Registered Dietitian - Community Health
Falls Church, VA, United States
Featured Benefits:
Tuition reimbursement
Student loan assistance - up to $10,000!
State-of-the-art medical and training facilities
Paid parental leave for birth/adoption of a child
Retirement benefits with match from day one
The Inova Health System is seeking a compassionate and dedicated
Registered Dietitian
to provide nutrition support, counseling and education to some of patients serving as the expert resource to our health care team in our Inova Cares Family outpatient clinic in Fairfax, VA. This is a great opportunity to work in a supportive, enriching ambulatory medical setting, including Inova Cares Clinics for Women and Children, Inova Juniper Program, and Childhood Obesity Prevention Program - The Healthy Plate Club. This position is fulltime Monday - Friday role.
Bi lingual is preferred.
Responsibilities:
Perform a comprehensive assessment by interpreting multiple, sometimes conflicting, data and synthesizing their interrelationships and formulate an individualized nutrition plan of care based on the assessment findings and interpreting trends in patient populations to achieve best practice.
Anticipates nutritional intervention issues, monitors patient tolerance to nutrition therapy and responds when standards of nutrition care recommend changes.
Coordinates the nutrition care plan with the physician and other healthcare providers while serving as a resource in the integration of the nutrition care plan into the comprehensive plan of care for the patient.
Communicate with both the healthcare team members, patients and families to maximize patient outcomes as well as collaborating with the multidisciplinary team to incorporate that knowledge into the nutrition plan of care
Incorporates research findings into nutrition practice standards, develops/revises patient education programs and participates in the development and revision of patient education materials.
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree
Dietetic Internship or equivalent
Must be a Registered Dietitian (RD) upon start
BLS Certification through the American Heart Association must be obtained within 3 months
At Inova, we strive to improve the health of the communities we serve, and that includes taking care of our team members, who help us fulfill our mission every day. That's why we offer affordable, comprehensive benefits coverage for you and your family.
About Inova Health System
Inova's hospitals are consistently recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals and Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades for excellence in healthcare.
We are proud to be named one of Forbes' 2022 Best Employers for Women, #11 of 5,000+ facilities on NurseJournal's national 2023 Best Places to Work as a Nurse list, and a Top Performer in the 2022 Healthcare Equality Index for LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality.
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