Sports Dietitian - Nutrition Services - Full Time 8 Hour Rotating Shift (Exempt) (Non-Union)

About the role

The role provides nutritional expertise to student-athletes and staff.

Responsibilities

• Assess and analyze dietary practices, body composition, and energy balance of athletes in the context of athletic performance and health.
• Aid Little Galen Dining Hall in developing and maintaining performance-friendly menus.
• Counsel athletes on optimal nutrition for exercise training, competition, recovery from exercise, weight management, hydration, immunity, disordered eating, travel, and supplementation.
• Provide personalized fueling plans to promote achieving short- and long-term goals for athletic performance and good health.
• Address nutritional challenges to performance, such as food allergies, bone mineral disturbances, gastrointestinal disturbances, iron depletion, and iron-deficiency anemia.
• Counsel athletes on optimal nutrition for recovery from illness or injury.
• Coordinate nutritional care as a member of multidisciplinary sports medicine teams for conditions such as disordered eating.
• Evaluate dietary supplements based on rules and regulations of the NCAA and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).
• Document nutrition services provided and evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition strategies towards meeting desired outcomes.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of all departmental and university policies and procedures, as well as applicable government and industry standards, and ensure adherence to them.
• Coordinate nutrition for team travel (catering, hotels, airlines, competition).
• Aid in the management of fueling stations and procurement of goods.
• Aid in the management of the student-internship program and dietetic interns.
• Aid in the development of policies and processes ensuring quality and consistency in clinical, food service, and education programming through training and quality management studies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in nutrition, exercise physiology, or related field required.
• 1-3 years Experience in related field.
• Attention to detail when performing assigned tasks.
• Excellent time and priority management, organizational, and record-keeping skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to interact with a wide variety of individuals within a diverse environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills, presentation, and counseling skills.
• Ability to work a non-standard workweek which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to operate with the highest standards of impartiality and professional treatment.
• Ability to comply with disclosure regulations relative to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPPA).

Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian - RD Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the American Dietetic Association.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association.
• Fire Life Safety Training (LA City).

Skills

Not specified.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$84,365.00 - $138,330.00 annually.

Schedule

Not specified.