Elements and Performance Criteria
- Elements define the essential outcomes
- The Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
- Identify conditions and specific needs of client groups
- Identify the conditions commonly encountered by the client group requiring an individualised plan or dietary modification
- Identify groups at risk of nutritional deficiencies and nutrient imbalance contributing to common lifestyle diseases and disorders
- Identify dietary factors associated with common lifestyle diseases and/or diet related chronic diseases and other nutrition-related conditions, food intolerances, allergies
- Identify special nutritional and dietary needs for conditions encountered by the client group
- Report dietary and nutrition issues and needs to the dietitian
- Modify meals and menus according to individualised plan
- Consult with dietitian to address the identified risks and needs of client groups
- Modify meals and menus to meet the nutritional and dietary needs of the client group using relevant guidelines
- Assess meals and menus for their suitability for texture modification to meet special nutritional and dietary needs, using relevant guidelines
- Incorporate sufficient choices of dishes and drinks in to menus for special needs, using relevant guidelines
- Provide information regarding individualised plan to client when appropriate and as directed by dietitian or relevant health professional
- Monitor and report on client status and acceptance of individualised plan
- Provide feedback about changes to, needs, food preferences and individualised plan to food services and to dietitians
- Report the acceptability, tolerance and consumption of meals by the client to the dietitian or relevant health professional
- Identify problems which may affect the client’s ability to eat or drink to the dietitian and/or other relevant health professional, according to organisation policies and procedures
- Provide feedback on consistently poor client meal choices to the dietitian
- Follow systems designed by a dietitian to monitor, document on client nutritional status
- Monitor the nutrition status of clients using standard and validated tools and nutritional indicators
- Report the progress of client nutritional status to the dietitian, and/or other health professional according to organisational protocols and timeframes