Registered Dietitian

Inova Health System; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Retirement matching

Education assistance

Student loan assistance

Mental health support

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Inova Health System in Fairfax, VA is seeking a Registered Dietitian to provide safe, therapeutic nutrition care for pediatric patients across multiple specialties. The role involves clinical nutrition services, collaboration with physicians and nurses, and education of healthcare staff to optimize patient outcomes.

Minimum requirements include a Bachelor’s degree with RD eligibility within 3 months and BLS within 3 months. Master’s degree is preferred for RD pathways.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred for RD eligibility.
• Registered Dietitian (RD) within 3 months; BLS within 3 months.

Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive nutrition assessments and interprets data to formulate care plans.
• Develops individualized nutrition plans and monitors patient response to therapy.
• Coordinates nutrition care with physicians and the healthcare team.
• Educates physicians, residents, nurses, and staff to optimize nutrition outcomes.
• Keeps up-to-date with research to inform patient education materials.

Skills

Clinical nutrition

Pediatric nutrition

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s degree

Job description

We are looking for dedicated Registered Dietitian in the Fairfax area to work in children’s specialties including Inova Children's Hematology/Oncology, Inova Children's Pulmonology, Inova Children’s Gastroenterology, Inova Children’s Neurology and Inova Children’s Orthopedics & Sports Medicine. These roles will be full-time or part-time, day shift with varying hours from 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Monday – Friday.

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.

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 and paid parental leave.

Registered Dietitian

The Registered Dietitian provides safe and therapeutic nutritional care in a comprehensive and systematic manner. Provides clinical services and act as a resource to physicians, nurses and other professional healthcare team members, to provide patients with optimum nutritional care.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs a comprehensive assessment by interpreting multiple, sometimes conflicting, data and synthesizing their interrelationships.
• Formulates an individualized nutrition plan of care based on 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.
• Communicates with the healthcare team members, patients and families to maximize patient outcomes.
• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to increase practice knowledge and incorporate that knowledge into the nutrition plan of care.
• Provides education to physicians, residents, nurses and other healthcare providers to optimize nutrition therapy outcomes.
• Incorporates research findings into nutrition practice standards, may develop/revise patient education programs when applicable, and participates in the development and revision of patient education materials.
• Assesses the educational needs of patients/families and provides appropriate nutrition education/counseling.
• Provides education to physicians, residents, nurses, and other healthcare providers to optimize nutrition therapy interventions and outcomes. Incorporates research findings into nutrition practice standards, may develop/revise patient education programs when applicable, and participates in the development and revision of patient education materials.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• Education:Bachelor’s degree minimum if licensed before 1/1/2024; Dietitians registered after 1/1/2024 must hold a Master’s Degree
• Certification:Registered Dietitian (RD) within 3 months; Basic Life Support (BLS) within 3 months

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV) work experience

Additional Details:

• Application deadline: this position will remain posted for 30 days from the original posting date. Applications must be submitted before the posting closes.
• Tentative employment start date: June 2027

Applicants may be considered for current and future opportunities.

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 receiveconsideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity orexpression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (includingchildbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation,veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.