Chas

Dietitian

• Improve the overall health of the communities we serve by providing individualized nutritional support to patients for their particular situation.
• Meet directly with patient to identify dietary needs through nutritional assessment based on nutrition-focused physical findings and patient history.
• Provide nutritional counseling either individually or in a group setting; identify goals and support education with evidence-based care.
• Develop detailed care plans and document as part of the electronic health record in accordance with established program standards.
• Assess, plan and implement the delivery of medical nutrition therapies in collaboration with the patients inter-disciplinary team.
• Monitor and evaluate patient's progress through routine nutrition interventions to support positive health outcomes.
• Participate and support patients in various program committees; including developing educational programs for various ethnic, cultural and social groups to teach nutrition education.
• Remain up to date on evidence-based research and recommend ways to expand and improve nutrition programs.
• Participate in quality improvement of the program in conjunction with other services CHAS Health offers.

Registered Dietitian