Registered Dietitian II

UChicago Medicine; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Registered Dietitian to join their clinical nutrition team. This role focuses on medical weight management and women's health, offering the opportunity to impact patient care through personalized nutrition assessments and interventions. The ideal candidate will work closely with a collaborative team, ensuring patients receive tailored nutrition education and support. If you are passionate about improving nutritional outcomes and thrive in a dynamic healthcare environment, this position could be perfect for you.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Nutrition or Dietetics required; MS degree or specialty certification preferred.
• Registered Dietitian (RD) and Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist (LDN) required.

Responsibilities

• Assess nutrition status and provide education to inpatients.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to promote effective nutrition interventions.
• Calculate nutrient requirements and document clinical care.

Skills

Nutrition Assessment

Patient Education

Nutrient Calculation

Therapeutic Diets

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Education

BS/BA in Nutrition or Dietetics

MS in Nutrition or Dietetics

Registered Dietitian (RD)

Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist (LDN)

Tools

Nutrition Software

Job description

Job Description

The Registered Dietitian is responsible for assessing nutrition status, providing enteral nutrition support, and delivering nutrition education to inpatients as part of the clinical nutrition team. This role primarily supports medical weight management within the OB/Gyn Department, in addition to menopause and general women's health. The dietitian collaborates with caregivers and the interdisciplinary team to promote effective therapeutic diets and nutrition interventions, ensuring compliance with performance improvement initiatives and regulatory standards.

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 at nutrition risk and others identified per department standards as in need of nutrition care.

Provide age-specific patient education (assessment of learning needs and barriers to learning; communication with patient/caregivers and assessing learning transfer) and develop materials as needed to augment the education process.

Calculates nutrient requirements and intake.

Uses computer programs to access information and communicate with other members of the interdisciplinary team.

Documents clinical care according to organizational guidelines

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

Instructs patients and families; when indicated, on modified diets.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• BS/BA in Nutrition, Dietetics or other relevant major with completion of didactic program in dietetics if necessary
• MS degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or other relevant majorORa specialty certification relevant to position (e.g. Certified Specialist in Pediatrics, Certified Nutrition Support Clinician, Certified Specialist in Oncology, Certified Specialist in Renal)
• Successful completion of completed program, dietetic internship, or other experience approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Dietetic Education
• 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