Dietitian - Registered

American Addiction Centers; Libertyville (IL); On-site; USD 41,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Condell Medical Center is seeking a Clinical Dietitian to provide Medical Nutrition Therapy for hospital inpatients and outpatients, with an 8-hour shift between 7-5 and rotating weekends. The role includes managing enteral and parenteral nutrition plans, documenting in the EMR, and collaborating with the care team to optimize patient outcomes.

Responsibilities include assessing nutritional needs, developing individualized care plans, and ensuring regulatory and coding standards are met

Qualifications

• Provides Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) to hospital inpatients and outpatients.
• Prescribes enteral and parenteral nutrition and estimates nutrient needs.
• Documents care in EMR and adheres to coding standards to maximize reimbursement.

Responsibilities

• Daily MNT care for hospital inpatient census and nutrition planning.
• Prescribes nutrition support orders and assesses tolerance of formulas.
• Collaborates with physicians, nursing and pharmacy to implement diet plans.
• Leads malnutrition identification and participates in quality and safety initiatives.

Skills

Medical Nutrition Therapy

Nutrition Assessment

Enteral Nutrition

Parenteral Nutrition

Job description

Department:

11864 Advocate Condell Medical Center - Clinical Nutrition

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hou** rs Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Full time role

8 hour shift between 7-5p with rotating weekends.

Pay Range

$30.70 - $46.05

Major Responsibilities

• Daily, provides ongoing Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) care for entire hospital inpatient census, through screening, prioritizing, assessing, and recommending interventions. Adapts daily workflow to accommodate fluctuations in patient load due to daily census variations, consults, acuity, staffing challenges. Develops and implements a plan of care for patients based on an expert assessment of life cycle- and diagnosis-specific nutritional needs. Assessment includes reviews of medical history and laboratory data, patient interviews, and physical examinations to determine the current nutritional status of inpatients and/or outpatients. Based on the assessment, the Clinical Dietitian develops and implements individualized nutrition plan of care interventions. Documents medical nutrition therapy plan of care in the electronic medical record supporting system clinical documentation and coding standards to maximize reimbursement rates.
• Prescribes enteral and parenteral nutrition support orders by assessing the patient and calculating macronutrients and/or micronutrients, fluid, and electrolytes. Evaluates patient tolerance and effectiveness of formulas and manages initiation or modifications to enteral/parenteral regimen orders. The Clinical Dietitian demonstrates extensive knowledge of specialized nutrition support (parenteral and enteral) and triages issues and concerns through collaboration with physicians and pharmacy. Constant, secure communication with system level Pharmacy Integrated Clinical Services (PICS) team to manage and order Total Parental Nutrition (TPN) infusions for critically ill patients in the hospital.
• The Clinical Dietitian prescribes orders for therapeutic diets, oral nutrition supplements, and nutrition support regimens, including vitamins/minerals, fluid management, and lab work as indicated within the scope of the Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) protocol. Utilizes order-writing privileges to implement nutrition related orders. Collaborates with Food and Nutrition patient services team to ensure patient intake aligns with nutrition prescription and interdisciplinary plan of care. Partners with site patient services team to identify and recommend appropriate clinical nutrition formula and supplement substitutions during supply chain disruptions to reduce and eliminate significant disruptions to patient care. Partners with physicians, nursing, and nutrition patient services to ensure diet restrictions, allergy restrictions, supplement preferences and tube feedings are consistent with patient needs and personal, religious, and cultural preferences. Develops patient-specific menus for patients admitted with complex dietary needs (e.g., multiple food allergies, numerous diet restrictions, and/or low-use, high risk diet orders).
• Leads efforts to identify, treat and prevent malnutrition. Performs Nutrition Focused Physical Examinations of high-risk patients to evaluate the loss of specific muscles and subcutaneous body fat to determine the presence of and degree of malnutrition. Communicates findings to the medical team through medical record documentation to ensure maximized reimbursement. Provides medical nutrition therapy education to patients identified with moderate or severe malnutrition to improve patient outcomes and to positively impact inpatient readmission rates.
• Routinely documents elements of the Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS) for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Nutrition Electronic Quality Indicators. Participates in Quality Assessment Performance Improvement (QAPI) efforts to ensure nutrition care is safe and effective for patients. Maintains regulatory readiness. Supports department clinical initiatives to ensure compliance with safety initiatives, policies, and procedures, DNV regulations, and department standards.
• Identifies and documents billable nutrition diagnosis with supporting documentation. May provide clinical support to various hospital-based outpatient medical destination programs (e.g., cancer center