Clinical Dietician

Sentara Health Plans; Virginia, Northern (IL, KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

Paid Time Off and Sick Leave

401k/Employer Match

Tuition Assistance – Guild Education

Job summary

Sentara Health Plans seeks a Clinical Dietitian to support outpatient nutrition services in Northern Virginia, serving Manassas, Burke, and Century locations. The role blends hybrid telework with weeks in-office at local clinics, contributing to multidisciplinary care.

The position focuses on nutrition assessment and management of acute and chronic disease, with opportunities for individual and group counseling and community outreach within Sentara’s outpatient network.

Qualifications

• Nutrition assessment of a wide variety of acute and chronic disease states.
• Individual and group counseling
• Culinary nutrition and community outreach

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage nutrition for outpatient patients with acute and chronic diseases.
• Provide individual and group counseling and education.
• Develop and implement comprehensive care plans based on assessment findings.

Skills

Nutrition assessment

RD eligibility

BLS within 90 days

Education

Bachelor's in Nutrition

Master's in Nutrition

Job description

City/State Woodbridge, VA Work Shift First (Days) Overview: Looking for a Clinical Dietician to join our team! Expanding services across Northern Virginia Outpatient clinics to include registered dietician.

This position will serve Manassas, Burke, and Century locations (and other locations as needed). This will be a hybrid work from home as well as some weeks where employee reports to one location that week (Example: First week of the month employee reports to Manassas, second week of the month employee reports to Burke) for a couple of days.

Overview Responsible for the assessment and nutritional management of acute and chronic disease in the outpatient setting. May include individual and group counseling, culinary nutrition, community outreach, public education and scheduling. Develops and/or implements a comprehensive care plan based on assessment and evaluation of patient/caregiver needs.

Education Bachelor's Degree (Required) Master's Degree in Nutrition. If Bachelor's Degree is in major other than Dietetics, must complete an Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) accredited Didactic Program in Dietetics.

Certification/Licensure BLS is required to be obtained within 90 days of hire. Registered Dietitian (RD) must be obtained within 6 months of hire. Verification statements required for those candidates awaiting RD credentialing.

Experience Nutrition assessment of a wide variety of acute and chronic disease states, individual and group counseling, culinary nutrition. Serves as a Sentara representative for health fairs, media outreach, and community presentations. Communicates and collaborates with providers and other members of the healthcare team for referrals, clinical diagnostic data, weekly rounds and any other patient care meetings as needed.

Benefits:

Caring For Your Family and Your Career

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce.

Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Sentara Health is a Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina based not-for-profit integrated healthcare provider that has been in business for over 131 years. Offering hundreds of sites of care including 12 hospitals, PACE, home health, hospice, medical groups, imaging services, therapy, outpatient surgery centers, and an 858,000 member health plan.

The people of the communities that we serve have nominated Sentara “Employer of Choice” for over ten years.

U.S. News and World Report has recognized Sentara as having the Best Hospitals for 15+ years.

Sentara offers professional development and a continued employment philosophy!