Clinical Nutritionist - Part-time, Temp, 20 hours/wk Lee & Pittsfield

The Clinical Nutritionist counsels, educates and develops therapeutic nutritional plans and accompanying goals for patients. The Nutritionist is part of a team of providers within the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH). This person will support CHP’s mission, vision, and values and will adhere to compliance protocols as well as CHP’s policies and procedures.

Clinical Nutritionist Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review of patient’s Electronic Medical Record (EMR).
• Conducts nutritional assessments and nutrition follow-up encounters.
• Consults with other providers and healthcare team as appropriate to best support patient’s nutritional needs.
• Develops a care plan and accompanying goals to support the plan.
• Educates patient about health issues, nutrition concepts and recommendations.
• Thoroughly documents patient assessment, care plan and education to comply with observed Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) guidelines for initial assessment and follow-up visits using the EMR. Documentation is ideally done as soon after the patient encounter as possible to best capture detail, promote accuracy and expedite billing. Documentation should be completed within the day of the patient encounter and no later than 1 business day of the scheduled patient encounter.
• Creates patient tasks in EMR as appropriate to best support patient care.
• Responds to patient tasks in EMR within 1 day.
• Creates nutrition education materials as appropriate or assigned to support patient needs using CHP template and formatting.
• Attends meetings as appropriate to include nutrition meetings, site provider and staff meetings, PCMH meetings, high-risk patient management meetings, trainings and others as requested. Site manager will adjust nutritionist patient appointment template.
• Completes chart audits for quality control as assigned using MNT standards.
• Observes organization safety and security practices.
• Provide CHP credentialing specialist information as requested to support billing and reimbursement.
• Other duties as assigned.