About the Position: Serves as Health Technician at Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia who provides support to management by preparation of enteral nutrition for infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and pediatric wards and also assist in the assessment, planning, and evaluation of medical nutrition therapy for all patients. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Serves as a member of the medical team with primary responsibility for enteral nutrition preparation for all designated pediatric, and NICU patients. Attends inpatient medical rounds, and actively presents nutrition concerns to doctors, nurses, and other allied health care providers. Provides clinical nutrition education to family members and other staff as needed on infant formulas, fortifications and feeding practices Completes breast milk analysis with individual adjustments in feeding/formulation for each infant. Provides guidance regarding issues such as policies, procedures, and current practices in enteral nutrition preparation and products, as well as inpatient neonatal and pediatric feeding practices and procedures. Responsible for patients with certain nutritionally related diseases or wound healing problems. Counsels and screens patients to identify nutrition problems, drug-nutrient interactions and provides patient instruction, education and counseling. Conducts weekly nutrition education classes to patients and family members.

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