Current and valid Registered Dietitian credentials in the District of Columbia.
Physical Requirements
- Sit, walk, reach, bend, or twist for long periods of time in a clinical setting.
- Must be able to lift, carry, push, or pull up to 100 lbs. as part of the role.
- Regularly exposed to healthcare settings that may require personal protective equipment.
- Requires manual dexterity to operate a computer keyboard, calculator, copier machine, and other equipment.
About GW MFA MFA physicians provide comprehensive patient care, offering one practice for the whole person with 52 medical and surgical specialties. As members of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences faculty, MFA providers are teachers and mentors for medical students, residents, fellows, and researchers preserving the rich tradition of academics, research, and healing. In addition to maintaining a closely integrated alliance with The George Washington University and The George Washington University Hospital (GWUH) which is separately owned and operated by Universal Health Services (UHS), the GW MFA has active referring relationships with 12 area hospitals.
The GW MFA’s leading healthcare presence in the DC metro region is complemented by a network of community-based practices in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Given its geographic location in central NW Washington, DC, and proximity to more than 175 resident embassies, the MFA continues to evolve its international clinical outreach.
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