Specialist, Registered Dietitian

Description

Job Title: Registered Dietitian

Department: Operations - Health Programs

Reports To: Director of Health Programs

Grade: 7

Salary: $64,400-68,425

Status: Salary exempt, Full Time, Mostly Onsite 

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Feeding Tampa Bay serves ten counties in West Central Florida and is a leader in hunger relief across our region. Just last year, we served 85M meals to our neighbors through direct service and through our network of 400 food pantry partners. But, we know food alone won’t solve hunger — that’s why we’re redefining what it means to feed our region. By creating pathways to possibilities for nearly 1 million people, Feeding Tampa Bay connects and convenes solutions, partners and resources that nourish long-term stability. As a member of the Feeding America network, we will work to dismantle barriers for individuals, families and seniors across our area — because it’s possible.

JOB OVERVIEW

The Health Programs Registered Dietitian (RD) plays a critical role in advancing Feeding Tampa Bay’s health and nutrition initiatives by delivering evidence-based nutrition services to neighbors experiencing food insecurity. This position focuses on medically tailored meals, nutrition education, and individualized counseling, while also supporting innovative, revenue-generating nutrition programming. The RD works collaboratively across departments and with community partners to improve health outcomes, promote food as medicine, and expand the organization’s impact.

Medically Tailored Meals (MTM) & Medically Tailored Groceries (MTG)

• Collaborate closely with culinary and operations teams to develop medically appropriate, culturally responsive menus aligned with program standards and clinical guidelines for chronic conditions
• Conduct nutrition assessments to determine eligibility and referral into medically tailored meal and other health programs
• Perform ongoing nutrition reassessments to monitor participant progress, health outcomes, and program effectiveness
• Document assessments, reassessments, and outcomes in accordance with program, grant, and regulatory requirements
• Individual Nutrition Counseling
• Provide one-on-one nutrition counseling to neighbors by appointment, using a client-centered approach
• Support individuals with chronic disease management, preventive nutrition, and behavior change strategies
• Maintain accurate, confidential documentation consistent with privacy and data-use standards

Nutrition Education Collaboration & Development

• Design and deliver disease specific nutrition education materials or events for community members, partners, and program participants
• Collaborate with the nutrition education team to develop scalable nutrition and culinary curriculum for revenue-generating opportunities such as healthy cooking classes, workshops, and community trainings
• Ensure health programs education content is evidence-based, culturally relevant, trauma-informed, and health-literacy appropriate
• Create, review, and update nutrition education materials for all health and nutrition programs, including handouts, recipes, toolkits, and digital resources
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure materials align with organizational branding, health equity goals, and program objectives
• Health Programs Support & Coordination
• As part of the Health Programs team the RD would also assist with integrated health programming, such as but not limited to overseeing program packings, contribute to program planning, evaluation, and continuous quality improvement efforts
• Support grant reporting, data collection, and outcome measurement related to nutrition services
• Assist with health programming by coordinating food flow operations to healthcare partners, including collaboration between procurement, transportation and warehouse teams.
• Support programmatic grant implementation tasks as needed.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Exemplifies the desired culture and philosophies of Feeding Tampa Bay.
• Provide client-centered and community-centered nutrition services such as 1:1 nutrition counseling and community nutrition education at FTB’s Causeway Center
• Create clinically aligned, evidence-backed medically tailored meals menus to support Medically Tailored Meals programming 
• Support Health Programs team with FTB health and nutrition programming and initiatives 
• Comfortable with a combination of work environments such as office, kitchen, community and program sites 
• Serve as a first responder during natural disasters, supporting community distributions, emergency hotline coverage, and triage services as needed.
• Represent FTB and Health Programs internally and externally to the highest standard.
• Foster a positive and collaborative culture for Neighbors, volunteers, and peers within Health Programs. 
• Embrace, uphold, and embody FTB’s mission and Grow Code in neighbor, community, and internal interactions
• Maintain regular communication with supervisor
• Occasionally represent Feeding Tampa Bay at community events and meetings 
• Occasional evening or weekend classes or events may be required
• Assist other Feeding Tampa Bay staff on special projects
• Commit to upholding policies, principles and best practices for food safety, transportation and warehouse
• Other duties as assigned
• Innovative mindset with interest in sustainable, revenue-generating nutrition programming

Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Excel working in a fast-paced, evolving environment and demonstrate the ability to embrace the FTB’s commitment to treat all people with equity and respect in pursuit of our mission to feed people in need and mobilize our community to eliminate hunger
• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) credential, in good standing
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or a related field
• Experience in community nutrition, public health, clinical nutrition, or food access programs
• Strong communication and facilitation skills, with experience leading group education
• Ability to work effectively with diverse populations and communities
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Customer Service experience, a plus
• Experience working in low-income, culturally diverse community settings and a basic understanding of the challenges and barriers faced when individuals and families seek assistance. Knowledge and experience with homeless or housing-insecure populations, a plus
• Excellent verbal and interpersonal skills; especially demonstrated ability to work with and communicate effectively over the phone and in person
• Experience with public speaking and presentation skills. Facilitating internal and external training is a requirement of this role.
• Ability to work outside in Florida weather conditions during events (1-3 hours)
• Proven ability to handle and document deliverables and data from many sources. Spreadsheet skills a must.
• Ability to work constructively with individuals (colleagues, the public, and volunteers) from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds in culturally diverse work environments. 
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, Google Suite, Zoom, and Asana experience, a plus. 
• Possession of a valid Florida Driver’s license; may require driving within our 10-county service area
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams
• Comfort operating in both clinical and community-based settings
• Willing to actively participate in mission-driven programs, such as food distribution initiatives and disaster relief operations as needed.
• All internal candidates must be in good standing with no corrective actions within the last 90 days. 

Preferred:

• Experience with medically tailored meals, food as medicine, or chronic disease nutrition
• Background in curriculum development or adult education
• Familiarity with grant-funded programs, data tracking, and outcome reporting
• Bilingual or multilingual skills

Salary : $64,400 - $68,425