Clinical Supervisor, RDN
Job Details
- Experience
- At least 5 years of clinical registered dietitian experience
Requirements
- Hold an active Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) credential in good standing with the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
- Hold active dietitian licensure or credentialing in the state of practice wherever required.
- Have at least 5 years of clinical registered dietitian experience, substantially focused on chronic disease management.
- Have experience in diabetes, cardiovascular disease, oncology, or weight management.
- Demonstrate experience delivering Medical Nutrition Therapy, nutrition education, and individualized counseling to vulnerable, medically complex, or diverse populations.
- Be familiar with evidence-based behavior-change approaches, particularly Motivational Interviewing.
- Have strong clinical documentation and care-planning skills.
- Be comfortable delivering nutrition services through telehealth or other remote care platforms.
- Be able to assess complex needs, identify risk factors, recognize when escalation is necessary, and develop person-centered care plans.
- Be able to translate clinical evidence and guidelines into protocols, workflows, educational resources, and standards of care.
- Be able to train, support, and provide clinical guidance to RDNs and other nutrition professionals.
- CDCES certification is strongly preferred and required for certain health plan contracts; additional listed certifications and prior supervisory experience are preferred.
Responsibilities
- Develop a scalable clinical nutrition model with program leadership and founding RDNs.
- Create condition-specific nutrition protocols for diabetes, oncology, cardiovascular disease, and weight management involving GLP-1 medications.
- Define nutrition intake tools, assessment procedures, clinical flagging criteria, and escalation pathways.
- Establish counseling frameworks and integrate Motivational Interviewing, Stages of Change, and SMART goal-setting.
- Develop documentation requirements, quality metrics, outcome tracking, and clinical resources.
- Conduct nutrition assessments, create individualized care plans, and deliver Medical Nutrition Therapy and counseling.
- Coordinate care, referrals, follow-up, and escalation with health plan care teams and care coordinators.
- Provide clinical oversight, chart audits, case reviews, onboarding, and training for the RDN network.
- Advise on complex, high-acuity, or ethically sensitive cases and facilitate peer learning.