Pediatric Registered Dietitian (Remote) - Maryland

About the role

Provide family-centered medical nutrition therapy. Virtual visits with children, adolescents, and caregivers (individually or together) using developmentally appropriate, evidence-based approaches.
Assess and plan. Conduct comprehensive nutrition assessments (growth trajectories, dietary intake, feeding dynamics, food access, labs, medications, comorbidities) and build individualized care plans using the Nutrition Care Process.
Support sustainable behavior change. Help families make practical changes around meals, snacks, beverages, and the home food environment, reinforcing team goals for movement and sleep, without shame.
Support patients on weight-management medications. Monitor nutritional adequacy, GI tolerance, appetite changes, and under-fueling; watch for signs of disordered eating and collaborate with the prescribing and behavioral health clinicians when concerns arise.
Keep records that hold up. Timely documentation using the Nutrition Care Process and standardized terminology, supporting continuity, medical necessity, and payer requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide family-centered medical nutrition therapy.
• Conduct comprehensive nutrition assessments and build individualized care plans.
• Support sustainable behavior change in families.
• Monitor nutritional adequacy and collaborate with clinicians.
• Timely documentation using the Nutrition Care Process.

Requirements

• Minimum qualifications: Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) in good standing with the CDL, licensed / registered in good standing in Maryland, 2+ years providing pediatric nutrition care, strong foundation in pediatric growth assessment and family-centered medical nutrition therapy, comfortable screening for signs of disordered eating, and coordinating with medical and behavioral health clinicians.
• Minimum qualifications: Board certification in pediatric nutrition (CSP), obesity and weight management (CSOWM), or the CDR obesity training certificate, credentialing-ready: active NPI, current CAQH profile, and existing Medicaid enrollment or commercial payer enrollment, familiarity with obesity medications and GLP-1-supported nutrition care, motivational interviewing training, or experience with responsive feeding and challenging family feeding dynamics, experience with Medicaid-insured families, or families navigating food insecurity and other structural barriers, Spanish or other non-English language proficiency.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications: Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) in good standing with the CDL, licensed / registered in good standing in Maryland, 2+ years providing pediatric nutrition care, strong foundation in pediatric growth assessment and family-centered medical nutrition therapy, comfortable screening for signs of disordered eating, and coordinating with medical and behavioral health clinicians.
• Minimum qualifications: Board certification in pediatric nutrition (CSP), obesity and weight management (CSOWM), or the CDR obesity training certificate, credentialing-ready: active NPI, current CAQH profile, and existing Medicaid enrollment or commercial payer enrollment, familiarity with obesity medications and GLP-1-supported nutrition care, motivational interviewing training, or experience with responsive feeding and challenging family feeding dynamics, experience with Medicaid-insured families, or families navigating food insecurity and other structural barriers, Spanish or other non-English language proficiency.

Skills

• Family-centered medical nutrition therapy.
• Comprehensive nutrition assessments.
• Sustainable behavior change.
• Mental health integration.
• Weight management medications monitoring.
• Timely documentation.

Benefits

• Guaranteed weekly blocks of work.
• Paid in full whether or not every slot fills.
• Malpractice insurance coverage.
• Paid orientation to Tailwind’s systems, clinical protocols, and workflows.
• All state licensing, credentialing, and payer enrollment, paid by Tailwind.
• EHR, telehealth technology, scheduling, and care coordination support.
• Clinical protocols, case consultation, ongoing education.

Pay

$50-70 per hour for guaranteed weekly blocks, paid in full whether or not every slot fills.

Schedule

• Part-time and fully remote in consistent weekly blocks.
• Initially looking for 12 hours a week in blocks from 3-7 pm on two weekdays and 9-1 pm on Saturdays.
• Hours will then grow with patient volume and your availability.
• Patient care: Virtual visits with children, adolescents, and parents, together or individually.
• Between sessions: Brief check-ins and care team coordination are all paid.
• Tailwind is not a crisis service, and all visits are scheduled.