Registered Dietician II, Transplant Services - Full-Time, Days

Job Description

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine as a Registered Dietitian II with our Transplant Services Department. In this role you will partner with a multidisciplinary team to provide patients the highest quality of care.

 

As a Registered Dietitian II your role will be split between inpatient and outpatient duties. Your primary responsibilities will be to provide nutrition care for all phases of transplant. The Registered Dietitian II assesses nutrition status, establishes nutrition diagnosis(es), develops intervention strategies and monitors/evaluates nutrition care plans in inpatient and/or outpatient settings. Performs duties in support of, and in compliance with, performance improvement plans, and with requirements of regulatory, accrediting, and licensing agencies. Educates 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.

 

Eligible for a Sign-On Bonus up $1,500!

 

Essential Job Functions 

• As part of the heart transplant and abdominal pediatric transplant teams, participate in the evaluation and care of patients throughout the phases of care (pre transplant, inpatient, post transplant)
• Under general direction, has the duties of instructing, assisting in the training, and checking the work of less experienced staff
• Establishes individual plans of care for nutrition therapy based on results of the comprehensive nutritional assessment, including immediate, intermediate, and long term goals of therapy
• Educates 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
• Tailors feeding formulations for disease-specific constraints and clinical status changes that may affect tolerance and nutrient utilization
• Authorizes (with approval of a physician) changes to formulas based on clinical assessment of the patient
• Instructs patients and families; when indicated, on modified diets
• Performs other duties as assigned

 

Required Qualifications

• MS degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or other relevant major, or BS/BA in Nutrition, Dietetics or other relevant major with completion of didactic program in dietetics if necessary AND Board specialty certification (e. g. Certified Clinical Transplant Dietitian, Certified Nutrition Support Clinician, Certified Specialist in Oncology, Certified Specialist in Renal) relevant to position (or obtain within 6 months of hire)
• Successful completion of program, dietetic internship, or other experience approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Dietetic Education
• 3 or more 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)
• Member of the American Dietetic Association and relevant practice group(s) preferred
• Registered Dietitian (RD) by the Commission on Dietetic Registration
• Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist (LDN) by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a Registered Dietitian in an Transplant Setting

Position Details

• Job Type/FTE: 1.0 FTE, Full Time 
• Shift: Days, 8am-5pm, 8-Hour Shifts
• Unit/Department:Transplant Services 
• 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 innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward. If you’d like to add enriching human life to your profile, UChicago Medicine is for you. Here at the forefront, we’re doing work that really matters. Join us. Bring your passion.

 

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