Clinical Dietitian

Hourly Pay Range:

Position Highlights:

• Position: Clinical Dietitian
• Location: Swedish Hospital, Chicago, IL
• Full Time: 40 hours/week
• Hours: Monday-Friday, 7:00am - 3:30pm, rotating weekends and holidays
• Required Travel: No

A Brief Overview:
The Clinical Dietitian plans, directs, and provides nutritional care to patients. Screens and assesses all assigned patients for malnutrition, including patients on nutrition support. Provides diet therapy and nutritional counseling, educates and counsels patients, families, and/or significant others. Participates in interdisciplinary committees and nutrition department projects.

What you will do:

• Oversees the delivery of nutrition care to assigned patients.
• Identifies patients that are at malnutrition risk; performs nutrition assessments based on pertinent medical, laboratory and patient interview data, provides diet therapy and counseling, performs Nutrition Focused Physical Examination, participates in Enteral Nutrition Support Team for dobhoff tube placement and Metabolic Monitoring Team.
• Electronically documents all aspects of nutrition care.
• Plans, implements, and evaluates enteral nutrition prescriptions specific to individual patient nutrition and metabolic requirements; works with Parenteral Nutrition Support Team to coordinate care for assigned patients requiring parenteral nutrition.
• Makes recommendations regarding optimal delivery of nutrition care.
• Complies with physician's diet orders. Calculates therapeutic diets whenever necessary to meet nutritional needs of patients on modified diets.
• Serves as liaison between nursing and Patient Food Services.
• Instructs patients or patient's family on modified diets.
• Attends special meetings and rounds as assigned.
• Manages quality improvement audits and projects.
• Participates in orientation and training of new staff and precepts Dietetic Interns.
• Participates in continuing education programs and assists with in-service training programs.
• Identifies potential food drug interactions according to system policy and provides education based on identified need.

What you will need:

• Bachelors Degree Nutrition Required
• 1 Year clinical dietitian experience preferred
• Registered Dietician (RD) - Commission on Dietetics Registration (CDR) Required
• AHA Heartsaver CPR - American Heart Association (AHA) Preferred

Benefits:

• Career Pathways to Promote Professional Growth and Development
• Various Medical, Dental, and Vision options
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free Parking at designated locations
• Wellness Program Savings Plan
• Health Savings Account Options
• Retirement Options with Company Match
• Paid Time Off
• Community Involvement Opportunities

Endeavor Health is a fully integrated healthcare delivery system committed to providing access to quality, vibrant, community-connected care, serving an area of more than 4.2 million residents across six northeast Illinois counties. Our more than 25,000 team members and more than 6,000 physicians aim to deliver transformative patient experiences and expert care close to home across more than 300 ambulatory locations and eight acute care hospitals - Edward (Naperville), Elmhurst, Evanston, Glenbrook (Glenview), Highland Park, Northwest Community (Arlington Heights) Skokie and Swedish (Chicago) - all recognized as Magnet hospitals for nursing excellence. For more information, visit www.endeavorhealth.org.

When you work for Endeavor Health, you will be part of an organization that encourages its employees to achieve career goals and maximize their professional potential.

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