Career Highlights
- 8 years of experience in diverse healthcare settings including long term care facilities, large teaching university hospital, rural and urban hospitals, as well as community settings
- Motivated, self-starter that communicates well with a variety of health care providers and is experienced with working in multiple facilities
- Adept at working with individuals from high risk populations and diverse backgrounds
- Experienced public speaker for community, hospital, and conference settings
- Contributing member of a multi-disciplinary team charged with restructuring a successful bariatric program
- Partnered with Michigan State Extension to meet community needs for an educational cooking class designed for low income individuals with diabetes
Work Experience
1) Position: Consulting Dietitian for Long Term Care and Rehabilitation Settings
December 2014-Present
S&S Nutrition
Longview and Vancouver Washington
Roles and responsibilities:
- Assess, develop, implement, and evaluate nutritional care plans and provides for follow-up, including written reports
- Conduct regulatory compliance reviews, inspections
2) Position: In-patient, Out-patient, Home Health, and Cardiac Rehab Dietitian
February 2013 – December 2014
Adventist Medical Center
Portland, Oregon
Roles and responsibilities:
- Assess diagnostic and laboratory values and monitor patients’ clinical nutrition needs to initiate an effective plan of care
- Works closely with other multi-disciplinary team members to help meet patients’ desired health goals
- Provide nutritional education and consultation for specific disease states for in-patients and clients as outpatients.
- Performs multiple nutrition roles through-out the week and is required to balance various responsibilities and projects
3) Position: In-patient, Outpatient, Diabetes and Long-Term Care Dietitian
October 2010-October 2012
Trinity Health Systems
Cadillac and Grayling, MI
Roles and responsibilities:
- Served two rural hospitals to assess and monitor patient and resident clinical nutrition needs to initiate an effective plan of care
- Provided nutrition education for patients and at public speaking engagements in the community
- Provided in-service education and health awareness programs to hospital personnel
- Presented community nutrition education programs and served as a teaching member for Diabetes Education, Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
4) Position: Lead Bariatric Dietitian
April 2007- April 2010
The Ohio State University Medical Center
Columbus, OH
Roles and responsibilities:
- Created, coordinated, and taught 6 month pre-operative class to meet insurance company requirements
- Contributing member of a multi-disciplinary team charged with restructuring the bariatric program
- Presenter for nutrition and diet lectures at university sponsored surgery training sessions and conferences
- Managed and marketed support group meetings, including educational lectures and arranging guest speakers
- Participated in creating and carrying out research studies and developing diet progressions for new bariatric procedures
- Interim Co-Program Director from May 2007-November 2007
- Preceptor to undergraduate and graduate students
- Assessed and monitored patient’s pre and post-operative nutritional status
5) Position: Dietitian
August 2006- April 2007
Franklin County Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Columbus, OH
Roles and responsibilities:
- Counseled clients on the importance of nutrition and familiarized them to public health care assistance
- Educated and counseled clients regarding personal health concerns and completed WIC certifications
- Assisted and guided clients unable to complete WIC documents due to language barriers or low functioning reading/writing skills, including teaming with interpreters to improve communication
Affiliations and Certifications
- Certificate in Adult Weight Management
- Serve Safe Certified
- American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Oregon Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Medical Nutrition Therapy Practice Group
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