Dietitian Hospital Healthcare

Director of Business Development

The Psychiatric Institute of Washington is seeking a talented and dynamic Director of Business Development to join our team of dedicated healthcare professionals! The Psychiatric Institute of Washington provides comprehensive behavioral healthcare for adolescents, adults, and senior adults suffering from mental health and addictive illnesses. PIW is a 130 bed, short-term, acute care hospital offering inpatient, partial and intensive outpatient hospitalization, as well as specialized treatment programs for chemical dependency. PIW has an excellent reputation as an innovative hospital with caring, dedicated staff, experienced in the delivery of behavioral healthcare. Situated in the safe, historical Tenleytown neighborhood, PIW is one mile from the Tenleytown Metro stop and within walking distance to local cafes and restaurants.

Responsibilities include planning, directing, and providing nutritional care to patients, conducting nutrition assessments, planning master menus and menus for therapeutic diets for hospital patients from ages 5-65+, employees, and visitors. Supervising all nutritional aspects of patient care, menus and therapeutic menus. Maintaining professional growth and development through seminars, conferences, and professional affiliations. Conducting monitoring and evaluation program that complies with established standards of regulating agencies. Exhibiting optimistic attitude to client and staff at all times. Providing adequate dietary orientation program that includes skills training specific to the job function. Ensuring all state, federal, JCAHO and hospital standards are met consistently. Determining if staff is following appropriate menu/production system and using it effectively. Completing weekly groups which consist of informative nutritional programs for patient care. Completing all required documentation for patient care assessments. Developing group curriculum for nutritional programs for patients. Performing all other job-related duties as assigned.

Benefit highlights include generous paid time off, excellent medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plans, 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan, UHS employee discounted stock option plan, tuition reimbursement and student loan repay program, employee assistant program (EAP), life insurance and disability insurances, flexible spending account, pre-tax metro smarttrip benefits, career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ subsidiaries, and tuition assistance.

Qualifications include a bachelor's degree in dietetics or nutrition, current registration with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; licensed in the District of Columbia, minimum of one (1) year related experience as a clinical dietitian, knowledge of dietetics, nutrition, administration and operation of hospital food services, familiarity with methods of teaching and principles of education, thorough knowledge of theory and practice of dietetics including physiology and digestion processes of the human body, ability to maintain good working relations among personnel supervised, tact and cooperation involved in person-to-person relationships with personnel of other departments, other hospital and professional associations, and with physicians in planning diet therapy, ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, to operating officials, staff, and patients.