Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Clinical RD position for the Clinical Center of the NIH

The Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health is recruiting for a Clinical Research Dietitian in Bethesda, MD.  The job announcement can be found at www.usajobs.gov if you search for job announcement number CC-10-436640-CRS.  Or, you can try accessing the job announcement directly by clicking this link:

The instructions for applying can be found on the job announcement.  Please note that the posting closes on September 3, 2010.



Here is a look at the major duties of the position:
If you are selected for this position, your duties will include but are not limited to the following:
·         Provide individual nutrition care to patients; screening newly admitted patients and gaining pertinent background information and diet history to assess the medical and research care priorities; providing all components of the Nutrition Care Process (assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and monitoring/evaluation) to patients. 
·         Actively participates in the health care team by attending rounds, advising and informing the multidisciplinary health care team about the patient's nutritional care and nutrition research issues.
·         Provide nutrition research services to support protocols in assigned areas.  This may include research design, protocol management, data collection, reporting body composition assessment, and administering and analyzing food questionnaires.
·         Direct the Health Technicians (Dietetics) in the management of nutritional care and research support.
·         Provide training and in-service for medical/professional staff, dietetic interns, students and support personnel

Please feel free to contact me with questions about the position.

Thanks,

Merel Kozlosky, MS, RD
LCDR, US Public Health Service
Director, Dietetic Internship and Supervisory Metabolic Dietitian
NIH Clinical Center
Phone:  301-451-5884

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