Registered Dietitian

About the role

The Registered Dietitian will provide telephonic education and support to members with chronic illness. The role includes improving health outcomes, promoting preventive care, communicating with healthcare professionals, and linking members with appropriate resources.

Responsibilities

• Provides nutrition education and wellness coaching to help promote the member's ability to self-manage.
• Conducts assessments, surveys, and develops an education plan to deliver health education to members.
• Create a personalized action plan that includes short and long-term goals, specific activities, and interventions to achieve goals.
• Aids the member and caregiver in understanding their illness, making lifestyle changes, adhering to medication regimens, and collaborating with providers to develop symptom response plans.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams, identifies and addresses barriers preventing members from meeting their goals, and counsels individuals on daily nutrition and medical nutrition therapy.
• Assists clients in identifying, prioritizing, and implementing choices, empowering them to reach their goals through direction, encouragement, accountability, and counseling.
• Provides advice and instruction for fitness, good nutrition, and managing weight, stress, and health into a participant’s lifestyle.
• Commits to continued learning in all areas relevant to the position.
• Maintains and develops knowledge about various health topics and behavior change strategies.
• Utilizes established workflows and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders.
• Complies with all policies and procedures to ensure that the program's outcomes meet HEDIS and NCQA standards.

Requirements

• 5+ years related work experience in working with acute and chronic populations to provide nutritional/health education, self-management, wellness, and support in related topics.
• Related Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Food and Nutrition, Dietetics, or Health Education.
• Required Registered Dietitian Certification upon hire.
• Experience working in outpatient clinical settings or predominantly telephonic nutrition health education and coaching is highly preferred.
• Experience in health behavior change, health coaching, or health education is a plus.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills and ability to effectively interact with persons from a variety of backgrounds and experiences in a professional, diplomatic, and courteous manner.
• Excellent analytical/critical thinking skills, including the ability to identify problems, research and analyze issues from different perspectives, organize information, reach sound conclusions, and make appropriate decisions.
• Excellent computer skills including working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Word, and Excel and the internet.
• Highly organized and proficient individual that can work quickly and with little direction.
• A "team" player able to work well in an energetic, dynamic, and deadline-oriented environment.

What We Prefer

• State (Florida) Registered Dietitian.
• General Physical Demands: Sedentary work, exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally to move objects. Jobs are sedentary if traversing activities are required only occasionally.
• Must be able to travel occasionally to multiple locations for work (i.e., travel to attend meetings, events, conferences).

What We Offer

• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and global travel health insurance; income protection benefits; leave programs; retirement savings plan; paid time off, volunteer time off, 10 holidays, and 2 well-being days; additional voluntary benefits; and a comprehensive wellness program.
• Competitive pay and opportunities for incentive or commission compensation.
• Annual reviews with pay for performance considerations for base pay increases.
• Typical Annualized Offer/Hiring Range: $65,400 - $81,700; Annualized Salary Range: $65,400 - $106,200.
• Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to cultivating a work experience where everyone feels like they belong and can perform at their best in pursuit of our mission.