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Transplant Nutrition Educator - Heart & Lung
Falls Church, VA
Job Description
Transplant Nutrition Educator
Inova Health System's Fairfax Hospital is looking for a Transplant Nutrition Educator to join our inpatient/outpatient team heart and lung transplants. This role is PRN and will cover PTO and times of increased volume.
Don't miss the opportunity to be a part of the organization and Hospital, recognized for excellence and innovation, and where we create an environment of respect and growth, where contributions are recognized and rewarded.
Responsibilities:
- Develops, reviews and revises organ specific transplant nutritional assessment policies at least annually or as needed to comply with updates to best practice or regulatory changes.
- Provides individual clinical, educational and behavioral assessment specific to organ transplant appropriateness including frailty and functional assessments. Develops patient specific medical nutrition therapy programs including assessment, instruction, and evaluation of program effectiveness.
- Provides recommendations regarding pharmacologic and non pharmacologic therapies.
- Serves as a transplant nutrition expert resource to the multidisciplinary team.
- Represents the transplant nutritional assessment and education program in department, hospital and system level continuing education offerings.
- Develops and facilitates patient education and support groups.
- Develops and facilitates quality assessment and practice improvement initiatives.
- Represents the transplant nutritional assessment and patient education program to regulatory surveyors as required.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Hours: PRN
- Location: Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
- Education: Bachelor's degree in food and nutrition or dietetics
- Experience: 4 years of solid organ transplant nutrition experience
- Licensure/Certifications: Certified Clinical Transplant Dietitian (certifying body is NATCO) as a certification to be required within 12 months of hire; Registered Dietitian
More about Inova Health System!
As a recipient of federal financial assistance, Inova Health System (“Inova”) does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or age in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services or benefits under any of its programs or activities, whether carried out by Inova directly or through a contractor or any other entity with which Inova arranges to carry out its programs and activities.
This policy is in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, and regulations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued pursuant to these statutes at 45 C.F.R. Parts 80, 84, 91 and 92, respectively.
Job Summary
Company
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Part Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
4+ years
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