A professional who plans, organizes, coordinates, and evaluates nutritional component of health care services for organization. Responsibilities include:

• Develops and implements plan of care based on assessment of nutritional needs and available sources and correlates plan with other health care.
• Evaluates nutritional care and provides followup continuity of care.
• Instructs individuals and families in nutritional principles, diet, food selection, and economics and adapts teaching plans to individual life style.
• Provides consultation to and works with community groups.
• Conducts or participates in in-service education and consultation with professional staff and supporting personnel of own and related organizations.
• Plans or participates in development of program proposals for funding.
• Plans, conducts, and evaluates dietary studies and participates in nutritional and epidemiologic studies with nutritional component.
• Evaluates food service systems and makes recommendation for conformance level that will provide optional nutrition and quality food if associated with group care institutions.
• May be employed by public health agency and be designated Nutritionist, Public Health.