Clinical Dietitian

4 weeks ago


Chicago, United States La Rabida Children's Hospital Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

La Rabida Children’s Hospital

Clinical Dietitian - Registry

La Rabida Children’s Hospital is hiring a Registry/PRN Clinical Dietitian for our Nutrition department in Chicago, IL.

At La Rabida Children’s Hospital, our mission is simple: we’re dedicated to maintaining and improving the quality of life for each of our patients with complex conditions, disabilities, and chronic illness. The path to completing this mission, however, is often complicated. Fortunately, we’ve got the best team around. If you are looking for your next career opportunity to partner with a compassionate multidisciplinary collaborative team, we have the job for you.

Job Summary:

La Rabida is currently recruiting a Clinical Dietitian to join our Nutrition department in Chicago, IL. We are a small children’s acute care hospital focused on treating complex medical conditions, chronic illnesses, developmental disabilities, and abuse and trauma.

This individual provides medical nutrition therapy for children with chronic diseases on an outpatient basis, including premature infants and children with obesity, cerebral palsy, and diabetes. This position will include: nutrition management of outpatient chronic disease pediatric population; Diabetes educator for the Chicago Children's Diabetes Center outpatient clinics. Must have extensive knowledge and practice of enteral nutrition management. Must be able to work 1 evening per week for outpatient clinics.

Essential Clinical Dietitian Functions:

  • Nutrition Counseling and Assessment - 20%

  • Review chart/gather data; obtain nutrition history/plot/assess anthropometric data; assess lab data; obtain diet history/feeding ability/growth history/diagnosis; assess drug/nutrient interactions; instruct as appropriate; obtain feedback to teaching/questions; provide literature/education materials; plan future follow-up/provide information; calculate and chart assessment and recommendations in accordance with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

  • Follow-up/monitoring – 15%

  • Assess growth/weight changes; determine intake/history/labs, identify obstacles/ability to feed; reassess diet order appropriateness.; follow-up with diet changes/trials; follow-up with feeding supplies orders.

  • Team meetings/participant - 2.5%

  • Prepare for weekly team meetings (i.e. gather weights, identify problems with feeding or growth); daily interactions with others; meetings with speech/pharmacy and other services.

  • Nutrition education/orientation - 2.5%

  • Creating education materials; orientate grand rounds.

  • Diabetes Educator - 20%

  • Provide education on carbohydrate counting meal planning for the outpatient diabetes population. Participate in daytime and evening outpatient clinics for the Chicago Children's Diabetes Center. Provide nutrition education to patients new to the insulin pump. Participate in community events supporting diabetes.

  • Outpatient Clinics - 40%

  • Participate in outpatient chronic disease clinics as well as others such as Technology-Dependent, Cerebral Palsy, NICU Follow-Up, Sickle Cell, Rheumatology clinics, and Oral Motor Feeding Clinic. See nutrition counseling and assessment outline.

What we need from you:

  • BS in Nutrition required, MS preferred

  • 2 years' experience required

  • Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) Registered Dietitian, OR Registered Dietitian eligible, Licensed in State of Illinois

  • Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES)/CDCES eligible preferred, and/or Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition (CSP) preferred.

  • CPR required - Only certifications issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross will be accepted.

Who we are:

La Rabida is a place unlike any other. We understand the needs of families with children dealing with the most serious or complicated of conditions. With teams of the best healthcare providers in Chicago, we give continuous, comprehensive care, education and support, helping families face their unique obstacles head on.

La Rabida Children’s Hospital is very proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.


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