Dietitian

The Clinical Dietitian is responsible for performing a variety of specialized duties related to the nutrition counseling of patients / families for Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) diet education for complex medical conditions such as diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. The primary emphasis is to serve our clients and members with comprehensive, value based, nutritional care to achieve definitive outcomes that improve a patient's quality of life. To provide optimal patient care, the Clinical Dietician should have an awareness of current practice guidelines, common barriers to care, patient motivational factors, availability of technology, regulatory aspects, and the value perspectives of self-insured employers.
Principal Roles and Responsibilities:
Meet with patients individually (via telehealth) to provide extensive nutritional and lifestyle education to improve health and lower healthcare costs
Work closely with patients to achieve sustainable weight loss
Educating patients on appropriate community resources
Evaluating nutritional and lifestyle outcomes and developing impactful reporting
Formulate clinical recommendations and visit summaries to communicate effectively with healthcare providers and patients
Proactively identify and address barriers to effective patient care delivered through the PBM
Collaborate with departments to develop and capitalize on technology and health information
Leverage presentation skills by delivering reporting as needed, in partnership with the account manager, to clients on the clinical aspects of their benefit plan
Educate clients on clinical programs and solutions to increase rate of implementation and adoption of such programs
Plans, organizes, and directs responsibilities delegated by Clinical Innovation Pharmacist
Minimum Requirements (Experience + Education)
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each Principal Role and Responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor Degree Required
Registered Dietician Certification (CDR)
State Certification or Licensure
Strong work experience counseling individuals in an outpatient setting with complex disease states to prevent complications
Strong familiarity with current treatment standards and options for common metabolic conditions including diabetes and obesity
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Experience using MS Word, Excel, and Outlook, with experience creating and updating Excel spreadsheets
Experience/Skills:
Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing with colleagues, clients, and patients
Ability to work independently with minimal supervisory oversight
Ability to identify patient diet/lifestyle barriers and assist patient with strategies to overcome them
Significant experience with motivational interviewing and patient education/engagement
Ability to prioritize and have good organizational skills
Capable of interfacing with True Rx clients and owners to provide solutions to problems
Must be proficient in all Microsoft Office products
Need to be flexible and work as a team player
Demonstrates strong attention to detail
Need to be adaptable and have different responsibility given periodically
Travel as required
True Rx Health Strategist Benefits:
Path to Wellness: Health, Vision, & Dental Insurance, Health Savings Account, and Wellness Incentives for a balanced life.
Financial Fitness: 401k Matching and Employer-Provided Life Insurance to secure your future.
Work-Life Harmony: Flex Time, Hybrid/Fully Remote Work, Paid Time Off, and 8 Paid Holidays for a well-rounded lifestyle.
Our Story:
We’ve been pharmacy innovators since the Wright Brothers took flight. For more than 120 years, we have been innovating pharmacy solutions and taking care of patients. True Rx Health Strategists is led by a fourth generation of pharmacists. We are family-owned and continue to provide caring service for clients and patients. Our team of pharmacists and strategists delivers proven programs that find maximum savings and minimum disruption by creating a benefits plan that fits the unique needs of clients and patients. Learn more about us here.
Our Mission:
True Rx Health Strategists cultivates health, integrity, innovation, and care to transcend pharmacy benefit solutions for employers and patients.
Learn more about our remarkable team members.
Our Promise:
As a pharmacist-led company, True Rx Health Strategists has an oath to treat members as patients. With our experience as health care providers, we protect companies against waste in health care spending and work hard to improve the health of employees every day. We get to improve lives by treating employees as our patients. Here are a few words from one of those lives.
True Rx Health Strategists hires equally for culture fit and technical skills and experience. If you have the aptitude and attitude, we can help you grow your career through training, mentoring, increasing responsibility, and being around other rock star team members.

True Rx Health Strategists is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
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