Provide virtual medical nutrition therapy and behavior-change counseling to children and adolescents with obesity and weight-related health concerns, working directly with caregivers as part of a family-centered care plan. Care focuses on improving growth, nutrition, metabolic health, and sustainable habits rather than weight loss alone. The role is integrated with physicians, behavioral health clinicians, and care coordinators, with ongoing longitudinal follow-up and support for families navigating medications, food access, and other practical barriers.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide family-centered medical nutrition therapy to children, adolescents, and caregivers through scheduled virtual visits.
- Conduct comprehensive nutrition assessments, including growth patterns, dietary intake, feeding dynamics, food access, labs, medications, and comorbidities.
- Build individualized care plans using the Nutrition Care Process and developmentally appropriate, evidence-based approaches.
- Support practical behavior change around meals, snacks, beverages, sleep, movement, and the home food environment.
- Monitor nutritional adequacy, gastrointestinal tolerance, appetite changes, and under-fueling in patients using obesity management medications.
- Screen for signs of disordered eating and coordinate care with prescribing clinicians and behavioral health team members when concerns arise.
- Document care timely and clearly using standardized terminology to support continuity, medical necessity, and payer requirements.
- Participate in brief check-ins and care team coordination between sessions as part of longitudinal care.
Required
- Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) in good standing with the CDR.
- Current and complete CAQH profile.
- At least 2 years of pediatric nutrition care experience with children, adolescents, and caregivers.
- Experience with pediatric overweight or obesity, or work in integrated health settings.
- Strong foundation in pediatric growth assessment and family-centered medical nutrition therapy.
- Comfort screening for disordered eating and collaborating with medical and behavioral health clinicians.
Preferred
- Board certification in pediatric nutrition (CSP), obesity and weight management (CSOWM), or the CDR obesity training certificate.
- Motivational interviewing training.
- Experience with responsive feeding and challenging family feeding dynamics.
- Experience with Medicaid-insured families or families facing food insecurity and other structural barriers.
- Spanish or other non-English language proficiency.
Benefits & Perks
- Fully remote, part-time schedule with consistent weekly availability.
- Paid scheduled hours while the weekly block is being filled.
- Malpractice insurance coverage.
- Paid orientation to Tailwind systems, clinical protocols, and workflows.
- State licensing, credentialing, and payer enrollment paid by Tailwind.
- EHR, telehealth technology, scheduling, and care coordination support provided.
- Clinical protocols, case consultation, and ongoing education included.
- Paid brief check-ins and care team coordination between sessions.