Clinical Dietitian - Float, Full-Time, Days

About the Role

The Clinical Dietitian reflects the mission, vision, and values of Northwestern Medicine, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines, and regulatory and accreditation standards. This role involves developing and implementing nutrition therapy plans for patients, providing nutrition education for the community and other health professionals, and ensuring comprehensive care through Northwestern Medicine.

Responsibilities

• Provide nutritional assessments utilizing medical information, anthropometric data, laboratory values, and diet history.
• Develop nutrition care plans by selecting nutrition therapies to meet the medical, developmental, and socio-cultural needs, age, and interest level of the patient.
• Identify appropriate nutritional interventions:
  • Provide recommendations regarding calorie/protein supplements, enteral support, vitamin/mineral supplements, and other commercial products.
  • Select appropriate feeding route and enteral product, including additional modulars or vitamin/mineral preparations.
• Counsel patients on appropriate nutrition therapy for disease state, desired outcomes, and patient behavior objectives.
• Evaluate effectiveness of intervention utilizing BMI, changes in medical condition, and tolerance to therapy.
• Educate on diet according to disease state, medical condition, and health risk.
• Provide written documentation of all patient assessment and follow-up consultation sessions in the medical record.
• Communicate effectively with the interdisciplinary team.
• Attend NMH continuing education, including those on population-specific needs (e.g., age, disability).
• Participate in in-service training for department and hospital staff.
• Participate on department teams as assigned.
• Coordinate student rotations as assigned.
• Orient relief personnel and new staff to the area of practice to provide consistent patient care.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required:

• Registered Dietitian.
• Licensed in the State of Illinois.
• Bachelor of Science degree in dietetics.
• Master’s degree in Nutrition or related field if graduated after 2023 per CDR requirements.

Preferred:

• 1 year of clinical dietetics experience.
• Master’s degree in Nutrition or related field if graduated prior to 2024.

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. Benefits include:

• Tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness.
• 401(k) matching.
• Lifecycle benefits.

For more details, visit our Benefits section.