Registered Dietitian - Endocrinology/Diabetes, Full-Time, Days

Job Description

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system, UChicago Medicine Care Network, as a Registered Dietitian at our Flossmoor clinic. Here, you will work with our Endocrinology team with a focus on Diabetes. This position is a 100% onsite opportunity. You will need to be based in the greater Chicagoland area.

 

As a Registered Dietitian, your primary responsibilities will be assess nutrition status, establish nutrition diagnosis(es), develop intervention strategies and monitor/evaluate nutrition care plans in inpatient and/or outpatient settings. Perform duties in support of, and in compliance with, performance improvement plans, and with requirements of regulatory, accrediting, and licensing agencies. Educate patients, caregivers, and interdisciplinary healthcare team members about the effectiveness of therapeutic diets and nutrition support regiments to improve/maintain nutritional status and establish optimal outcomes.

 

Essential Job Functions:

• Performs the nutrition care process (nutrition assessment, nutrition diagnosis and determination of care goals, nutrition intervention, and monitoring and evaluation) for patients with multiple and/or complex conditions and others identified per department standards as in need of nutrition care.
• Provides age-specific patient education (assessment of learning needs and barriers to learning; communication with patient/caregivers and integration of counseling theory to effect behavior change) and develop materials as needed to augment the education process. This includes (as appropriate to specific position) but is not limited to:
  • Calculates nutrient requirements and intake
  • Assesses need for and determines appropriate composition, rate, etc. of enteral tube feeding and standard parenteral nutrition for critically ill and/or medically complex patients, if applicable
  • Uses computer programs to access information and communicate with other members of the interdisciplinary team
  • Documents clinical care according to organizational guidelines
  • Oversees daily work of / mentors Registered Dietitian I positions
• Confers and communicates regularly with interdisciplinary team members about patient needs and problems
• Precepts RD staff members, dietetic interns, dietetic students, and students from other disciplines as assigned
• Keeps current with nutrition and dietetics research and incorporates into daily practice
• Performs other duties assigned.

 

Required Qualifications:

• BS/BA in Nutrition, Dietetics or other relevant major
• Must either have an MS degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or other relevant major or a specialty certification relevant to position (e.g. Certified Specialist in Pediatrics, Certified Nutrition Support Clinician, Certified Specialist in Oncology, Certified Specialist in Renal)
• Registered Dietitian (RD) by the Commission on Dietetic Registration with successful completion of coordinated program, dietetic internship, or other experience approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Dietetic Education
• Maintenance of RD status through the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) by accrual of 75 units of approved Continuing Professional Education every 5 years.
• Three(+) years of clinical experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to work with patients and staff from diverse cultural, educational, and ethnic backgrounds
• Computer literacy (minimum Outlook, Word, Excel, Epic)
• Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist (LDN) by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation
• Must either have an MS degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or other relevant major or a specialty certification relevant to position (e.g. Certified Specialist in Pediatrics, Certified Nutrition Support Clinician, Certified Specialist in Oncology, Certified Specialist in Renal)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Member of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics and relevant practice groups preferred

 

Position Details:

• Job Type/FTE: Full-Time (1.0 FTE)
• Shift: Days
• Work Location: Onsite - Flossmoor
• Unit/Department: Endocrinology with a focus in Diabetes
• CBA Code: Non-Union

Why Join Us

We’ve been at the forefront of medicine since 1899. We provide superior healthcare with compassion, always mindful that each patient is a person, an individual. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment… with patients and with each other. We’re in this together: working to advance medical i