Anastasia Thomas
Oklahoma City,OK
Summary
Skilled clinical dietitian with over 12 years of experience educating patients, monitoring nutrition, taking care of critically ill patients (mechanical ventilation, CRRT, ECMO), providing education to transplant patients, and overseeing therapeutic diets. Highly skilled at collaborating with practitioners to optimize patient care. Proven to help organizations grow by providing personalized care, implementing evidence-based practices, and developing tailored nutritional plans.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Dietitian
Integris Health
Oklahoma City, OK
05.2022 - Current
- Critical care, organ transplant, and renal nutrition.
- Nutrition support and NFPE
- Provided educational materials and counseling to help clients understand their dietary requirements.
- Maintained accurate records of all nutrition-related activities, including medical history, laboratory results and progress notes.
- Provided support to family members or caregivers in understanding the importance of proper nutrition for a loved one's health.
- Actively participated in interdisciplinary team meetings to discuss treatment plans for patients. Coordinated with physicians and other healthcare professionals regarding patient care plans.
Clinical Dietitian
Norman Regional Health Systems
Norman, OK
03.2020 - 07.2024
- Performed full nutritional assessments.
- Selected foods appropriate for individual patients dietary needs.
- Educated patients, families, and medical practitioners on nutrition.
- Helped individuals manage chronic illnesses with dietary management strategies.
- Evaluated unique nutrient and energy requirements for each patient based on BMI, lifestyle, and individual medical issues.
- Developed diets to meet nutritional requirements for people with special conditions.
- Worked with food service personnel to update patient meal programs, and public cafeteria menus.
- Delivered thorough and accurate documentation to create detailed additions to the patient's electronic health record.
- Worked closely with team members to deliver project requirements, develop solutions and meet deadlines.
- Juggled multiple projects and tasks to ensure high quality and timely delivery.
- Demonstrated self-reliance by meeting and exceeding workflow needs.
- Demonstrated leadership by making improvements to work processes and helping to train others.
- Provided excellent service and attention to customers when face-to-face or through phone conversations.
- Improved operations by working with team members and customers to find workable solutions.
- Motivated and encouraged team members to communicate more openly and constructively with each other.
Dietetic Technician
Norman Regional Health Systems
Norman, OK
04.2013 - 03.2020
- Adhered to administrative departmental policies and procedures, including safety, health and confidentiality.
- Conducted nutritional assessments of individuals and examined dietary histories to plan nutritional programs.
- Offered alternative menu choices to meet diet prescription guidelines while enabling clients to receive optimal food preferences.
- Collaborated with registered dietitian and other members of healthcare team in providing medical nutrition therapy.
- Obtained food preference data and assisted patients with making meal selections.
- Connected with patients to assess satisfaction, check food quality and educate about nutrition.
- Collected complete diet histories for clinical patients.
- Documented results of assessments in patients' medical records using electronic progress notes.
- Helped with meal prep for daily meals, following strict sanitation and food handling guidelines
- Stocked food and other supplies for main kitchen and units.
- Analyzed clinical and dietary histories to determine patients' nutritional needs and design effective dietary intervention strategies.
Food and Nutrition Supervisor
Sodexo at OU Medical Center
Oklahoma City, OK
07.2013 - 02.2020
- Selected foods appropriate for individual patients dietary needs.
- Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
- Worked closely with team members to deliver project requirements, develop solutions and meet deadlines.
- Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals.
- Juggled multiple projects and tasks to ensure high quality and timely delivery.
- Demonstrated self-reliance by meeting and exceeding workflow needs.
- Demonstrated leadership by making improvements to work processes and helping to train others.
- Provided excellent service and attention to customers when face-to-face or through phone conversations.
- Improved operations by working with team members and customers to find workable solutions.
- Motivated and encouraged team members to communicate more openly and constructively with each other.
- Exceeded customer satisfaction by finding creative solutions to problems.
Education
Master of Science - Nutrition And Food Science
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK05.2020
Associate of Applied Science - Dietetic Technology
Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, OK12.2012
Skills
- Patient training
- Health education
- Nutrition recommendations
- Disease management and prevention
- Special diets
- Individualized strategies
- Evidence-based care
- Taste testing and recipe development
- Health assessments
- Time management
- Friendly, positive attitude
- Written and verbal communication
Certification
- Registered Dietitian (RD)
- Licensed Dietitian - expires 10/31/2025
Languages
Russian
Professional
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Clinical Dietitian
Integris Health
05.2022 - Current
Clinical Dietitian
Norman Regional Health Systems
03.2020 - 07.2024
Food and Nutrition Supervisor
Sodexo at OU Medical Center
07.2013 - 02.2020
Dietetic Technician
Norman Regional Health Systems
04.2013 - 03.2020
Master of Science - Nutrition And Food Science
University of Central Oklahoma
Associate of Applied Science - Dietetic Technology
Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City
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