Registered Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine as a "Registered Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator" at our Hyde Park Clinic. 

In this role you will partner with the clinical team in Endocrinology to provide patients with the highest quality of care.  As a Registered Dietitian, your primary responsibilities will be to optimize the health status of adult and pediatric patients with diabetes by providing chronic disease management therapies and diabetes self-management education (DSMES). As part of an American Diabetes Association Diabetes Education Recognition Program, you will perform duties in support of, and in compliance with the National Standards of DSMES and with requirements of regulatory, accrediting, and licensing agencies.

Essential Job Functions:

• Work in partnership with the interprofessional team and patients to develop care plans and coordinate care delivery.  

• Provide patient-centered, evidence-based DSMES and MNT including motivational interviewing and teach-back methods in one-on-one and group/class settings.

• Identify, assess, and address patient goals and barriers for improving their health status and management of health conditions.  Provide patients with education about the disease process and offer tools and skills needed to achieve self-management goals, including avoiding and treating acute and long-term diabetes and other health related complications.

• Provide evidence-based DSMES including but not limited to basic and advanced carbohydrate counting; weight, lipid and HTN management; use of glucometer or CGM; review of blood glucose goals and interpretation of patient home glucose monitoring and food logs, training of self-injectable diabetes medications.

• Utilize the Nutrition Care Process to proactively assess, provide nutrition diagnoses, interventions, monitor and evaluate patients’ response to therapeutic interventions and reassess patients’ in-person, on the phone or via patient portal as needed in collaboration with the care team.

• Perform RD job duties within scope and licensure as needed in clinic. 

Required Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian (RD) with successful completion of coordinated program, dietetic internship, or other experience approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Dietetic Education (CADE) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Maintenance of RD through the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). 
• A minimum of six (6) years of clinical experience with a master's degree in nutrition, dietetics, or a related field OR nine (9) years of clinical experience with a bachelor's degree in nutrition, dietetics, or a related field is required to qualify as a Registered Dietitian III.  Candidates with fewer years of experience may be considered based on overall qualifications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Member of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics and/or relevant practice group(s)

Registered Dietitian III Required Licenses/Certifications

• Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist (LDN) by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation
• Specialty certification relevant to the area of clinical practice or position (e.g., Certified Specialist in Pediatrics [CSP], Certified Nutrition Support Clinician [CNSC], Certified Specialist in Oncology [CSO], Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition [CSR]).

Position Details:

• Job Type/FTE: Full-time
• Unit/Department: Clinical Nutrition
• Location: Hyde Park
• CBA Code: Non-Union