PERFORMANCE DIETICIAN

LTSi - Laredo Technical Services, Inc.•Tampa, FL

2d•$71,000 - $76,000

About The Position

The Performance Dietitian provides guidance and support for the specialized nutrition and human-performance requirements of Special Operations Forces (SOF) personnel. The role is performed by a credentialed Registered Dietitian or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and provides comprehensive nutritional care to optimize operator health, performance, readiness, and recovery. Services include proactive nutritional-risk identification; individualized and unit-specific nutrition planning; assessment, intervention, education, and counseling; and coordination with command, food service, and the interdisciplinary Human Performance team. Services must be performed within professional scope of practice, applicable privileges, and assigned responsibilities. The dietitian provides evidence-based individual and group nutrition services, develops fueling strategies, conducts assessments and counseling, creates and supports performance nutrition programs, and advises personnel and leadership. The role may include education, dining-facility or galley consultation, advice on sports foods and supplements, and support for rehabilitation and return-to-duty protocols. The dietitian collaborates with other Human Performance team members and may support activities in clinical, operational, training, austere, garrison, TDY/TAD, or deployed settings when required by the assigned billet and tasking. The position also requires collecting, documenting, and maintaining nutrition, performance, and service information in Government-designated systems, including HPDMS and the Electronic Health Record, as applicable. The listed salary range for the MacDill AFB, Florida location is $71,000–$76,000 per year; salary may vary by location and the final offer depends on qualifications and experience. This is a full-time position, Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. The position is for immediate hire upon contract award and completion of background and security investigations.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Nutrition Science or a related field.
Current Registered Dietitian or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD/RDN) credential issued by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
Current Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD) certification at the time of hiring, subject to an approved deferral where authorized by the Prime Contract.
At least three years of demonstrable accumulated experience as a Sport and/or Performance Dietitian working with individual athletes and groups of athletes in specified high-performance or tactical populations.

Nice To Haves

Master of Science degree.

Responsibilities

Provide evidence-based individual and group nutrition planning, screening, assessment, intervention, counseling, and documentation.
Identify nutritional risk factors and develop targeted interventions responsive to individual and unit mission requirements.
Develop and implement individualized and unit-specific fueling strategies to support training, readiness, performance, and recovery.
Advise supported personnel and leadership on nutrition matters relevant to operational readiness and performance.
Conduct comprehensive nutritional assessments and provide individualized counseling and education on nutrition, fueling, hydration, recovery, and related performance nutrition topics.
Support laboratory or hydration assessment activities when authorized within the assigned role and privileges.
Develop nutrition plans and interventions responsive to training demands, performance objectives, recovery needs, and identified nutritional risks.
Document assessments, counseling, interventions, recommendations, and follow-up activities in applicable Government-designated systems.
Develop protocols and support nutrition programs intended to optimize performance and readiness, including rehabilitation and return-to-duty protocols when applicable.
Provide small- and large-group education on performance nutrition and related topics.
Advise on dining facility or galley nutrition and coordinate between food service and command when required.
Advise on sports foods, dietary supplements, medical foods, and performance-enhancing substances within applicable professional and Government requirements.
Provide briefings, presentations, and educational sessions; consult with unit and command leadership; and support nutrition-related guidelines, protocols, and educational resources.
Participate in required meetings, working groups, program reviews, briefings, presentations, and other relevant program activities.
Collaborate as a member of the interdisciplinary POTFF Human Performance team with physical, cognitive, psychological, medical, strength and conditioning, and other personnel.
When required, support nutrition assessments, training, education, and activities in clinical, operational, training, austere, garrison, TDY/TAD, and deployed settings.
Collect, document, maintain, and report required nutrition, performance, service, readiness, training, and utilization information using Government-designated systems.
Maintain the accuracy, completeness, confidentiality, and integrity of information entered into approved systems.