Overview

Your Career. Our Company. Together, We Grow. 

At Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH), we realize that in order to provide our surrounding communities with excellent care, we must begin by providing our employees with that same care and appreciation. We offer rich opportunities to develop and grow professionally, an environment of excellence in patient care, and the awareness that everything we accomplish is a direct outgrowth of the superb efforts and dedication of our employees.

As a non-profit system of almost 4000 employees, we have won national acclaim for our cancer, cardiac, stroke, bariatric, breast imaging, and rehabilitation services.

$31.55/hr minimum - $47.33/hr maximum (range increases based on education, experience and certifications)

Responsibilities

Position Summary

• Responsible for developing a plan of care to meet the patient’s nutritional needs. 

Job Roles

• Safety
  • Manages processes effectively in regard to employee/patient safety.
• Record Keeping
  • Maintains all required records, reports, statistics, logs, files and other documents as required.
• Process Improvement
  • Promotes a culture of process improvement by participating in unit/department based programs that supports the system’s process improvement goals.
  • Actively participates on system-wide or hospital-based teams as needed.
• Role Specific Responsibilities
• • Screens patients for determination of nutritional status.
  • Recommends supplements, advances diets and provides nutritional support to physicians/staff.
  • Consults with inpatients, family, physicians, nurses and staff, as appropriate, to provide nutrition education. 
  • Assesses and reassesses patients at nutritional risk and makes recommendations for nutrition therapy.
  • Develops or orders nutrition education materials for patients, employees and the community.
  • Reviews and revises modified diet information provided by Food & Nutrition Services.
  • Provides nutritional education to employees, outpatients and community members as needed.
  • Serves as a liaison to boards or groups driving patient care.
  • Provides in-services to staff and community.
  • Participates in system-wide and community based teams focusing on care improvement for the population.
  • Provides additional services in correlation within boundaries of certification.
  • Responsible for compliance with accreditation standards and quality improvement data gathering, monitoring, improvement initiatives and presentation.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Food and Nutrition or Dietetics.

 Licenses and Certification

• Registered Dietitian required.
• A position relevant specialty certification from list below required:
• • Certified Diabetes Educator
  • Certified Nutrition Support Clinician
  • Board Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition
  • Board Certified Specialist in Oncology Nutrition
  • Board Certified Specialist in Gerontological Nutrition
  • Board Certified Specialist in Obesity and Weight Management

 Experience and Skills

• One year of experience as a registered dietitian required.