Dietitian- Hematology/Oncology, Full Time

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. - Monday - Friday.
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. Committed to Team Member Health : offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
Retirement : 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.
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.
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.
Bachelor's degree minimum if licensed before 1/1/2024; Dietitians registered after 1/1/2024 must hold a Master's Degree
Registered Dietitian (RD) within 3 months; Previous Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV) work experience

Application deadline: this position will remain posted for 30 days from the original posting date. Applications must be submitted before the posting closes.
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.

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