NICU Registered Dietitian

Inova Health; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 62,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Inova Health is seeking a passionate and experienced NICU Registered Dietitian for their Fairfax campus. This full-time role involves providing comprehensive nutrition care to inpatient populations with a strong emphasis on collaboration within a clinical team. The position offers competitive salary and benefits including medical coverage and tuition assistance.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Tuition and Student Loan Assistance

Paid time off and paid parental leave

Flexible work schedules

Mental health coaching or therapy sessions

Qualifications

• Dietetic internship or equivalent required.
• Registered Dietitian status required within 3 months of hire.
• Basic Life Support certification required within 3 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Provides safe and therapeutic nutritional care.
• Acts as a resource for healthcare team members.
• Formulates individualized nutrition plans based on assessments.

Skills

Nutrition Care

Patient Care

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition or related field

Master's Degree (if licensed after 2024)

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Job Description

Inova Fairfax Medical Campus is seeking a self-motivated, high performing Clinical Registered Dietitian to provide world-class nutrition care for our inpatient population. This role is full-time Day Shift (40 hrs/week) Monday- Friday with rotating weekends. The team is ideally looking for a candidate passionate and experienced in NICU nutrition. e

Job Description

Inova Fairfax Medical Campus is seeking a self-motivated, high performing Clinical Registered Dietitian to provide world-class nutrition care for our inpatient population. This role is full-time Day Shift (40 hrs/week) Monday- Friday with rotating weekends. The team is ideally looking for a candidate passionate and experienced in NICU nutrition. e

Our team at Inova Fairfax is a high performing clinical nutrition team that enjoys working closely with the interdisciplinary team to ensure optimal patient care and mentoring and training new team members. From placing feeding tubes to managing parenteral nutrition to conducting NFPEs, we love what we do and are looking for a team player who is dedicated to inpatient clinical nutrition to join our team. Plus, don’t forget about our other amazing benefits and perks

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience.We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Inova Featured Benefits

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and more
  
  

Registered Dietitian Job Responsibilities

• The Registered Dietitian provides safe and therapeutic nutritional care in a comprehensive and systematic manner.
• Provides clinical services and acts as a resource to physicians, nurses and other professional healthcare team members, to provide patients with optimum nutritional care.
• 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.
• Formulates an individualized nutrition plan of care based on assessment findings and interpreting trends in patient populations to achieve best practice.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.
  
  

Registered Dietitian Requirements For Consideration

• Education: Bachelor’s degree minimum if licensed before 1/1/2024; Dietitians registered after 1/1/2024 must hold a Master's Degree
• Experience: Dietetic internship or equivalent
• Certification:
• Registered Dietitian (RD) required within 3 months of hire
• Basic Life Support from American Heart Association required within 3 Months of hire
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous inpatient clinical experience
• NICU nutrition and with NICU experience
  
  

About Us

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 25,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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