Clinical Nutritionist

Job Summary:

Provides high-quality nutritional care for patients of all ages and backgrounds. Assesses dietary needs based on medical conditions and collaborates with healthcare teams to optimize patient outcomes.

Education & Experience:

• Required: Bachelor's degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or related field
• Preferred: Experience as a clinical dietitian

Licensure & Certification:

• Registered Dietitian (RD) credential required
• Active NC Board of Dietetics/Nutrition licensure required

Key Responsibilities:

1. Conducts nutrition assessments and physical evaluations.
2. Participates in clinical rounds to enhance patient care.
3. Applies evidence-based practices in nutritional planning.
4. Supports hospital goals by improving patient outcomes.
5. Educates healthcare teams, patients, and caregivers on nutrition.
6. Ensures age-appropriate care across patient populations.
7. Provides specialized nutrition care for transplant patients (if applicable).
8. Completes timely outpatient documentation and billing (if applicable).
9. Works to reduce patient no-shows and enhance clinic efficiency.
10. Follows hospital policies and promotes a collaborative work environment.
11. Maintains strong communication and teamwork skills.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Strong verbal and written communication
• Ability to build relationships with staff and patients
• Basic computer proficiency

Work Environment:

• Clean, well-lit, moderate noise level
• May involve stressful situations

Physical Requirements:

• Frequent standing, walking, and sitting
• Occasional bending and reaching
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s two main components are an integrated clinical system – anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.

This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process, and thanks in advance for your flexibility.