Dietitian

No automatable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as durable (90%).

• Document assessments
• Record and evaluate patient and family health and food history, including symptoms, environmental toxic exposure, allergies, medication factors, and preventive health-care measures.

• Build nutrition plans
• Develop recipes and menus to address special nutrition needs, such as low glycemic, low histamine, or gluten- or allergen-free.
• Manage quantity food service departments or clinical and community nutrition services.
• Make recommendations regarding public policy, such as nutrition labeling, food fortification, or nutrition standards for school programs.
• Plan and conduct training programs in dietetics, nutrition, and institutional management and administration for medical students, health-care personnel, and the general public.
• Consult with physicians and health care personnel to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions of patient or client.
• Incorporate patient cultural, ethnic, or religious preferences and needs in the development of nutrition plans.
• Evaluate laboratory tests in preparing nutrition recommendations.
• Adjust to progress
• Counsel clients
• Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans, diet modifications, and food selection and preparation.
• Coordinate diet counseling services.
• Develop curriculum and prepare manuals, visual aids, course outlines, and other materials used in teaching.
• Plan, conduct, and evaluate dietary, nutritional, and epidemiological research.
• Counsel individuals and groups on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits, and nutrition monitoring to improve their quality of life.
• Write research reports and other publications to document and communicate research findings.
• Select, train, and supervise workers who plan, prepare, and serve meals.
• Assess nutritional needs, diet restrictions, and current health plans to develop and implement dietary-care plans and provide nutritional counseling.