Experience

Ken's Foods
• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Nutrition and Labeling Regulatory Contractor

  • Feb 2023 - Present


Lowell General Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Clinical Dietitian

  • Jan 2022 - Feb 2023

  Provide excellent nutritional care in an inpatient acute care setting utilizing the nutrition care process. Experience working with patients in different levels of care including general medicine, intermediate care, and intensive care units. Travel between two hospital locations, managing the nutrition care at the hospital's secondary location independently. Manage nutrition formula inventory at secondary location. Precept dietetic interns. Provide excellent nutritional care in an inpatient acute care setting utilizing the nutrition care process. Experience working with patients in different levels of care including general medicine, intermediate care, and intensive care units. Travel between two hospital locations, managing the nutrition care at the hospital's secondary location independently. Manage nutrition formula inventory at secondary location. Precept dietetic interns.



Winchester Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Diet Technician

  • Sep 2019 - Feb 2022

  Passed the food trays to patients, helping set up trays and feed patients when needed. Helped patients fill out menus, collaborated with the kitchen staff to accommodate patient requests and ensure compliance with diet orders, allergies, preferences, etc. Conducted nutrition assessments, as well as diet and drug-nutrient interaction education. Passed the food trays to patients, helping set up trays and feed patients when needed. Helped patients fill out menus, collaborated with the kitchen staff to accommodate patient requests and ensure compliance with diet orders, allergies, preferences, etc. Conducted nutrition assessments, as well as diet and drug-nutrient interaction education.



Salter HealthCare

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Activities Assistant

  • Aug 2020 - Aug 2021

  Conducted activities with the elderly residents of the Rehabilitation and Long-Term units such as bingo, card games, playing music, dancing and singing, reading the news, and trivia. Supervised and transported residents to and from family visits to ensure 6 feet distance is maintained and masks are covering the nose and mouth at all times.

• Clinical Dietetic Intern

  • Mar 2021 - May 2021

  Interviewed new admissions and long term residents to gather information to write ADIME notes. learned how to present a patient in rounds, and reviewed menus with residents. For my major project of this rotation, I presented case studies of 3 different residents (1 on hemodialysis, 1 with several wounds, and 1 with a g-tube) to a group of dietitians through Zoom to demonstrate my ability to work with patients of differing concerns.



University of Massachusetts Lowell

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Public Health Intern

  • Sep 2020 - May 2021

  Working with a nutrition professor and research team on a grant that focuses on allowing the older adults of Lowell to have the resources they need to age in place. My tasks include attending all meetings with the research team, creating a media package, and conducting research to better understand what the target population needs based on data showing underutilized programs and services and lack of access to crucial resources.

• Clinical Dietetic Intern

  • Sep 2020 - May 2021

  My Clinical Nutrition rotation included counseling 2 ROTC Cadets and 1 female basketball player. During nutrition counseling I practiced establishing rapport, patient confidentiality, motivational interviewing, SCOFF screenings, scheduling initial and follow-up appointments via email, encouraging patients to set and reach weekly goals, differentiating between counseling and education, and writing ADIME notes.I worked remotely with a dietitian who owns a private practice, specializes in GI and oncology, and conducts educational presentations for employers and for dietitian CEUs. I created 3-day meal plans and lists of meal and snack recipes for her clients on low FODMAP, low histamine, gluten free, soy free, and dairy free diets as well as gastroparesis, SIBO and IBS. I developed educational presentations on heart disease, metastatic breast cancer, and healthy eating for families with children. Show less



Benchmark Senior Living at the Commons in Lincoln

• Food Service Management Dietetic Intern

  • Sep 2020 - Dec 2020

  As part of my Food Service Management rotation I gain managerial experience working in the Rehabilitation, Independent Living, and Assisted Living facilities. I assist with the different positions in the kitchen, shadow the Dining Service Directors and Dietitian, educate the staff on ways to improve, conduct kitchen audits, and modify menus. As part of my Food Service Management rotation I gain managerial experience working in the Rehabilitation, Independent Living, and Assisted Living facilities. I assist with the different positions in the kitchen, shadow the Dining Service Directors and Dietitian, educate the staff on ways to improve, conduct kitchen audits, and modify menus.



Minuteman Senior Services

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Nutrition Dietetic Intern

  • May 2020 - Aug 2020

  For this Community Nutrition rotation my experience included calling consumers to schedule my deliveries of Boost and shelf-stable meal boxes, shadowing a Meals on Wheels driver on a route, learning how to conduct a nutrition consult over the phone, attending monthly meetings to update Meals on Wheels menus, and updating nutrition education documents to hand out to consumers. For this Community Nutrition rotation my experience included calling consumers to schedule my deliveries of Boost and shelf-stable meal boxes, shadowing a Meals on Wheels driver on a route, learning how to conduct a nutrition consult over the phone, attending monthly meetings to update Meals on Wheels menus, and updating nutrition education documents to hand out to consumers.

• Food Service Dietetic Intern

  • Jan 2020 - May 2020

  Completed food safety trainings. Learned how to maintain food quality, especially during a pandemic, and about sustainability in the dining hall with composting, HACCP, different ways to cook foods, distribution, service, sanitation, ordering, and budgeting. For my final paper on environmental impact, I developed my own dining hall sustainability plan. Completed food safety trainings. Learned how to maintain food quality, especially during a pandemic, and about sustainability in the dining hall with composting, HACCP, different ways to cook foods, distribution, service, sanitation, ordering, and budgeting. For my final paper on environmental impact, I developed my own dining hall sustainability plan.



Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Nutrition Care Coordinator

  • Dec 2017 - Aug 2019

  Make phone calls and receive phone calls to order patient meals according to the diet order. Work with dietitians to ensure allergies and diet orders are correct. Check and deliver tube feeds to the floors. Ensure food safety and patient satisfaction. Make phone calls and receive phone calls to order patient meals according to the diet order. Work with dietitians to ensure allergies and diet orders are correct. Check and deliver tube feeds to the floors. Ensure food safety and patient satisfaction.



Market Basket

• United States
• Retail Groceries
• 700 & Above Employee

• Cashier

  • Jun 2011 - Mar 2018

  Provide helpful service to customers Provide helpful service to customers


Walgreens
• United States
• Retail
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Customer Service Associate

  • Jul 2015 - Jul 2017