Registered Dietitian (RD)

Rocky Mountain Diabetes Center•Idaho Falls, ID

About The Position

Rocky Mountain Diabetes Center is hiring a full-time Registered Dietitian to join its multidisciplinary diabetes care team. The position is primarily based in Idaho Falls and requires working 1–2 days per week in the Pocatello office. The role focuses on building ongoing relationships with patients and helping people with diabetes manage their condition through education, lifestyle strategies, medications, and diabetes technology. Compensation is based on education, credentials, and experience, with higher compensation for employees who hold the Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) credential. The Registered Dietitian works directly with people with diabetes and their families, collaborating with physicians and other providers. Education is provided through individual appointments, group classes, telehealth, and telephone support, and covers medications, nutrition, physical activity, diabetes technology, risk reduction, problem-solving, healthy coping, and behavior change. The role includes patient goal setting, follow-up, outcome tracking, and electronic medical record documentation as part of the center’s ADA-recognized diabetes education program. Specialists rotate through diabetes-related telephone support and an on-call schedule, primarily supporting newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes patients and families. Additional opportunities may include school and workplace training, community education, clinical research support, student mentoring, and developing patient education materials. The organization provides comprehensive, individualized diabetes care and works with the latest technologies, including continuous glucose monitors, insulin pumps, and automated insulin delivery systems. Rocky Mountain Diabetes Center describes itself as family-oriented, values its employees, encourages professional development, and aims to make a meaningful difference in patients’ lives.

Requirements

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.
Current Idaho license or credential when required by discipline.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, and patient education skills.
Strong computer and documentation skills.
Interest in diabetes care and technology.
Willingness to participate in the rotating on-call schedule.
Ability to work 1–2 days per week in Pocatello.

Nice To Haves

Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) credential; it is preferred but not required at hire and may be earned while working at the center.
Previous diabetes care, patient counseling, insulin pump, or continuous glucose monitor experience.

Responsibilities

Educate people with diabetes and their families through individual appointments, group classes, telehealth, and telephone support.
Provide education on medications, nutrition, physical activity, diabetes technology, risk reduction, problem-solving, healthy coping, and behavior change.
Train patients on insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors and review glucose and insulin-delivery data.
Collaborate with physicians and other providers as part of a multidisciplinary diabetes care team.
Participate in a rotating diabetes-related telephone support and on-call schedule, primarily supporting newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes patients and families.
Set patient goals, conduct follow-up, track outcomes, and document care in the electronic medical record.
Work 1–2 days per week in the Pocatello office; the position is primarily based in Idaho Falls.
Potentially contribute to school and workplace training, community education, clinical research support, student mentoring, and patient education materials.