Diabetes Nutrition Educator

Inova Endocrinology is looking for a dedicated Diabetes Nutrition Educator to join our team. This role will be Full-Time, Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:30 PM

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.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• 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.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave 

Diabetes Nutrition Educator Job Responsibilities:

The Diabetes Nutrition Educator assesses the needs of diabetic patients and design, implements and evaluates a teaching plan for each patient.  Provides individualized care for all aspects of medical nutrition therapy (MNT) and diabetes self-management for individuals and groups. Provides leadership to others regarding practice and serving as a resource, preceptor and mentor. Plans, develops and implements new programs to meet the needs of the patient population and enhance diabetes self-management education within Inova Health System. Utilizes the unique contributions of each discipline and applying an integrated team approach to improve patient outcomes

• Provides clinical and educational interventions with consideration of the cultural, ethical and spiritual values/needs of patients and their families.
• Utilizes motivational interviewing and goal setting to facilitate behavior change.
• Collaborates on clinical decisions with multidisciplinary team while seeking validation from mentors for complex patients or unfamiliar situations.
• Identifies own learning needs and develops professional goals while seeking opportunities to obtain education to enhance practice.
• Communicates clinical information with other team members and documents all patient care interventions.
• Completes assigned tasks, as directed by team/team leader, and helps facilitate communication.
• Delegates patient care activities to team members and redirects clinical activities to respond to changes in volume and emergent care needs.
• Participates in self-directed work teams to evaluate programs, identify need for new programs and assist in development or revision as appropriate.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelors Degree
• Experience: RD work or internship experience; or 250 hours of DSME/T related work experience.
• Certifications: Eligible to sit for the CDE within two years of employment, Registered Dietitian & Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association (AHA)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience as a Registered Dietitian 

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.