Registered Dietitian Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
• Registered Dietitian (RD) - Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)
• Bachelor's Degree: Related Field (Required)

Responsibilities

• Reviews medical records for pertinent data.
• Develops and implements medical nutritional therapy and communicates with the health care team in a collaborative and multidisciplinary manner.
• Monitors nutrition care, identifies changes in the patient's nutritional status and monitors progress made.
• Effectively and accurately utilizes the NCM and other nutrition related resources.
• Performs nutrition focused physical assessments on moderate and high nutrition risk patients.
• Mentors students, interns and residents as assigned.
• Actively participates with other disciplines in unit interdisciplinary care conferences.
• Provision of nutrition education on prescribed diet, per established priority system, in order to improve patient knowledge/understanding of nutrition, diet therapy and compliance on prescribed diet. Education is provided to inpatients, outpatients, family members and the public through individual counseling, classes and community education.
• Effective communication with patients/families, department managers, supervisors, coordinators, peers, staff and other health care professionals in a positive and results-oriented fashion.
• Provides continual monitoring of patients on assigned nursing units to ensure quality of nutrition care services.
• Serves as an educational preceptor to dietetic interns and nutrition students.
• Per the scope of the MNT policy, orders diets, supplements, nutrition support, vitamins/minerals and labs as indicated.
• Supportive of department efforts to ensure compliance with department standards, policies and procedures as well as DNV and local health department regulations.
• Supports system safety efforts by practicing hand hygiene as indicated, using patient identifiers and by utilizing the safety event reporting system.
• Participates in departments PI program by accepting and completing assignments; working to evaluate all processes and resolves identified criterion in order to meet standards for quality and appropriateness of patient care.
• Achieve positive outcomes and customer satisfaction.
• Develops and revises nutrition education materials and departmental policies and procedures as requested.

Benefits

• Sign-on Bonus
• Relocation Bonus Available
• Comprehensive benefits package