Registered Food & Nutrition Dietitian - PT Days

Advocate Health • Milwaukee, WI

3d • $31 - $46

About The Position

The Registered Food & Nutrition Dietitian provides medical nutrition therapy for inpatient and, as needed, outpatient populations. The dietitian screens and prioritizes patients, assesses nutritional status, develops individualized plans of care, recommends interventions, and documents care in the electronic medical record in accordance with clinical documentation and coding standards. The role adapts its workflow to changes in census, consults, acuity, and staffing needs.

The dietitian prescribes and manages therapeutic diets, oral nutrition supplements, and enteral and parenteral nutrition support within the scope of the Medical Nutrition Therapy protocol. This includes calculating nutrient, fluid, and electrolyte needs; evaluating tolerance and effectiveness; and collaborating with physicians, pharmacy, nursing, and food and nutrition services. The role also addresses allergies, diet restrictions, preferences, supply substitutions, and complex patient-specific menus.

The position leads efforts to identify, treat, and prevent malnutrition, including performing Nutrition Focused Physical Examinations, documenting findings, and educating patients with moderate or severe malnutrition. The dietitian contributes to quality improvement, regulatory readiness, nutrition-related documentation and billing, interdisciplinary care planning, discharge transitions, patient and teammate education, and system-wide clinical nutrition initiatives. The role may support hospital-based outpatient programs, precept students and medical residents, and provide coverage at other sites as needed.

Requirements

• Dietitian certification issued by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR).
• Registered Dietitian (RD) registration with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Illinois licensure by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, if working in Illinois; Wisconsin certification by the Department of Safety and Professional Services, if working in Wisconsin.
• Bachelor’s degree if CDR registration eligibility was obtained before January 1, 2024; graduate degree (master’s, practice doctorate, or doctoral) if initial CDR registration is obtained on or after January 1, 2024.
• Successful completion of an ACEND-accredited supervised practice program.
• Didactic experience in clinical nutrition from an ACEND-approved program.
• Advanced knowledge of clinical nutrition and Nutrition Focused Physical Exams.
• 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 sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, reach above shoulders, and twist frequently during the work shift; occasionally lift 25 pounds.
• Functional vision, hearing, speech, and touch.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing medical nutrition therapy for the inpatient census through screening, prioritizing, assessment, and recommendations for intervention.
• Develop, implement, and document individualized nutrition plans of care based on medical history, laboratory data, interviews, physical examinations, and patient-specific nutritional needs.
• Prescribe and manage enteral and parenteral nutrition support, including calculating nutrient, fluid, and electrolyte needs and evaluating patient tolerance and regimen effectiveness.
• Collaborate with physicians, pharmacy, nursing, and patient services teams to manage nutrition support and ensure diets, supplements, allergies, preferences, and tube feedings align with patient needs and care plans.
• Develop patient-specific menus for patients with complex dietary needs and recommend appropriate formula or supplement substitutions during supply disruptions.
• Identify, treat, and prevent malnutrition; perform Nutrition Focused Physical Examinations; document findings; and educate patients with moderate or severe malnutrition.
• Document Global Malnutrition Composite Score elements and participate in Quality Assessment Performance Improvement efforts and regulatory readiness activities.
• Identify and document billable nutrition diagnoses and enter outpatient nutrition charges in the electronic medical record as applicable.
• Provide clinical support to hospital-based outpatient programs as needed.
• Precept dietetic graduate students and medical residents, monitor intern progress, provide feedback, and deliver nutrition orientation or lectures as applicable.
• Collaborate with discharge planners, home health, physicians, pharmacy, and interdisciplinary teams on nutrition goals and transitions to home or outside facilities.
• Educate patients and family members about prescribed diets and nutrition therapy through individual counseling and classes; provide teammate in-services as applicable.
• Contribute clinical input to system nutrition initiatives, evidence-based practice changes, policies, procedures, and related clinical and operational updates.
• Assist other sites throughout the state with clinical nutrition coverage as needed.
• Operate equipment necessary to perform the job and travel between work sites when needed.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits, subject to eligibility
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave, subject to eligibility
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program
• Premium pay such as shift and on-call pay, based on role
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

What This Job Offers

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