Dietitian

Advocate Health • Milwaukee, WI

8d • $31 - $46 • Onsite

About The Position

The Dietitian provides medical nutrition therapy to inpatient and, as applicable, outpatient populations at Aurora Sinai Medical Center. The role screens and prioritizes patients, assesses nutritional status, develops and implements individualized plans of care, and documents care in the electronic medical record in accordance with clinical documentation and coding standards. The Dietitian adapts daily workflow to changing patient census, consults, acuity, and staffing needs.

The role assesses patients through medical history and laboratory review, interviews, and physical examinations. It prescribes and manages therapeutic diets, oral nutrition supplements, and enteral and parenteral nutrition support within the Medical Nutrition Therapy protocol and order-writing privileges. The Dietitian evaluates treatment tolerance and effectiveness, coordinates specialized nutrition support with physicians and pharmacy, and collaborates with food and nutrition services to align patient intake, formulas, supplements, and menus with clinical needs and personal, religious, and cultural preferences.

The Dietitian leads identification, treatment, and prevention of malnutrition, including performing Nutrition Focused Physical Examinations, documenting findings, and educating patients. The role supports quality improvement, regulatory readiness, nutrition diagnosis and charge capture, and clinical initiatives. It also coordinates nutrition care with interdisciplinary teams and discharge partners, educates patients and families, and may precept dietetic students and medical residents, provide lectures and in-services, and support clinical nutrition coverage at other sites as needed.

This is a full-time position, 40 hours per week, scheduled Monday through Friday with rotating weekends and holidays. The work is performed in a normal office environment, may include remote work and travel between work sites, and requires operating equipment necessary to perform the job. The position involves frequent sitting, standing, walking, lifting, squatting, bending, reaching above the shoulders, and twisting; occasional lifting of up to 25 pounds; and functional vision, hearing, speech, and touch. Travel between sites may involve exposure to weather-related hazards.

Requirements

• Dietitian certification issued by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR).
• Dietitian (RD) registration with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Licensure by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for Illinois, if applicable; or certification by the Department of Safety and Professional Services for Wisconsin, if applicable.
• Minimum bachelor's degree if CDR registration eligibility was obtained before January 1, 2024; minimum graduate degree (master’s, practice doctorate, or doctoral) if initial CDR registration is obtained on or after January 1, 2024.
• Successful completion of an Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND)-accredited supervised practice program.
• Didactic experience in clinical nutrition from an ACEND-approved program.
• Advanced knowledge of clinical nutrition and Nutrition Focused Physical Examinations.
• Ability to respond to the needs of a diverse patient population.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organization, decision-making, time management, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to perform frequent sitting, standing, walking, lifting, squatting, bending, reaching above the shoulders, and twisting; occasional lifting of 25 pounds; and functional vision, hearing, speech, and touch.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing Medical Nutrition Therapy care for the inpatient census by screening, prioritizing, assessing patients, and recommending interventions.
• Adapt daily workflow to changing patient census, consults, patient acuity, and staffing needs.
• Assess nutritional status through medical history and laboratory data review, patient interviews, and physical examinations; develop and implement individualized nutrition plans of care.
• Document nutrition care in the electronic medical record in accordance with clinical documentation and coding standards.
• Prescribe and manage enteral and parenteral nutrition support, including calculating nutrient, fluid, and electrolyte needs and evaluating patient tolerance and effectiveness.
• Coordinate specialized nutrition support issues and Total Parenteral Nutrition orders with physicians, pharmacy, and the Pharmacy Integrated Clinical Services team.
• Prescribe therapeutic diets, oral nutrition supplements, nutrition support regimens, and related vitamins, minerals, fluid management, and laboratory work within the MNT protocol and order-writing privileges.
• Coordinate with patient services, physicians, nursing, and other teams to ensure food intake, diet restrictions, allergies, supplements, tube feedings, formulas, and menus meet patient needs and preferences.
• Develop patient-specific menus for complex dietary needs and recommend suitable formula or supplement substitutions during supply disruptions.
• Identify, treat, and prevent malnutrition; perform Nutrition Focused Physical Examinations and communicate findings through medical record documentation.
• Provide nutrition education to patients with moderate or severe malnutrition and educate patients, outpatients, and family members about prescribed diets and nutrition therapy.
• Document Global Malnutrition Composite Score elements and billable nutrition diagnoses; participate in QAPI efforts and maintain regulatory readiness and compliance with safety initiatives, policies, procedures, and department standards.
• Provide clinical support to hospital-based outpatient programs as applicable and enter outpatient nutrition charges in the electronic medical record.
• Precept dietetic graduate students and medical residents as applicable; monitor progress, provide feedback, communicate with program coordinators, and provide nutrition lectures or orientation.
• Collaborate with discharge planners, home health, physicians, pharmacy, care management, and interdisciplinary teams on nutrition goals and transitions to home or outside facilities, including home enteral or parenteral nutrition needs.
• Participate in interdisciplinary rounds, meetings, and care conferences.
• Contribute clinical input to system nutrition initiatives and evidence-based practice changes; partner with clinical and patient services teams to deploy updates and champion initiatives.
• Provide clinical nutrition coverage at other sites throughout the state as needed.
• Provide nutrition in-services to teammates as applicable.

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.
• Premium pay, such as shift or on-call pay, based on position.
• Incentive pay for select positions.
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance.

What This Job Offers

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