Nutrition Resident

Job Summary

Children's Health System in conjunction with a graduate nutrition program offers a 9-month clinical pediatric nutrition assistantship; the position is referred to as a Nutrition Resident. The pediatric assistantship is designed to provide a broad knowledge base, skills and professional resources to practice in pediatric acute, critical and ambulatory care settings. The assistantship includes 20-hours / week of clinical work experience that can be counted toward graduate course credit.

The Nutrition Resident rotates with all of the department's staff of registered dietitians, lactation consultants and dietetic technicians, providing a wide range of experiences in management of disease states in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. The Nutrition Resident is required to complete a research project or thesis research. The Nutrition Resident is expected to complete learning activities and experiences that are provided and required to meet the outlined learning objectives.

The Nutrition Resident is responsible for providing medical nutrition therapy appropriate for age and disease of specific groups of pediatric patients with assistance and under the supervision of a mentoring staff Registered Dietitian. The Nutrition Resident provides clinical services, including teaching and research activities.

Education

• Bachelor\'s degree in food and nutrition from a program accredited by the American Dietetic Association.

Experience

Licensures, Certifications, and / or Registries

Location : Children\u2019s of Alabama

Schedule : Part-time (Benefit Ineligible), Day shift, 8 : 00 a.m. - 4 : 30 p.m.

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