Transplant Nutrition Educator

Inova Fairfax Medical Campus is looking for a dedicated Transplant Nutrition Educator to join the Thoracic Transplant team. This role is full-time Day Shift (40 hrs/week) Monday- Friday. We offer great pay based on experience! Plus, don't forget about our other amazing benefits and perks!

Inova 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, and more.

Transplant Nutrition Educator Job Responsibilities:

• The Transplant Nutrition Educator develops and manages the comprehensive nutritional assessment program and care for solid organ transplant candidates and recipients across the continuum of care regulatory requirements and professional standards for nutrition practice. Drives ongoing improvement in transplant clinical practice through self-development and continuing education.
• Serves as a content expert on transplant nutrition assessment and education for the multidisciplinary team and throughout the organization.
• Utilizes evidence-based standards and practice for development and implementation of the transplant nutritional assessment and management program.
• Develops and facilitates patient education and support groups for focused areas of need for each organ program.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in food and nutrition or dietetics.
• Experience: 4 years of solid organ transplant nutrition experience
• Certification:
  
  
  
  • Registered Dietitian (RD) required upon start
  • Certified Clinical Transplant Dietitian (certifying body is NATCO) as a certification to be required within 12 months of date in the job.