Dietitian Jobs in Chicago, IL

About The Position

Requirements

• Successfully complete an ACEND-accredited nutrition and dietetics program.
• Successfully complete all supervised practice requirements.
• Bachelor’s degree in nutrition, dietetics, or a related field.
• Master’s degree in nutrition, dietetics, or a related field if graduated after 2023, per CDR requirements; not required for graduates prior to 2023.
• Current registration as a Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• Current licensure as a Registered Dietitian in Illinois through the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

Nice To Haves

• BLS certification via AHA.
• More than one year of clinical experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to identify and connect with patients who need nutrition counseling.
• Perform nutritional assessments using medical information, anthropometric data, laboratory values, and diet history, and develop nutrition care plans that address patients’ medical, developmental, and sociocultural needs and goals.
• Identify appropriate nutritional interventions and recommend calorie, protein, vitamin, or mineral supplementation; nutrition support; feeding routes; and educational needs.
• Provide nutrition and lifestyle education and counseling to individuals and groups.
• Discuss and interpret appropriate pharmacotherapy use and make recommendations as appropriate, including supplements and commercial products.
• Develop, present, and modify educational materials.
• Evaluate intervention effectiveness using anthropometrics, changes in medical condition, and tolerance to therapy, and adjust interventions accordingly.
• Communicate and collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team to support patient care and appropriate discharge planning.
• Participate in in-service training for staff, students, and physicians.
• Educate target groups about nutrition’s role in disease management and lifestyle medicine.
• Attend medical rounds in the area of practice.
• Document patient assessments and reassessments in the medical record.
• Participate on department teams and precept dietetic interns as assigned.
• Collect and document research data to support quality management outcomes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement
• Loan forgiveness
• 401(k) matching
• Lifecycle benefits