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