The Sports Dietitian assists the Director of Sports Nutrition in providing nutrition services to twenty-three Intercollegiate Athletic teams to assist student-athletes in achieving optimal athletic performance. Primary responsibilities include team and individual nutrition care, clinical or medical nutrition therapy, assistance with food service and team meals and creation and management of databases and ordering systems.

Job Responsibilities:

• Sport Nutrition: Manage and oversee nutrition for assigned sports; provide nutrition care to each assigned sport team (e.g., pre- and post-exercise nutrition and hydration, etc.); communication, education, assist in development of sport nutrition systems, assist in recruiting efforts as requested, plan incidental meals; coordinate meals for teams on-campus and for team travel.
• Counseling: Provide individualized nutrition care to student-athletes for health and performance; topics may include areas such as weight loss, weight gain, body composition, hydration, meal planning, and general nutrition education.
• Clinical: Provide medical nutrition therapy to aid in the health and wellbeing of student-athletes including but not limited to, disordered eating, injury, illness, blood laboratory values, disease states and conditions, and supplement education. Coordinate and integrate nutrition care services with other facets of health care, interacting and collaborating with physicians, athletic trainers, other health care professionals, coaches and athletics staff to provide holistic, high performance care to all student-athletes.
• Supplement and Vitamin Regulation: Research, evaluate, recommend, purchase, distribute and monitor vitamins/mineral supplements as well as permissible and effective nutritional supplements with attention to NCAA regulations and nutrition related bylaw.
• Create and manage databases and systems (e.g. vitamins, dietitian tracking database, etc.).
• Manage and direct student assistants & interns with fuel station staffing & operations, procurement system and supporting role of sports dietitian.
• Student-athlete meal card management for Thorntons' dining venue.
• Manage product budgets with established vendors for the department.
• Assist Director with staffing of fueling stations; supervise student assistants and interns as needed.
• Provide assistance on planning, developing, organizing, implementing, and evaluating all projects that support the vision of the Sports Nutrition Department.
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Sports Nutrition.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's in nutrition, dietetics or related field and two years of related experience.  Registered Dietitian, RD. The university offers market competitive salary and benefits.  Grade EAF Salary Minimum $45,000.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in collegiate Division I program
• Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics, CSSD