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ERIN SANFELIZ

Loveland,Colorado

Summary

I am a Registered Dietitian and Certified Nutrition Support Clinician with community, outpatient/inpatient healthcare and education experience. Within these specialties, nutrition is the foundation of healing and maintaining and building a healthy life. I love to share my nutrition knowledge and experience through client, student interactions.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Allied Health Sciences Adjunct Instructor

Aims Community College
11.2023 - Current
  • Developed course curriculum aligned with academic standards and student needs.
  • Facilitated engaging classroom discussions to enhance student comprehension and collaboration.
  • Evaluated student performance through assessments, providing constructive feedback for improvement.
  • Mentored students in academic and career planning to support their educational goals.
  • Utilized educational technology tools to facilitate remote learning and enhance instructional delivery.

Senior Registered Dietitian, Supervisor

Banner McKee Medical Center
11.2010 - Current
  • -Create comprehensive nutrition assessment for patients individual and disease specific nutrition needs using evidence-based standards of care and nutrition practice guidelines.
  • -Review and evaluate relevant clinical laboratory values, medications, disease specific changes to metabolism and nutrition history to create the most appropriate nutrition intervention.
  • -Conduct and evaluate nutrition focused physical exams to determine severity of protein and calorie malnutrition high risk patients.
  • -Create individualized nutrition plans, evaluate effectiveness of care plan and communicate with healthcare members for optimal nutrition outcomes for inpatient and home care services.
  • -Provide nutrition education to patients, families, and interdisciplinary staff through interactive verbal, written, and demonstration modalities.
  • -Supervise and guide a team of Registered Dietitians to provide appropriate patient care, conduct performance review assessments, implement corrective action, and train new team members.
  • -Coordinate, and participate in routinely scheduled meetings with direct reports, regional and system wide Registered Dietitians.
  • -Establish, monitor, and modify policies and procedures to maintain evidence-based standards of care.
  • -Establish fall and spring internship rotations, orient interns and provide comprehensive clinical internship precepting through role modeling, education, and hands on practice.
  • -Provide expertise as a Certified Nutrition Support Clinician through creation of enteral and parenteral nutrition prescriptions. Collaborate on nutrition support details with physicians, nurses and pharmacists.

Registered Dietitian

Sava Senior Care
10.2002 - 10.2010
  • -Provide quality Medical Nutrition Therapy through assessment, diet education, clinical recommendations and interdisciplinary teamwork.
  • -Complete Material Data Set, Resident Assessment Protocol and Care Plan paperwork in conjunction with assessments.
  • -Interact with and communicate nutrition recommendations to nursing, physicians, social services, therapy and family to optimize patient nutrition and medical outcomes.
  • -Manage the facility s weight loss program and meeting, evaluate weight change data trends and create action plans for corrective measures.
  • -Provide nutrition expertise in skin, and hydration management meetings.
  • -Design and create nutrition education materials for individualized needs.
  • -Conduct routine and as needed nutrition consults for enteral/parenteral nutrition, post operative, morbid obesity weight reduction, diabetes management, dysphagia, dementia, and weight loss prevention, cardiac disease, renal disease, and more.
  • -Participate in Health Department Survey Process and monitor compliance of all dietary regulations throughout the year.
  • -Complete monthly audits of kitchen sanitation, meal service and dining room operations.
  • -Assist Food Service Director with budgetary cost control and interview/hiring for dietary staff.

Nutrition Educator

Tri-County Health Department WIC Program
11.2000 - 08.2001
  • -Educated low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, infants and children up to age five on key nutrients for growth and development with routine follow up on nutrition goals
  • -Provided client specific nutrition education and materials to promote healthful food choices in various cultures.
  • -Collected and evaluated anthropometrics data, and maintained accurate patient records.
  • -Coordinated care and referred high risk clients to Registered Dietitian.

Education

Other - Dietetic Internship

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
06.2002

Bachelor's - Food Science and Human Nutrition

Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
12.1999

Skills

  • Registered Dietitian - 10 years
  • Registered Dietitian new employee orientation and trainer - 10 years
  • Clinical Dietetic Internship Preceptor - 10 years
  • Certified Nutrition Support Clinician - 8 years

Timeline

Allied Health Sciences Adjunct Instructor

Aims Community College
11.2023 - Current

Senior Registered Dietitian, Supervisor

Banner McKee Medical Center
11.2010 - Current

Registered Dietitian

Sava Senior Care
10.2002 - 10.2010

Nutrition Educator

Tri-County Health Department WIC Program
11.2000 - 08.2001

Bachelor's - Food Science and Human Nutrition

Colorado State University

Other - Dietetic Internship

University of Michigan

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