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Inova Health System
Falls Church, Virginia

Registered Dietitian PRN - Thoracic Transplant

DietitianIncludes callPer Diem

Compensation

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The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Inova Fairfax Hospital Thoracic Transplant is looking for a dedicated Registered Dietitian to join the Team. This PRN role will be day-shift working Monday - Friday located in Falls Church, VA.

The 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.

Inova PRN Benefits and Perks

  • State-of-the-art medical and training facilities
  • Retirement benefits with match from day one
  • Free Parking to all employees
  • Exclusive savings opportunities to in-store events, theme parks, discounts, movie tickets and local offerings and so much more!

Registered Dietitian PRN 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

  • At least 1 year of acute care dietitian experience preferred.

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience.

And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Key Responsibilities

The Registered Dietitian provides safe and therapeutic nutritional care by assessing patient needs and formulating individualized nutrition plans. They collaborate with the multidisciplinary healthcare team to optimize patient outcomes and provide nutrition education to both patients and staff.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree (or Master's if registered after 1/1/2024) and be a Registered Dietitian. Additionally, a Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required within 3 months of hire.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Nutritional assessmentClinical nutritionPatient counselingCare planningMultidisciplinary collaborationData synthesisMedical record documentation

Dietitian Career Context

Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% are remote, 34% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Clinical Nutrition pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Registered Dietitian PRN - Thoracic Transplant at Inova Health System a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) — ranked against 3,176 active Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) listings on WeekdayDoc.

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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.4
Better work-life than 80% of Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,176 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site
  • Includes call

Living in Falls Church

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$781k
Typical market rent
$2,574/mo
Residents’ average commute
29 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Inova Health System

Hospitals and Health Care
Falls Church, Virginia
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Retirement benefits with match from day one
Free Parking
Exclusive savings opportunities