Registered Dietitian - BroMenn

Overview Sign-on Bonus & Relocation Bonus Available! The Clinical Dietitian provides medical nutrition therapy to inpatients and nutritional expertise to all members of the health care team, outpatients and community groups. Qualifications Certifications: Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR); Registered Dietitian (RD) - Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), Education: Bachelor's Degree: Related Field (Required), Work Experience: Responsibilities Nutritional care for patients is provided in accordance with physician's orders and standards of quality nutritional care that appropriately meet age, psychosocial and physical needs of patients.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 madeEffectively and accurately utilizes the NCM and other nutrition related resources.Performs nutrition focused physical assessments on moderate and high nutrition risk patientsMentors 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 p...