Introduction

Are you a Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) with a heart for helping people? A passion for nutrition supporting our well-being? Are you looking to work for a company whose true focus is the health and happiness of its patients and to be supported in your position to give your best and being recognized for doing so? If your answers are yes, then this is the position you have been waiting for and Nutrition with Heart would love to have you!

Nutrition with Heart (Courage, Connection, Grace) is excited to offer a position for its next:

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)

What Nutrition with Heart is Looking For: 

Nutrition with Heart (NWH) is pursuing a kind-hearted, innovative, and energetic Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) to work in collaboration facilitating our patients through the nutrition change process towards embracing an anti-inflammatory dietary style, a positive relationship with food, and a lifestyle supportive of well-being.

Nutrition with Heart is committed to supporting patients on its anti-inflammatory, heart-healthy, and healing dietary style while practicing joy in the experience of eating. This approach has led many of its patients to experience greater health outcomes by way of improved labs, better disease management and/or reversal, greater knowledge and confidence with food and eating, and healthful weight changes/loss (for those pursuing this). Nutrition with Heart is looking for an RDN to support and further develop its dietary style and approach focused in anti-inflammatory and heart-healthy eating, which will be elucidated and discussed further upon interview. 

Practice, Location, and Plans for Growth:

Nutrition with Heart is an independent, family-oriented, warm, and friendly nutrition and lifestyle wellness practice. Nutrition with Heart is devoted to assisting others with healthy nutrition, fitness, chronic disease management and prevention, and lifestyle wellness, using evidence-based practices with a heart-centered approach.

Nutrition with Heart is located in gorgeous downtown Edmonds, just two blocks from the serene Edmonds waterfront. Taking walks to the charming downtown Edmonds area or to the waterfront as part of self-care are encouraged and is a perk of its wonderful location. The NWH practice space is located in a welcoming family practice office in a Victorian home-style setting. Nutrition with Heart is dedicated to wonderfully serving its patients and community as is reflected by receiving the 2023 Best of Edmonds Award for Dietitian/Nutritionist and is one of the highest rated dietetics practices in the greater Seattle area per Google reviews. One is encouraged to read the online reviews as this best tells the story of NWH coming from the best and most important part of the practice, its patients.

Nutrition with Heart is a company on the grow with a substantial waiting list of patients wanting to be seen. Beyond servicing the needs of new patients, NWH is ready to begin its social media campaign to communicate its practices and greatly amplify its presence and business in the nutrition and wellness sphere. Nutrition with Heart practices its proprietary anti-inflammatory and cardiometabolic friendly diet (derived from evidence-based guidelines) with particular nutrients of focus that has led to a high degree of success in healthful weight change/loss, health outcomes, and long-term sustainability for its patients.

Our dietary approach (Nutrition) is backed by its powerful, positive, and uplifting message (with Heart). Growing and augmenting this healthful way of eating through greater RDN support, a rich online recipe database of NWH recipes, cooking videos highlighting recipes on its YouTube channel, own app, and promoting a positive relationship with food and experience of eating through encouraging messaging on social media platforms is the focus of this next stage of growth. 

Benefits of Working at Nutrition with Heart:

Nutrition with Heart is proud to offer its RDN’s a strong base salary, full and comprehensive benefits, a flexible working schedule, hybrid model, and the opportunity to earn more income if so desired through its quarterly bonus arrangement. 

Benefits

- Medical Insurance

- Dental Insurance

- Vision Insurance

- 401(k) Plan

- Flexible work hours

- Hybrid Model

- Free parking

- Paid Time Off/Vacation

Compensation and Quarterly Bonus:

- A strong and competitive salary with benefits is offered for a reasonable workload and patient volume. Charting and follow-up’s included in total patient volumes per week. 

- NWH believes those who would like to go above and beyond should be rewarded, and is proud to offer a quarterly bonus system to our dietitians who are motivated to see more patients and increase income. For dietitians who see an average of two patient hours per week above the base weekly patient volume over an annual quarter will be given a $1000 bonus at the end of that quarter. For an increase of four patient hours per week over the weekly base volume for an annual quarter a $2000 bonus will be awarded. For an average increase of six patient hours above the base volume over a quarter a $3000 bonus will be given, and for an average of eight patient hours above the base weekly volume over a quart a $4000 bonus will be given. 

- The beginning, non-bonus, salary is equivalent to an hourly rate of $35/hour. 

The hours of this position can be variable in the beginning from 28-40 hours per week. Full-time hours (40 hours/week) are ultimately desired. Benefits as listed previously are provided beginning at 34 hours per week. If less than these hours are desired and you would still like to work for Nutrition with Heart and be a part of it a pay-per-claim and base-hourly pay arrangement may be created.

Core Responsibilities:

This position may morph and evolve over time depending on proclivity, ability, and agreement about where energy and focus are best directed. Thus, percentage of responsibilities are somewhat malleable and will follow the needs of the company and naturally inclined skillsets. A general outline of workflow is as follows:

1. Appointments with Patients (55-65%)

- Direct patient counseling – done in-person or telehealth

- Noting/charting as necessary

- Synthesizing notes and writing clear, supportive, and encouraging follow-up emails with goals and clarity on next scheduled appointment(s) and next steps

- Ensure chart note information is accurate and up to date

- All proper information for submission of insurance claims completed by the end of each week

2. Responsibilities Associated with Patient Sessions (5-10%)

- Scheduling – initial appointments, reschedules, no shows, last minute change requests – Proper communication and management of patient volume

- Accumulation of the quantity of patient sessions at the end of each week/month/quarter.

- Answering patient questions related to supporting them on their diet and goals

- Support ensuring patients have a clear understanding of what to do and how to do it

3. Nutrition with Heart Community – Participation and Connection (5-10%) 

- Rounding – with other RDN’s creating case-studies and being able to share and discuss patient scenarios, successes, and learning and growth opportunities.

- Group meetings and training, collaboration.

- Community and brand-building events

4. Project Creation and Company Development (25%)

- Recipe development and/or contribution to company recipe database

- Nutrition analysis and/or entering data into NWH recipe database and nutrition analysis software

- Creation of NWH educational content, lessons, and delivery of this content

- Social media content creation

- Coordination with social media/admin on content creation, patient scheduling, and needs

- Ideas, suggestions, creation of content, and implementation of strategies on how to grow NWH and service the community

- Community outreach

Required Qualifications:

- Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)

- Licensed as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in Washington State, or ability to do so within two weeks of hire. 

Meaningful Strengths, Certifications, Education and Experience:

- Recipe modification and/or creation, joy of cooking, experience or education in culinary arts, professional kitchens, food industry

- Strong working knowledge of the cardiometabolic sphere of nutrition and dietetics

- Strong knowledge and experience and/or certification in health and wellness coaching or facilitation 

- Background, degree, and/or certification in exercise, exercise science, personal or group fitness instruction

- Strong background in diabetes, and/or CDCES certification

- Food Handlers Permit (or ability to attain shortly after hire)

Attributes and Qualifications Desired:

- Digital native, familiar, comfortable, and savvy with technology

- Familiar and well-oriented with social media platforms, trends, traits that create influencers, and knowledge on how to grow presence in social media

- Passion for nutrition, health, and well-being of others particularly those we serve

- Passionate and driven towards change and the mission of Nutrition with Heart

- Thorough, clear, and careful in communication--in all mediums

- Team-oriented, with mindset of meeting team objectives is highest priority

- Problem-solver, resourceful, and dependable

- Kind, courteous, warm

To Accompany Your Application:

Please write a minimum of two to three sentences on your interest in this role with NWH to accompany your application. A formal cover letter is not required but preferred and will be strongly considered. References may be requested prior to hiring.

Nutrition with Heart will do everything possible to collaborate to create a supportive, energizing, and fun team dynamic. Nutrition with Heart is focused on the right chemistry creating a dynamic of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. I am excited to work with you in this fashion and in doing so do good for the community we serve.