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About the role* Provide dietary education to agency staff and function as a member of the IDG.What you'll do* Educate staff regarding dietary issues with the focus on dietary needs and interventions at the end of life.* Assist the physician and nursing personnel to determine the dietary needs of the patient.* Work with the IDG in the development of nutritional plans of care based on comprehensive assessments of patients' nutritional need, preferences, and choices.* Provide dietary assessments of patients as well as dietary counseling to patients/families as needed.* Function as a resource for agency staff, as requested.* Participate in QAPI activities, as appropriate.* Communicate with other team members and, when appropriate, instructs them in nutritional, dietary teaching that they may use while working with the patient.* Maintain and submit written clinical and agency records as deemed necessary.* Assume responsibility for self-development by continually striving to improve his/her health care knowledge through educational programs, attendance at workshops and conferences, active participation in professional and related organization meetings and individual research and reading.* Perform additional duties assigned in response to patient and/or Agency needs.Qualifications* Must be a graduate of a school approved by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics. (ACEND)* Certified, Licensed or Registered by the state of South Carolina.* Must have at least one year of experience.* The ability to communicate well, both verbally and in writing.PI6619581db7c6-29400-40015062