Part-Time Registered Dietitian (Preventive & Lifestyle Medicine Focus)

About the role

We are building a program for independent drivers in New York City. The program is called the Worker Healthy Living Program (WHLP) and is designed to help drivers live healthier, longer lives through nutrition, movement, sleep, stress management, and community.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group-based nutrition care to program participants
• Lead and co-facilitate shared medical visits focused on nutrition within a Lifestyle Medicine framework
• Design and deliver practical, culturally relevant nutrition education for drivers with diverse backgrounds and schedules
• Collaborate closely with physicians, advanced practice clinicians, health coaches, and social workers to support whole-person care
• Support prevention and management of chronic conditions including diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and hyperlipidemia
• Help design, refine, and scale nutrition workflows that are accessible, engaging, and sustainable
• Contribute to the development of patient-facing educational content, tools, and resources
• Provide real-time feedback on digital and AI-enabled tools used to track progress and personalize nutrition support
• Pilot new models of group nutrition care, mobile programming, and community-based engagement
• Help ensure nutrition remains a central pillar of the program as it grows and scales

Requirements

• Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) credential
• Active New York State licensure or eligibility
• 2+ years of experience in clinical nutrition, community nutrition, or chronic disease management

Qualifications

• Strong communication, facilitation, and cross-cultural skills
• Comfortable working in group settings, virtual care, and community-based environments
• Experience with lifestyle medicine, preventive care, or cardiometabolic health
• Experience working in a startup or early-stage program environment
• Background in community health, public health nutrition, or food systems
• Experience leading group education or shared medical visits
• Bilingual
• Interest in digital health and openness to using AI-enabled tools to support care
• Deep personal or professional connection to the communities we serve

Skills

• Experience with lifestyle medicine, preventive care, or cardiometabolic health
• Experience working in a startup or early-stage program environment
• Background in community health, public health nutrition, or food systems
• Experience leading group education or shared medical visits
• Bilingual
• Interest in digital health and openness to using AI-enabled tools to support care
• Deep personal or professional connection to the communities we serve

Benefits

• Flexible work schedule
• Hybrid role, with work spanning community clinics, partner organizations, and virtual platforms across New York City
• Opportunity to join a zero-to-one opportunity and help shape a new model of care

Pay

Hourly pay range: $40 - $52.80 USD

Schedule

This is a hybrid role, with work spanning community clinics, partner organizations, and virtual platforms across New York City. You'll also spend time collaborating in person from Akido's Brooklyn headquarters.