Kendall Holt
Rogers
Summary
Compassionate professional in the field of dietetics and nutrition, known for high productivity and efficient completion of tasks. Specialized skills include nutritional counseling, medical nutrition therapy, and dietary assessment. Excel in communication, empathy, and problem-solving to effectively support clients' health goals.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Dietitian (Full Time)
Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks
10.2018 - Current
- Responsible for planning, developing and directing nutrition care activities for clients, including those with complex medical and nutritional needs
- Educate clients on various nutritional topics not limited to malnutrition, heart disease and diabetes
- Collaborates closely with the supervisory dietitians to cover the work in all NFS and execute the activities of the department
- Technical advisor to coworkers pertaining to enteral nutrition and ordering formula and supplies
- Help manage dietitian’s daily workload utilizing planning and directing skills
- Established training plan for ordering tube feeding supplies and or formula
- Led/managed clinical nutrition operations when acting as Chief of nutrition and food services
- Developed action plans for various nutritional department needs (pertaining to schedule or workload)
- Developed model of dietitian schedule and provided to AOD to ensure clinical nutrition operations are a success during weekend operations
- Collaborate with Chief of nutrition and food service to ensure all patient load is covered in time of need to ensure clinical operations are success and are in regulatory compliance
- Direct clinical morning huddle when in need to help delegate daily duties
- Established effective partnership/system to collaborate with Highlands Oncology dietitian for tube feeding supplies and formula
- Helped facilitate suggestions for performance procedures within the department during a change of evaluation measures
- Led and created presentations for monthly congestive heart failure clinic, pain management clinic and PRRC spiritual resiliency retreat (managing dietitian)
- Helped design MOVE program group sessions protocol/procedure
- Managing dietitian for VHRC (Virtual Health and Resource dietitian)
- Assist new RDs with the onboarding process
- Assist in the training of new VA dietitians and interns
- Helped implement computriton within the Fayetteville VA facility
- Lead and developed education for kitchen employees
- Provide oversite of food service staff on weekends
- Assisted in HR staffing by administering interviews for a clinical dietitian position
- Participate in quality improvement projects such as tray audits
- Worked 40 hours per week
Dietitian (Full Time)
Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas
01.2013 - 10.2018
- Conducted nutritional assessments when warranted by a patient needs, conditions or policy
- Assessed education needs and provided nutritional counseling when warranted
- Technical advisor to coworkers pertaining to enteral nutrition
- Collaborated with nutrition staff to ensure all patient load is covered in time of need to ensure clinical operations are a success and are in regulatory compliance
- Helped manage dietitian’s daily workload utilizing planning and directing skills
- Assisted in HR staffing by administering interviews for a clinical dietitian position
- Developed and implemented nutritional action plans for patients on medical surgical, ICU floor and NICU
- Calculated enteral and parenteral nutrition for adult inpatients and outpatients (average of 15-20 patients with nutrition support weekly in the ICU)
- Calculated enteral and parenteral nutrition for neonatal intensive care unit (capacity of 12 beds)
- Provided oversite of food service staff on weekends
- Lead and developed education for kitchen employee monthly meetings
- Cystic fibrosis adult clinic lead managing dietitian
- Cardiopulmonary clinic lead managing dietitian
- Outpatient PEG dietitian
- Worked 40 hours per week
Dietitian (PRN)
Washington Regional Medical Center
10.2012 - 12.2012
- Conducted nutritional assessments when warranted by a patient needs, conditions or policy
- Assessed education needs and provided nutritional counseling when warranted
- Worked approximately 16 hours per week while working as a dietary aide in the kitchen
Education
Dietetic Internship -
University of Delaware
Newark, DE05.2012
Bachelor of Science - Food, Human Nutritition and Hospitality
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR05.2011
Skills
- Medical Nutritional therapy
- Nutrition focused physical exam (NFPE)
- Nutrition care process
- Computriton
- Nutritional assessment
- Nutritional counseling
- Clinical dietetics
- Weight management
- Parenteral nutrition
- Enteral nutrition
- Oncology nutrition
- Critical care nutrition
- Multitasking
- Teamwork
- Accountability
Timeline
Dietitian (Full Time)
Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks
10.2018 - Current
Dietitian (Full Time)
Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas
01.2013 - 10.2018
Dietitian (PRN)
Washington Regional Medical Center
10.2012 - 12.2012
Dietetic Internship -
University of Delaware
Bachelor of Science - Food, Human Nutritition and Hospitality
University of Arkansas
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