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
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Skills Required
- Bachelor Degree Required
- Registered Dietician Certification (CDR)
- State Certification or Licensure
- Strong work experience counseling individuals in an outpatient setting with complex disease states
- Strong familiarity with current treatment standards for diabetes and obesity
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience using MS Word, Excel, and Outlook
What We Do
True Rx Health Strategists is a pharmacy benefits manager for employee benefit brokers and self-insured employers who refuse to accept the health care paradox: spending more on pharmacy benefits while employees get sicker. As Health Strategists, we deliver transparent pricing and proactive, pharmacist-led solutions guided by clinical expertise, not financial incentives. Where traditional PBMs process claims, we solve health problems. Where others use call centers, we put pharmacists directly in touch with patients. Through health innovation, we address America's biggest health challenges including diabetes, obesity, and mental health. Our clinical programs deliver measurable outcomes: 93% of diabetes patients reach their A1C goals, and weight management patients average 6-15% weight loss. We deliver the True Experience through personalized support and exceptional care. Real-time answers from clinicians and account managers who know your employees. Transparent pricing with no hidden fees. A family-owned partner that answers to clients, not shareholders. Five generations of our family have been in pharmacy. We built True Rx to be the kind of partner we'd want if we were responsible for both the health and the costs of the people we serve. An Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Company, True Rx serves clients nationwide with industry-leading clinical outcomes and transparent pricing. For more information, visit truerx.com.
