Nutrition Support Dietitian

Option Care Health

Registered Dietitian providing clinical support and education for enteral and parenteral nutrition patients. Working closely with sales and clinical teams across multiple locations in the United States.

Posted 7/29/2026full-timeDover • New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $70,218 - $117,008 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in conducting comprehensive nutrition assessments and developing nutrition care plans for parenteral and enteral nutrition patients. Possesses strong leadership skills to educate and empower staff while collaborating effectively within multidisciplinary teams.

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Registered DietitianEnteral NutritionParenteral NutritionBoard Certification in Nutrition SupportClinical Program Implementation

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Hard Skills

Nutrition AssessmentNutritional Requirements CalculationPatient EducationClinical Data AnalysisNutrient Intake Estimation

Soft Skills

Leadership SkillsEffective CommunicationOrganizational SkillsFlexibilitySelf-Directed

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft Office

Certifications & Qualifications

Registered Dietitian LicenseCPR CertificationPQIs Board Certification in Nutrition Support

Industry Keywords

Home Health ExperienceNutrition SupportClinical CompetencePatient Care ProcessReimbursement Guidelines

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provides day to day clinical support of parenteral nutrition (PN) patients.
Performs comprehensive nutrition assessments, develops and implements nutrition care plans and provides nutrition education and guidance to patients, caregivers and clinical staff.
Conducts nutrition assessments on assigned patients according to developed standards and evidence-based practice.
Completes clinical review on new enteral patients to ensure orders are appropriate for home, recommend free water flushes, adhere to formulary supply, and confirms path to payment based on insurance guidelines.
Reviews new parenteral patients to ensure orders are safe and clinically appropriate for the home setting.
Evaluate patients for appropriateness of initiating parenteral nutrition in the home setting by completing full nutrition assessments and assisting in the coordination of this therapy in the home.
Conducts patient education/teaching in areas of parenteral and enteral nutrition, in-person or phone-based, when necessary according to the needs of the business.
Participates or leads discussions on PN patients during daily or weekly team meetings, and collaborates regularly with pharmacy and nursing team on the care plan for PN patients.
Works closely with account managers and regional sales directors to support nutrition-related sales activity and account relationships within assigned territory on a regular basis to ensure appropriate market penetration for nutrition services.
Participates in office strategic sales planning and program implementation.
Acts as a liaison to nutrition support physicians, nutrition support teams, customers, and sales staff.
Maintains knowledge of EN and PN products and basic reimbursement guidelines to effectively answer questions for patients, referral sources, prescribers and the organization’s employees.
As pertinent to nutrition therapy, may be involved in monitoring clinical key performance indicators such as: patient census, patient satisfaction, clinical competence, nutrition assessments, and performance improvement activities.
Identifies opportunities for improvement and communicates to appropriate managers and Area Manager, Nutritional Services.
Defines and implements Action Plans to continually improve the patient care process.
Develops, implements, and evaluates continuing education, orientation, and in-service education programs in coordination with corporate, clinical, and sales management. Educational topics to include clinical nutrition, reimbursement and formulary compliance.
Assists in the orientation and training of new Registered Dietitians, sales professionals and other nutrition-support related staff.
The RD is field-based and may support assigned Care Management Center(s) (CMC) remotely.
Uses clinical data to identify and diagnose nutrition-related problems, selects appropriate interventions, tracking progress toward goals.
Performs nutritional assessments using various techniques including but not limited to: estimation of nutrient intake, calculation of nutritional requirements, anthropometrics, evaluation of selected laboratory results and assessment of drug-nutrient interactions.
Communicates findings of nutritional assessments to appropriate disciplines and documents with progress notes and assessments of patients’ medical records.
Participates in professional organizations.
Participates in on-call Dietitian Rotation
Observe legal and ethical guidelines for safeguarding the confidentiality of patient and proprietary Option Care information.
Accepts other responsibilities and duties that may be assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Registered Dietitian with a license/certification in the current state of practice, as appropriate.
Two years of experience with enteral and parenteral nutrition as a nutrition support professional.
Board Certification in Nutrition Support or intent to receive within 1 year of hire.
Current CPR certification if patient facing
Ability to travel within assigned territory and attend required meetings.
Leadership and supervisory skills.
Ability to plan, organize, implement, and evaluate clinical programs that will meet the needs of the office and community served.
Ability to educate and empower staff to implement nutrition service processes in the home care setting.
Flexibility and the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
Ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written) with team members.
Self-directed, able to work without the presence of an immediate supervisor.
Intermediate competency with Microsoft Office software.
Ability to work under stressful conditions.
PQIs Board Certification in nutrition support.
Previous home health experience.
Sales and marketing experience.
Advanced degree in nutrition or business preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
Paid Time off
Bonding Time Off
401K Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match
HSA Company Match
Flexible Spending Accounts
Tuition Reimbursement
myFlexPay
Family Support
Mental Health Services
Company Paid Life Insurance
Award/Recognition Programs