Dietitian Nutritionist Weight Management

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation • Charlotte, NC

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Dietitian Nutritionist provides nutrition assessment and medical nutrition therapy for patients and clients in the Weight Management/Bariatric Program. The role assesses and monitors nutritional status, applies current scientific literature, and relates nutrition findings to medical status, anthropometric data, clinical assessment, and nutrition evaluation. It provides counseling and education, develops and implements nutrition care plans, and monitors patient outcomes.

The position completes consultations and referrals, coordinates nutrition care with physicians, nurses, and other disciplines, and maintains timely, thorough documentation. It evaluates patient and family education, develops appropriate educational materials, and may provide in-services, participate in team member and dietetic intern training, and disseminate nutrition research findings. The position serves a population with varied ages, cultures, developmental stages, and special needs.

This is a full-time role at 36 hours per week, with a weekday hybrid schedule that includes two remote days. The position is sign-on bonus eligible based on eligibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree if registered as a dietitian before January 1, 2024; master’s degree if registered on or after January 1, 2024.
• Registered Dietitian (Commission on Dietetic Registration) and licensed by the applicable state Board of Dietetics and Nutrition, or eligible for RD/LDN registration.
• If hired as RD/LDN registry eligible, obtain RD/LDN registration within four months of hire.
• Ability to communicate verbally continuously and read written communications continuously, including on a computer screen.
• Ability to compose written communications frequently.
• Ability to lift and carry objects weighing 25 pounds or less occasionally.
• Ability to perform reaching movements; frequent walking, standing, and sitting; and infrequent squatting, twisting, and bending.

Nice To Haves

• Specialty certification, such as CDCES, CNSC, or AND certifications, may be required depending on department requirements; the department manager determines relevant certifications and the timeframe for obtaining them.

Responsibilities

• Assess and monitor patients’ and clients’ nutritional status, adjusting nutritional care as indicated using current scientific literature and relevant medical, anthropometric, clinical, and nutrition evaluation information.
• Provide medical nutrition therapy and counseling, including assessment, education, and development, monitoring, and implementation of nutrition care for assigned areas.
• Complete consultations and referrals as received.
• Coordinate nutrition care with physicians, nurses, and other team members as part of the total patient or client therapy program.
• Complete required documentation—including nutrition care plans, assessments, consultations, nutrient intake analyses, and education—in a timely, professional, and thorough manner.
• Provide patient, client, and family education; assess its effectiveness; identify learning needs; evaluate learner responses; and document teaching.
• Develop, evaluate, and use appropriate educational materials.
• Provide or develop periodic in-services for team members and other disciplines as requested; in-service development for residents and attending physicians is supervised by the clinical manager or designee.
• Participate, under a manager’s or designee’s guidance, in basic skills orientation, training, and mentoring of team members and dietetic interns as applicable.
• Teach and disseminate nutrition research results and findings to medical team members, nursing, pharmacy, patients, and the public.
• Communicate with multidisciplinary departments about patient or client care and issues, including providing personnel performance feedback when requested or applicable, to support customer satisfaction standards.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills appropriate to the ages, cultures, developmental stages, and special needs of the population served.

Benefits

• Paid time off programs.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Potential sign-on bonus based on eligibility.
• Potential premium pay, incentive pay for select positions, and annual performance-based increases.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time