Registered Dietitian

Suvida Healthcare; Phoenix, Northern (AZ, KY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay

Mental Health Coaching

Paid Time Off

Community Service Day

Parental Leave

401k Match

Job summary

Suvida Healthcare is seeking a Registered Dietitian to join a multidisciplinary team serving Medicare-eligible Hispanic seniors. You will assess nutritional needs and advance nutrition equity across clinic, home, and community settings.

This role includes lifestyle medicine programming, culinary medicine, and culturally relevant care. You will educate patients, lead classes, collaborate with care teams, and address social determinants of health. The position is on-site in Phoenix, AZ.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of RD experience, geriatrics preferred.
• Bilingual English and Spanish required.
• Experience teaching culinary medicine classes.

Responsibilities

• Provide nutrition counseling rooted in cultural humility to support individualized care plans.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to address nutrition insecurity and social determinants.
• Provide in-clinic, virtual and home-based nutrition care for patients.
• Lead culinary medicine classes and develop lifestyle programming.
• Develop and implement Suvida's lifestyle medicine programming.

Skills

Bilingual English/Spanish

Culinary medicine instruction

Lifestyle medicine program development

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or higher in Dietetics/Nutrition

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) or RD

Licensed Dietitian in AZ or eligible within 60 days

Job description

At Suvida Healthcare, we are not just caregivers; we're compassionate advocates dedicated to enriching the lives of our cherished seniors. As a Team Member with us, you will embark on a fulfilling journey where your skills and empathy converge to make a meaningful impact on the well-being of an underserved community and their families. Our multi-disciplinary primary care program is built to address the physical, behavioral, social, and cultural needs of Medicare-eligible Hispanic seniors.

Celebrate diversity and inclusivity in a workplace that attracts, engages, values, rewards, and recognizes the unique needs and backgrounds of both, our patients and our team. We believe that a rich tapestry of experiences, shared interests, and perspectives enhances the care we provide, making us a stronger, service-centered, and more compassionate healthcare family and Employer of Choice! Will you join us Suvidanos , to help achieve our Higher Purpose?

What Makes Us Unique

We are an empowered primary care team, clinical operations, and support team creating health equity through an exceptional clinical and consumer experience that improves the quality of life for the people, families, and neighborhoods we serve. We tailor our primary care program to the culture, language, social, and overall well-being of the seniors we serve.

How We Work

Our Culture & Core Beliefs

• Earn Trust
• Building Relationships
• Creating Joy
• Doing Right
• Improving Every Day
• Moving Forward
• Competitive Pay
• Free Mental Health & Life Coaching for Team Members and their Dependents
• Holiday Time Off with Pay
• Paid Community Service Day
• Paid Parental/Family Leave
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401k Retirement Plan with Company Match
• And much more....

What You'll Do

Position Summary

The Registered Dietitian (RD) will work with a multidisciplinary team at Suvida Healthcare to assess the nutritional needs of our patients and improve nutrition equity in our neighborhoods. This role is integrated into the care model of Suvida and requires expertise in working with patients with multiple chronic conditions. This clinician will work across the care spectrum from prevention to treatment utilizing the best technology and tools to provide high-quality and equitable nutrition care for our patients.

The RD will participate in Suvida's lifestyle medicine program which includes many food as medicine interventions like culinary medicine and food prescriptions. You will work with Suvida's leadership and care team to develop and implement culturally relevant care programs that address social determinants of health, improve patient outcomes, and increase patient satisfaction. Essential responsibilities consist of but are not all inclusive:

• Provide nutrition counseling rooted in deep cultural humility and inclusivity to support the individualized nutritional care plans for Suvida patients.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary team and community-based organizations to address nutrition insecurity and other related social and structural determinates of health.
• Provide in clinic, virtual and home-based individual and group nutrition care for Suvida patients.
• Lead culinary medicine classes and collaborate with other Suvida experts to develop and deliver lifestyle medicine programming that promotes optimal nutrition and health
• Assist with the development of Suvida's lifestyle medicine programming (culinary medicine, food RX, etc.).
• Provide interdisciplinary education and training to integrate and communicate nutrition principles that enhance patient outcomes.
• Collaborate as an integral member of the multidisciplinary health care team to implement nutrition care plans, establish and maintain policies, standards, and programs for optimal, cost-effective nutrition care for Suvida's patients.
• Other duties assigned.

What You'll bring - Education Requirements

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Dietetics, Food and Nutrition or related field (Master's degree preferred)
• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) or Registered Dietitian (RD)
• Licensed Dietitian (LD) State of Arizona or eligible within 60 days of hire

What You'll Bring - Experience Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a Registered Dietitian (adult geriatrics preferred)
• Bilingual (English and Spanish) required
• Experience teaching culinary medicine classes
• Experience working in lifestyle medicine related initiatives (culinary medicine, food RX, gardening, medically tailored meals) preferred
• Fitness and movement experience preferred

Suvida Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all Team Members and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any typewithregard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.