Clinical Dietitian - Food Service, Full-Time

Tracking Code 48945 Job Description **General Summary**

The Clinical Dietitian will develop therapeutic diet plans for patients in accordance with physicians orders. Meets with patients and families in order to assist in menu selection as needed. Provides for conformity to dietary plan.

The Clinical Dietitian will consistently demonstrate support of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab statement of Vision, Mission and Core Values by striving for excellence, contributing to the team efforts and showing respect and compassion for patients and their families, fellow employees, and all others with whom there is contact at or in the interest of the institute.

The Clinical Dietitian will demonstrate Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Core Attributes: Communication, Accountability, Flexibility/Adaptability, Judgment/Problem Solving, Customer Service and Core Values (Hope, Compassion, Discovery, Collaboration, and Commitment to Excellence) while fulfilling job duties.

**Principal Responsibilities**

**The Clinical Dietitian:**

- Assesses and evaluates patients nutritional needs based on physicians orders, conferences with health team, clinical data and patient nutritional history in order to plan and implement a proper dietary program.

- Instructs and informs patients and/or their families regarding diet therapy to be utilized.

- Coordinates nutritional care given by the Patient Dining Assistants.

- Participates in the Departments Quality Assurance programs by collecting and analyzing data which evaluates dietary service for conformance to quality standards.

- Establishes and implements Department clinical policies and procedures that correlate clinical services with timely production services.

- Acts as liaison between patient units, production kitchen and diet office as needed.

- Provides nutrition education and training programs for appropriate hospital personnel, dietetic students and the community.

- May review patient menus for accuracy and nutritional adequacy as needed, offering suggestions to patients regarding menu selections as necessary.

- Perform all other duties that may be assigned in the best interest of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.

**Reporting Relationships**

- Reports directly to the Contract Food Service Manager

**Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required**

- Must be a registered dietician with the American Dietetic Association or be eligible for registration.

- Requires approximately one month of on-the-job experience in order to gain thorough knowledge of Department policies and procedures and learn the Institutes therapeutic dietary functions.

- Requires analytical skills necessary to interpret physicians orders, assess patient condition, plan suitable diet and evaluate patient responses.

- Requires interpersonal skills necessary to communicate with patients, families, employees and medical staff in explaining and providing nutritional care.

- Ability to interpret, evaluate and utilize current research to ensure provision of quality nutritional care and follow-up.

- Demonstrated competency in understanding the growth and development of infant, child, adolescent and geriatric patients as measured by specific performance standards and as described by department/unit policies and procedures.

- Demonstrated the ability to interpret growth and development related information to ensure patient needs are met.

**Working Conditions**

- Normal office environment with little or no exposure to dust or extreme temperature.

- Occasional (less than ten percent of work time) exposure to contagious diseases or infection from patient contact procedures that correlate clinical services with timely production services.

- Acts as liaison between patient units, production kitchen and diet office as needed.

- Provides nutrition education and training programs for appropriate hospital personnel, dietetic students and the community.The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills req

SRAlab is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

uired of personnel so classified.

Job Location Chicago, Illinois, United States Position Type Full-Time/Regular Job Type Regular ** Apply**

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