Performance Dietician

About the role

The Performance Dietitian provides specialized nutrition care and performance-focused dietary guidance to optimize the health, recovery, and operational readiness of personnel. This role includes individual counseling, group education, laboratory-informed assessment, and operational nutrition support across training and rehabilitation environments.

Responsibilities

• Function as direct access providers, evaluating and counseling personnel without a referral.
• Provide individual and group nutritional planning, screening, assessment, intervention, counseling, and documentation that is guided by evidence-based peer-reviewed literature.
• Collaborate with, advise, collaborate, and consult with the chain of command on issues pertinent to all aspects of nutrition.
• Conduct individualized nutrition assessments, which may include ordering labs and hydration assessment.
• Provide small and large group education on performance nutrition.
• Develop protocols to optimize performance and readiness.
• Develop protocols for rehabilitation and return to duty.
• Serve as an advisor and consultant on dining facility and/or galley nutrition and coordinate between food service and command.
• Serve as a primary advisor on sports foods, dietary supplements, medical foods, and performance enhancing substances within the POTFF program and unit/Command.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nutrition Science (Master of Science, preferred) or related field and hold certification from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) as a Registered Dietitian (RD).
• Master’s degree may be replaced with five (5) plus years of paid, full-time experience as a Sport and/or Performance Dietitian with individual athletes and groups of athletes at the levels of NCAA Collegiate Division I, Olympic, professional sports, USAF CRAFT, USAF SWTW, and/or SOF Operators in the accompanying, respective settings.
• Minimum of three (3) years or more of demonstrable accumulated experience as a Sport and/or Performance Dietitian with individual athletes and groups of athletes at the levels of NCAA Collegiate Division I, Olympic, professional sports, USAF CRAFT, USAF SWTW and/or SOF Operators in the accompanying, respective settings.
• Possess a specialty certification as a Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD).
• If deferred, the contractor shall earn the CSSD within six (6) months of employment.
• Possess certifications and/or diplomas relevant to a Performance Dietitian's practice are desired, but not required: International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK) Level 1 & 2, International Olympic Committee Diploma in Sport Nutrition, Integrative and Functional Nutrition Certified ProfessionalTM (IFNCP), Associate of Science or Bachelor of Science degree in Culinary Arts/Science/Nutrition, or Professional Culinary Experience (i.e., Chef, Sous Chef, Line Cook, etc.).

Qualifications

• Required: US Citizenship.
• Clearance: Secret or Top-Secret Clearance, or the ability to obtain clearance.

Skills

• Clinical Staffing
• Counseling
• Documentations
• Inservice Training
• Office Administration

Benefits

Comprehensive health and wellness packages, including a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. Short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career. Cutting-edge technology you can learn from. Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays.

Pay

$72,877 - $98,599

Schedule

40 hours per week