Essential Duties

• Determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions, such as low fat or salt free, of patients.
• Formulates menus for therapeutic diets based on medical and physical condition of patients and integrates patient's menus with basic institutional menus.
• Inspects meals served for conformance to prescribed diets and for standards of palatability and appearance.
• Instructs patients and their families in nutritional principles, dietary plans, food selection, and preparation.
• Engages in nutritional research.