Ambulatory Dietitian Registered PRN

Inova Schar Cancer/Peterson Life with Cancer and Inova Cardiopulmonary Rehab Centers at Inova Loudoun, Fair Oaks, Mount Vernon, Fairfax and Alexandria (PROC, Mark Center and Landmark) are seeking a Registered Dietitian that is a self-motivated, team player to join the clinical nutrition team. This position is a PRN (on-call) position and will cover patients at all Inova Life with Cancer Centers and Inova Cardiopulmonary Rehab for intermittent staff relief.  Working hours are Mon-Fri from 9:00am-5:00pm.

Inova PRN Benefits and Perks:

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

Registered Dietitian Job Responsibilities:

• The Dietitian Registered 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.
• 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, develops/revises patient education programs and participates in the development and revision of patient education materials.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 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
  • Previous oncology experience or dietetic clinical specialty experience, highly preferred
• 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: 

• Cardiopulmonary and/or oncology experience preferred

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'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.