Clinical Dietitian-Inpatient Casual Days

About the role

This is a casual (non-benefited position) located at Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital. This role is to help support staffing in the department with employee leave and PTO coverage.

The Clinical Dietitian reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization's Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

The Clinical Dietitian, in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, provides nutritional counseling in order to restore or maintain an optimal nutrition status for the patient. This position communicates and collaborates effectively with the health care team to exchange and disseminate information regarding care of the patient and program development.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to identify and connect with patients in need of nutrition counseling.
• Provide nutritional assessments utilizing medical information, anthropometric data, laboratory values and diet history to develop nutrition care plans to meet the medical, developmental, and socio-cultural needs and goals of the patient.
• Identify appropriate nutritional interventions, providing recommendations regarding calorie/protein/vitamin/mineral supplementation, nutrition support, appropriate feeding route, and educational needs.
• Provides nutrition/lifestyle education and counseling for individuals and groups.
• Discusses/interprets appropriate use of pharmacotherapy, makes recommendations as appropriate (supplements, commercial products).
• Develops, presents, and modifies educational materials.
• Evaluate effectiveness of intervention utilizing anthropometrics, changes in medical condition, and tolerance to therapy and adjust accordingly.
• Communicates effectively and collaborates with interdisciplinary care team to ensure best patient care and appropriate discharge planning
• Participates in in-service training for staff, students, and physicians.
• Educates target groups about the role of nutrition in disease management and lifestyle medicine.
• Attends medical round in area of practice
• Provides written documentation of all patient assessment and reassessments in the medical record
• Participate on department teams and precept dietetic interns as assigned.
• Collects and documents research data to support quality management outcomes.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Requirements

Required

• Registered Dietitian - Credentialed by CDR in the state of Illinois
• Bachelors of Science degree in dietetics
• Masters degree in Nutrition or related field if graduated after 2023 per CDR requirements
• Not required if graduated prior to 2023

Preferred

• BLS certification via AHA

Additional Information

Background Check

If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act.

Artificial Intelligence Disclosure

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person.

Benefits

• We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events.
• Please refer to the Benefits Eligibility by Employment Classification to determine benefits eligibility for job postings.

If sign-on bonus is included in a job posting eligibility is as followed: Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign-on bonus. Exception: New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position as a Registered Nurse at NM may be eligible.