Registered Dietitian

Job Description

Inova Health is seeking a Registered Dietitian that is a self‑motivated, team player to join the clinical nutrition team. This is a PRN position offering up to 40 hours per week coverage across all Inova Hospitals when needed. Hours are 8:00‑4:30 Mon‑Fri with one Saturday coverage per month.

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

• State‑of‑the‑art medical and training facilities
• Retirement benefits with match from day one
• Free parking for all employees
• Exclusive savings opportunities to in‑store events, theme parks, discounts, movie tickets and local offerings and so much more!

• Provide safe and therapeutic nutritional care in a comprehensive and systematic manner.
• Offer clinical services and act as a resource to physicians, nurses and other professional healthcare team members to provide patients with optimum nutritional care.
• Perform a comprehensive assessment by interpreting multiple, sometimes conflicting, data and synthesizing their interrelationships.
• Formulate an individualized nutrition plan of care based on assessment findings and interpreting trends in patient populations to achieve best practice.
• Anticipate nutritional intervention issues, monitor patient tolerance to nutrition therapy and respond when standards of nutrition care recommend changes.
• Coordinate 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.
• Communicate with the healthcare team members, patients and families to maximize patient outcomes.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to increase practice knowledge and incorporate that knowledge into the nutrition plan of care.
• Provide education to physicians, residents, nurses and other healthcare providers to optimize nutrition therapy outcomes.
• Incorporate research findings into nutrition practice standards, develop or revise patient education programs and participate in the development and revision of patient education materials.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree minimum if licensed before 1/1/2024;
  Dietitians registered after 1/1/2024 must hold a master’s degree and a 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.

• Inpatient experience.

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world‑class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we are a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. From best‑in‑class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we are constantly striving to be ever better—shaping 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, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.

• Seniority level:
  Not Applicable
• Employment type:
  
  Part‑time
• Job function:
  Health Care Provider
• Industry: Hospitals and Health Care