PEDIATRIC HOME HEALTH RD/ OUTPATIENT PEDS

 

We are hiring immediately for a PEDIATRIC HOME HEALTH RD/ OUTPATIENT PEDS position.

 

• Location:  University of Virginia Healthcare, Charlottesville, VA.
  • Note: online applications accepted only.
• Schedule:  Full time; Monday - Friday with some weekend coverage

 

Morrison Healthcare is a leading national food and nutrition services company exclusively dedicated to serving more than 600 hospitals and healthcare systems. Morrison's hospital kitchens, restaurants, and cafés feature socially responsible practices and exceptional guest experiences. The company's comprehensive Mindful Choices® wellness and sustainability platform includes the latest in healthful eating and an understanding of behavioral change in food consumption. Morrison's alignment with Partnership for a Healthier America's (PHA) Hospital Healthy Food Initiative positively impacts up to 41 million patients and 500 million hospital meals annually. Morrison has been named one of Modern Healthcare's "Top 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare" for the past five years, and Training Magazine's Top 125 organizations for the past six consecutive years. The company is a division of Compass Group and has more than 1,200 registered dietitians, 300 executive chefs, and 17,000 professional food service team members.

 

This position is eligible for an Employee Referral Bonus! If you know someone that is qualified for this role, please use the ‘job search’ in PeopleHub to refer your referral and email them a link to apply. Your referral will be able to apply by clicking the link in the email then you can check the status under Careers in PeopleHub by clicking on ‘referral tracking.’ For Employee Referral guidelines, FAQs and the Compass Employee Referral Policy, email MyReferral@compass-usa.com. Click here to view the step-by-step instructions to refer a friend to this position.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Pediatric Home Health Dietitian/ Outpatient Peds (FT) to join our Nutrition Team in an acute care medical center in Charlottesville, VA. 

 

Interested in a career in Pediatric Nutrition?  Want to connect with pediatric RDs to learn, feel supported, and grow together? Desire an interdisciplinary team that values Registered Dietitian Nutritionists as the go-to person for clinical nutrition needs?  If so, we have a role for you.  At the University of Virginia Health, we boast a team of 18 talented pediatric RDs, who are eager to support and train a new teammate who is passionate about pediatrics.  Our RDNs are a fundamental part of our NICU, PICU, pediatric inpatient and over 15 pediatric outpatient clinics.  We strive to learn, teach and mentor, and our collaboration with physicians, NPs, SLPs pharmacists, social workers, RN care coordinators and many others helps to make our work patient-centered, progressive, and rewarding.  If you're looking for a place to start a fulfilling career or advance your current career in more specialized practice, we'd love to hear from you. 

 

This pediatric RD will be skilled in providing nutrition assessment and medical nutrition therapy to the pediatric patient, and will communicate with appropriate provider teams regarding intervention, education and follow up of patients. This full time 40 hour per week position will join our pediatric team of 17 RDs, 12 hours per week will be in the Developmental Pediatric Clinic, 4 hours per week in the International Family Medicine clinic and 24 hours week in pediatric home health.  Obtaining CNSC (Certified Nutrition Support Clinician) or similar certification is strongly recommended within two years of hire. The outpatient pediatric nutrition support role at the UVA home health agency (Continuum) includes coordinating home nutrition support and/or oral intake with monitoring of home enteral nutrition orders, formula recipes, and communication with families and outside providers as needed.  This role does not require home visits.

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides medical nutrition therapy including nutrition assessment, diet modification, nutrition education, and intervention for the patient population
• Follows all guidelines as outlined within the Company Diet Manual and the Clinical Nutrition Policies & Procedures Manual
• Complies with all regulatory standards to include federal, state, and accrediting agencies while adhering to facility confidentiality, HIPAA regulations, and patient rights policies
• Trains and mentors patient services staff and interns as applicable