Campus

OSU-Center for Health Sciences

Contact Name & Email

Jeff Kellerman, Jeff.Kellerman@okstate.edu

Work Schedule

Typically, Monday through Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm.

Appointment Length

Regular Continuous/Until Further Notice

Hiring Range

Commensurate with education and experience

Priority Application Date

While applications will be accepted until a successful candidate has been hired, interested parties are encouraged to submit their materials by to ensure full consideration.

Special Instructions to Applicants

For full consideration, please include a resume, cover letter and contact information for three professional references.

About this Position

Grant-Funded Position Statement

This is a grant-funded position supported through the HRSA Telehealth Nutrition Services Network Grant Program. Continuation of the position is contingent upon available funding, program needs, and institutional approval.

The Registered Dietitian / Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD/RDN) will serve as a core clinical member of the OSU Medicine Virtual Nutrition Network, a HRSA-funded telehealth nutrition services program designed to expand access to evidence-based nutrition services for rural and medically underserved communities across Oklahoma. The RD/RDN will provide virtual medical nutrition therapy, nutrition assessment, individualized nutrition care planning, patient counseling, group education, and ongoing nutrition support for adults with diabetes, cardiovascular disease/hypertension, mental health-related nutrition needs, and food access barriers. This position will work collaboratively with OSU Medicine Virtual Care, rural originating clinic sites, primary care providers, the OSU Medicine Virtual Nursing Team, the Community Health Worker, and program leadership to support chronic disease management, Food as Medicine workflows, patient engagement, and long-term program sustainability.

Work Environment

This position will be based within OSU Medicine Virtual Care and will provide services primarily through telehealth. The RD/RDN will work with rural clinic partners across Oklahoma and may participate in occasional site visits, training sessions, partner meetings, or community outreach activities. The role requires comfort working in a technology-enabled care model using video visits, Epic documentation, remote patient monitoring data, and interdisciplinary virtual care workflows.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in nutrition, dietetics, or related field required for candidates already credentialed as an RD/RDN.
  • Graduate degree required for candidates who became eligible for the RD/RDN registration examination on or after January 1, 2024, consistent with Commission on Dietetic Registration requirements.
  (degree must be conferred on or before agreed upon start dates.
  • Experience providing medical nutrition therapy, nutrition assessment, and individualized nutrition counseling.

Certifications, Registrations, and/or Licenses:

• Registered Dietitian or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist credential through the Commission on Dietetic Registration required.
• Current Oklahoma Licensed Dietitian status, or eligibility to obtain Oklahoma licensure prior to providing patient care, required.

Skills, Proficiencies, and/or Knowledge:

• Knowledge of chronic disease nutrition management, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, obesity, food insecurity, and behavioral health-related nutrition barriers.
• Ability to provide patient-centered counseling using culturally responsive and health-literacy appropriate communication.
• Strong documentation, communication, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.
• Ability to work with rural clinics, patients, providers, virtual care teams, and community-based partners.
• Experience in telehealth, rural health, primary care, chronic disease management, or population health.
• Experience with Epic or other electronic health record systems.
• Experience supporting patients with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, obesity, food insecurity, depression/anxiety-related nutrition barriers, or medication-related metabolic concerns.
• Experience working with Community Health Workers, care managers, virtual nursing teams, or interdisciplinary care teams.
• Familiarity with Food as Medicine models, social determinants of health, and community resource navigation.

Working Conditions

Ability to lift and carry 8 - 10 pounds, stoop, reach, stand, walk, finger, grasp, feel, talk, hear, see, and perform repetitive motions with or without reasonable accommodations.