Clinical Dietitian - Full time

Children's Wisconsin • Milwaukee, WI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Dietitian screens, assesses, and prioritizes patients and develops nutrition care plans for patients and families. Care may address a specific disease entity and encompasses the continuum of care across the hospital, clinic, and community. This position is in the Outpatient Multi-Disciplinary Eating Disorder Treatment Clinic at the Clinics Building on the main campus. It is 0.9 FTE, with clinic hours Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and desk or care-coordination time either four hours every Friday or eight hours every other Friday.

The dietitian provides age-appropriate care, applies knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan, assesses patient-status data, and identifies requirements relative to each patient’s age-specific needs, following departmental policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 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 gathering and sharing information, counseling and instructing families, participating in multidisciplinary care, and coaching 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 ages of patients served, including knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience working with patients with eating disorders.
• Previous experience in clinical nutrition and/or with a pediatric population.
• Previous experience with an electronic medical record.

Responsibilities

• Screen, assess, and prioritize patients and develop nutrition care plans for patients and families.
• Provide nutrition care across the hospital, clinic, and community, including care specific to disease entities.
• Gather and share information with physicians; counsel and instruct families; participate in a multidisciplinary team providing nutritional care; and coach team members effectively.
• Independently assess patients and their conditions, interpret available data, and evaluate recommendations, outcomes, and patient/family comprehension.
• Provide care appropriate to the ages of patients served, applying knowledge of growth and development and identifying age-specific needs in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
• Demonstrate guiding behaviors that reflect Children’s Wisconsin’s values and support its mission and vision.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time