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Inova Health System lists this Registered Dietitian PRN opportunity in ashburn, Virginia. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Job Description
Inova Alexandria Hospital is looking for a dedicated Registered Dietitian to join the team. This PRN position has the opportunity to cover patients at all Inova Hospitals allowing for up to 40 hours per week coverage, if there is a coverage need. Hours are 8-4:30 Mon-Fri with 1 Saturday coverage per month.
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.
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 ORB 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
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:
Inpatient experience preferred.
Completion of a Dietetic internship preferred.
Worksite address
ashburn, VA, 22011, US
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