Clinical Dietician

Sentara Health; Woodbridge (VA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

401k/403B with Employer Match

Tuition Assistance

Paid Time Off

Diversity and inclusion programs

Employee Wellness programs

Job summary

Sentara Health in Woodbridge, VA is seeking a Clinical Dietitian to join our outpatient team. The role involves nutrition assessment and management across Northern Virginia clinics, with a hybrid work-from-home arrangement and periodic on-site weeks.

The successful candidate will provide individual and group counseling, develop comprehensive care plans, and collaborate with physicians and the health-care team to optimize patient outcomes in the outpatient setting.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage nutrition needs for outpatients with acute or chronic diseases.
• Develop and implement comprehensive care plans based on assessment results.
• Collaborate with healthcare team for referrals, rounds and patient education.

Skills

Nutrition assessment

Counseling

Culinary nutrition

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nutrition

Master's degree in Nutrition

ACEND-accredited Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) if Bachelor's not in Dietetics

Job description

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.

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:

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