**Purpose:**
To provide nutrition-related expertise in the interdisciplinary team management of all hospitalized patients.

**Responsibilities:**

+ Provide quality patient care to diverse patient populations using Medical Nutrition Therapy to include assessment, goals, and plan of care.
+ Accountable as nutrition liaison/expert to assigned units &/or committees, responding to needs and initiatives for nutrition care process improvement.
+ Demonstrate effective communication methods as a collaborative member of the interdisciplinary care team.
+ As required, knowledgeable about outpatient billing guidelines and performs necessary documentation to ensure compliance of client charges with regulatory requirements.
+ Formulate a Nutrition Diagnosis and identify Malnutrition through application of Nutrition Focused Physical Assessment and the nationally established criteria for identification of malnutrition.
+ Provide appropriate nutritional education and ...