Job Description:

Job Summary: This is a RARE NICU Clinical Dietitian role at MedStar Health! As a Clinical Dietitian, you will play a crucial role in providing personalized nutrition care to patients at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center. Your expertise will be instrumental in improving patients' overall well-being and helping them manage various medical conditions. If you are a motivated and compassionate Dietitian, join one of the largest healthcare systems in the Baltimore-Washington metro region also recognized as one of the "Healthiest Maryland Businesses". Apply today and learn how MedStar Health can be your next great career move! Primary Duties: ·         Conducts assessments for patients to establish diet and food guidelines. ·         Develop and implement an individualized plan for medical nutrition therapy in accordance with patients medical needs, goals and objectives. ·         Develop and obtain patient nutrition education materials. ·         Work closely with Food Service team to assure conformance to diet prescriptions. ·         Participate in orientation of new Food Service team members with diet orders and tray line procedures. Qualifications: ·         Bachelors degree in dietetics, nutrition required ·         1-2 years of previous experience providing nutrition therapy in a clinical setting preferably in acute care (as obtained in dietetics internship) required. ·         Registered Dietitian by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics required. ·         If licensed in another state, DC licensure must be applied for at time of start date.