Megan Kleinhenz
Litchfield,OH
Summary
Knowledgeable Clinical Dietitian with 3 years educating clients and families and monitoring patient nutrition. Demonstrated success in collaborating with clinicians to optimize client plans. Thrive in challenging, fast-paced settings when managing multiple tasks and working with various patients.
Experienced dietitian with strong background in outpatient care. Skilled in nutritional assessment, meal planning, and patient education. Known for effective team collaboration and adaptability in dynamic healthcare environments. Focused on achieving tangible health outcomes and providing reliable support to both patients and colleagues.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Outpatient Dietitian
The Emily Program
01.2024 - Current
- Continued performance of duties required for previous role, now in the outpatient setting
- Work via telehealth in both intensive outpatient and outpatient settings, helping clients through eating disorder recovery
- Work with clients to determine a collaborative, individualized plan to meeting nutritional needs
- Facilitate a weekly nutrition group, discussing a variety of nutrition-related topics.
- Meet with IOP clients weekly and outpatient clients based on their preferred frequency
- Consult with both internal and external providers to ensure clients are receiving the care they require
Program Dietitian
The Emily Program
02.2022 - 03.2024
- Lead dietitian for the partial hospitalization DBT program for patients diagnosed with eating disorders
- Received training to confidently provide care to patients with eating disorders while adhering to dialectical behavioral therapy principles
- In-depth experience working with patients diagnosed with OSFED, ARFID, Anorexia Nervosa, BED, and Bulimia Nervosa
- Provide nutritional counseling services to patients with comorbid disorders and diseases, including Borderline Personality Disorder, PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, Types 1 and 2 Diabetes, and Congestive Heart Failure
- Assess nutritional status by collecting data through interviews, medical histories, physical examinations, and laboratory results
- Provide meal time support and coaching throughout patient treatment day
- Able to provide helpful skills for patients facing nutrition-related challenges
- Follow with patients individually once per week, adjusting meal plan as needed for promotion of weight restoration or stabilization, determining helpful interventions for targeting relevant eating disorder behaviors, etc
- Develop educational material for weekly group nutrition sessions
- Experience working with patients via Telehealth as well as in-person due to hybrid role.
Shop Team Leader; Cake Maker and Decorator
Mitchell's Homemade Ice Cream
08.2019 - 12.2021
- Responsible for communicating with customers and handling transactions
- Responsible for training new employees and leading the team during scheduled shifts
- Constructing customer's menu items to their specifications with conscious preparation in terms of any allergies the customer might have along with ensuring that proper serving sizes are distributed
- Maintaining cleanliness of the shop and ensuring food safety practices are upheld.
Dietetic Intern
Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center
08.2020 - 07.2021
- Received training in a variety of inpatient and outpatient areas of dietetic practice.
Medical Scribe/ Scribe Trainer
Southwest General Health Center
06.2018 - 08.2019
- Worked in a Level 3 Trauma Emergency Department under multiple providers
- Visited patients with the practitioners and gathered the history, took note of each physical exam finding, and generated notes for each patient
- Periodically updated each chart with diagnoses, reexamination findings, consults, labs, radiology, procedures, and plans for care
- Trained new medical scribes and evaluated them based on their skills
- Leveraged strong organizational skills to effectively manage multiple tasks simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
Administrative Assistant (Summer Position)
Quality Automotive
05.2015 - 08.2018
- Managed customer transactions and inquiries through communication with retailers as well as the customers themselves
- Organized customer invoices through filing and entering information into online database in which all customer information and history is logged
- Answered phone calls, directed inquiries to appropriate personnel, responded to customer requests in a timely manner.
Hospital Elder Life Program
Miami Valley Hospital
01.2018 - 05.2018
- Received training in communication and feeding techniques for elderly hospital patients and was able to visit patients in the burn, oncology, and cardiology units
- Time with each patient would be spent doing range of motion exercises, incentive spirometry, feeding assistance, and mind exercises while holding therapeutic conversation
- Collaborated with the Speech Language Pathologist to ensure best feeding methods were followed
- Purpose of program is to prevent delirium in elderly hospital patients during their length of stay.
Education
M.S. in Human Nutrition -
Case Western Reserve University
05.2021
Bachelor of Science - Biology; Spanish Minor
University of Dayton
05.2018
Skills
- Clinical Documentation
- Individualized support
- Meal Planning
- Eating disorder nutrition therapy
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Evidence-based advice
- Patient Education
Certification
- Registered Dietitian - ID Number: 86253623
- Licensed Dietitian - LD.09594
- ServSafe Food Handler
References
References available upon request
Timeline
Outpatient Dietitian
The Emily Program
01.2024 - Current
Program Dietitian
The Emily Program
02.2022 - 03.2024
Dietetic Intern
Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center
08.2020 - 07.2021
Shop Team Leader; Cake Maker and Decorator
Mitchell's Homemade Ice Cream
08.2019 - 12.2021
Medical Scribe/ Scribe Trainer
Southwest General Health Center
06.2018 - 08.2019
Hospital Elder Life Program
Miami Valley Hospital
01.2018 - 05.2018
Administrative Assistant (Summer Position)
Quality Automotive
05.2015 - 08.2018
- Registered Dietitian - ID Number: 86253623
- Licensed Dietitian - LD.09594
- ServSafe Food Handler
M.S. in Human Nutrition -
Case Western Reserve University
Bachelor of Science - Biology; Spanish Minor
University of Dayton
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