Part-Time Registered Dietician

Boyer Childrens Clinic; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 50,000 - 66,000; Part time

Job summary

Boyer Children's Clinic is seeking a part-time Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist to deliver nutrition services for infants and young children with feeding difficulties. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to coordinate care, including enteral nutrition plans and weaning from tubes.

The role involves collaborating with caregivers, applying WIC knowledge, and focusing on growth and caloric needs for birth to three years, in a community-based setting. This position is on-site and part-time.

Qualifications

• Provides nutrition services for children with feeding difficulties, including evaluative and consultative care.
• Experience with NG, NJ, and PEG tubes and weaning from tubes.
• Knowledge of WIC resources and infant feeding tools.
• Familiarity with growth and weight gain in infants and toddlers.
• Comfort working with diverse food cultures and family backgrounds.
• Ability to coordinate nutrition care with caregivers and other professionals.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct, indirect, or consultative nutrition services to children with feeding difficulties.
• Work with infants and toddlers on NG/NJ/PEG feeding and weaning from tubes.
• Utilize WIC resources and infant feeding tools to support families.
• Monitor growth and weight gain in infants and toddlers.
• Collaborate with caregivers and other care team members across services.

Skills

Tube feeding management

WIC knowledge

Infant/toddler nutrition

Cultural competency

Care coordination

Job description

Job Description

Boyer Children?s Clinic is currently seeking a part-time Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist to join our team! Boyer provides medical, therapy, special education and family services to infants and young children with developmental delays, and their families. For more information, visitWorking with staff at all levels, the

Registered Dietitian provides evaluative, therapeutic, and consultative services for children with feeding difficulties aged birth to three. The Dietitian will work in partnership with other care team members to plan and coordinate nutrition care delivery for all patients referred by care team members. The Dietitian will formulate, revise, and maintain enteral nutrition patient care plans based on physician orders and assessment findings including the identification of patient problems/needs, goals and actions, and interventions relating to the care or service provided. The right person will be able to work collaboratively and earn trust quickly, while maintaining a focus on our overall mission.

Essential Functions

• Provide direct, indirect, or consultative services to children with feeding difficulties in client homes, at other community sites, and in the center, in compliance with regulatory and company practices.
• Ability to work with and support infants and toddlers with Nasogastric Tube (NG Tube), Nasojejunal Tube (NJ Tube), Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), and provide weaning programs from the tube.
• Knowledgeable about community resources/WIC for feeding essentials, varieties of bottles, infant/toddler feeding tools, etc.
• Knowledgeable about growth and weight gain in infants in toddlers
• Have a comfort level and/or experience working with a variety of food cultures
• Ability to provide strategizes for maximizing growth and increasing calories in infants and toddlers
• Coordinate program with child?s caregiver(s), other therapy and educational programs, and with other involved agencies and professionals.

Schedule

Estimated to be around 8 hours per month, with potential for increased hours and schedule flexibility

Compensation

$35.70 - $48.30 per hour