Clinical Dietitian - Outpatient Clinics

Children's Wisconsin • New Berlin, WI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Dietitian in the Outpatient Clinics is responsible for screening, assessing, prioritizing, and providing nutrition care plans for patients and families. Nutrition care may address a specific disease entity and encompasses the continuum of care across the hospital, clinic, and community. The role is part of Primary Care and serves clinic locations in New Berlin and Greenfield, with introductory training in Milwaukee.

This is a part-time position of 32 hours per week, scheduled four days per week with Wednesdays off. The New Berlin clinic (Forest Home) is covered on Mondays, and the Greenfield clinic on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. There are no evening or weekend hours.

The dietitian must provide age-appropriate care and understand growth and development across the life span, assess patient-status data, and interpret information to identify age-specific needs. Care is provided in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Wisconsin Certified Dietitian license required within 180 days.
• Registered Dietitian credential from the Commission on Dietetic Registration required within 90 days.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for working with physicians, families, multidisciplinary teams, and team members.
• Ability to independently assess patients and their conditions, interpret available data, and evaluate recommendations, outcomes, and patient/family comprehension.
• Knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served, including knowledge of growth and development across the life span.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Lactation Counselor certification, or willingness to obtain it after hire.
• Previous experience in clinical nutrition and/or with a pediatric population.
• Previous experience with an electronic medical record.

Responsibilities

• Screen, assess, and prioritize patients’ nutrition needs.
• Develop and provide nutrition care plans for patients and families across the hospital, clinic, and community continuum of care.
• Gather and share information with physicians, counsel and instruct families, participate in multidisciplinary nutrition care, and coach team members.
• Independently assess patients and their conditions, interpret available data, and evaluate recommendations, outcomes, and patient/family comprehension.
• Provide care appropriate to the ages of the patients served, applying knowledge of growth and development and age-specific needs.
• Provide care in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level