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Dietitian (Clinical)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 57 days ago
Hybrid Indianapolis, IN $51K – $98K Apply by Jul 28, 2026 Dietitian And Nutritionist ESFJINFJISFJISTJ Healthcare
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The incumbent serves as a Dietitian (Clinical) at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center. The Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center is a 1a-High Complexity Facility, that serves over 67,000 unique patients and has 13 off site community clinics, in addition to the homeless team, the community based extended care programs and a 50 bed Domiciliary.
What You'll Do
- →Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Conducts comprehensive nutrition assessments using the Nutritional Care Process nutrition diagnosis and determine risk and/or degree of malnutrition.
- →Develops and implements Medical Nutrition Therapy to address the nutrition diagnosis, evaluates and monitors the effectiveness and outcomes of MNT interventions.
- →Calculates nutrient requirements and necessary diet restrictions or food and drug interactions tailoring the diet prescription to each individual patient.
- →Documents MNT in the medical record using the Assessment, Diagnosis, Intervention, Monitoring, Evaluation format.
- →Functions independently and accurately when record keeping.
- →Identifies patients in need of nutritional support and recommends the appropriate mode of support and communicates appropriately with the health care team.
- →Actively participates in formal and informal interdisciplinary team meetings.
- →Assesses educational needs and provides nutrition education/counseling for individuals and groups that is tailored to the Veterans.
- →Utilizes virtual care technology to improve access to care.
- →Maintains productivity standards.
- →Maintains accurate record keeping of daily clinical activities and completes patient encounters using approved systems.
- →Manages clinic grids to maximize access to nutrition services.
- →Ensures both virtual and face-to-face modalities of are available to meet the needs of patients.
- →Participates in service level strategic planning and implementation of new initiatives, policies, procedures, and goals.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 167de4c0-7b37-4597-95a8-e59cab8d18c5
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