Part-Time Pediatric Clinical Dietitian – Impactful Care

Shriners Children's; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 49,000 - 73,000; Part time

Job summary

Shriners Children’s Chicago is seeking a part-time Clinical Dietician to develop and implement nutrition care plans for hospitalized patients. You will be an integral member of the interdisciplinary team, promoting best practices in nutrition and contributing to education and research to optimize patient outcomes.

You will assess nutritional status, determine therapy routes, monitor responses, perform metabolic cart studies, and provide education to patients and families.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics or Food and Nutrition Science.
• Current Illinois Clinical Dietician license.
• 3 years clinical experience.
• 3 years nutrition support experience.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements nutrition care plans including initial assessment of patients’ nutritional status, patient risk and estimated nutrient requirements.
• Determines appropriate route and composition of nutritional therapy.
• Determines and ensures use of appropriate parameters to monitor patient response to nutritional therapy and makes modifications as necessary to achieve desired outcome.
• Performs metabolic cart studies to identify patient energy requirement.
• Determines criteria for patient nutrition education and provides nutrition counseling to patients consistent with their comprehensive needs and long term goals.
• Collaborates with Care Coordinator to address special nutritional needs for patients discharge planning.

Skills

Clinical dietetics

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Nutrition counseling

Metabolic cart interpretation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics or Food and Nutrition Science

Illinois Clinical Dietician license

3 years clinical experience

Master’s in Dietetics or Food and Nutrition Science

Tools

Metabolic cart

Job description

Shriners Children’s Chicago is seeking a part-time Clinical Dietician to develop and implement nutrition care plans for hospitalized patients. You will be an integral member of the interdisciplinary team, promoting best practices in nutrition and contributing to education and research to optimize patient outcomes.

You will assess nutritional status, determine therapy routes, monitor responses, perform metabolic cart studies, and provide education to patients and families.