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Pediatric Ambulatory Registered Dietitian

Inova Health System
$63,336 - $103,238
parental leave, paid time off
United States, Virginia, Falls Church
Oct 03, 2026

Inova Ambulatory Clinical Nutrition is looking for a dedicated Pediatric Ambulatory Registered Dietitian to join the Team. This full-time role will be day-shift working Monday - Friday located in Fairfax, VA.

The Pediatric Ambulatory 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.

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, flexible work schedules.

Pediatric Ambulatory Registered Dietitian Responsibilities:

  • 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.
  • May perform 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) within 3 months; Basic Life Support (BLS) from American Heart Association within 3 months

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Previous pediatric experience preferred.

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