Registered Dietitian

Contract Registered Dietitian: Food as Medicine (Remote, 1099)

Nurish'd | Remote (U.S.) | Contract / Independent Contractor | 10–40 hours per week, your schedule

Nurish'd is a food-as-medicine clinical platform. Our dietitians deliver Medical Nutrition Therapy alongside medically tailored meals, medically tailored groceries, and food access support, reimbursed through in-network payer contracts. When you tell a patient with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes what their plate should look like, you can also make sure that plate shows up at their door.

We do the credentialing. We credential you as an in-network provider under our group Type 2 NPI at no cost to you. You join 10+ existing payer contracts covering. No building your own panel. No negotiating rates. No two-year wait for a payer to open its network.

Patients come to you. Direct referrals from primary care physicians, partner clinics, and payers. You are not marketing yourself on Instagram, running lead magnets, or chasing discovery calls. You open your schedule and patients are in it.

We handle the parts of private practice that make people quit private practice. Eligibility and benefits verification, claim submission, denial management, appeals, and payment posting. You get paid for completed visits regardless of how long the payer takes to pay us.

No manual meal planning. Nurish'd Nutrition AI generates the meal plan based on the patient's clinical picture, food preferences, cultural foods, budget, and food access constraints. You review it, adjust it, approve it, and move on. The tool drafts; clinical judgment stays with you. It's there to give you your evenings back.

You get clarity on food consumption. Meals provided and consumed are treacked. No cumbersome food logging for your patients.

Real flexibility, not "flexible" flexibility. Minimum 10 hours per week, up to 40. You set your own availability and change it as your life changes. Keep your hospital job, your existing practice, your kids' schedule. Meet patients where they are: evenings, early mornings, weekends, whatever fits both of you.

You're joining a clinical team. Our Head of Nutrition leads a small, tight RD network with real case consultation, shared protocols, and clinical peer support.

What you'll do

• Conduct initial nutrition assessments and follow-up MNT visits via telehealth
• Develop and document individualized nutrition care plans using the Nutrition Care Process (ADIME)
• Provide MNT for diet related chronic conditions including type 2 diabetes and prediabetes, cardiovascular and metabolic disease, hypertension, obesity and weight management, GI disorders, chronic kidney disease, and GLP-1 supported care
• Review, tailor, and approve AI-generated meal plans; adjust for clinical needs, preferences, culture, budget, and food access
• Prescribe and coordinate medically tailored meals and grocery benefits where covered
• Use motivational interviewing and behavior change techniques to support sustainable habits
• Monitor progress across visits and adjust the care plan accordingly
• Document accurately and promptly in our HIPAA-compliant EHR to support clean claims
• Practice within your scope and licensure in every state where you see patients

CompensationActivityRatePatient consultation (60-minute / 4-unit visit)$65 per consultationAdministrative and charting time**$40 per hour**

A standard visit: one hour of face-to-face care plus 15 minutes (1 unit) of charting — pays $75 total per completed appointment.

Paid as an independent contractor (1099). Credentialing costs are covered by Nurish'd. No unpaid "availability" hours, no unpaid no-show slots.

Qualifications

Required

• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD/RDN) credentialed by the Commission on Dietetic Registration, in good standing
• Active state licensure or certification in at least one U.S. state where required
• Experience delivering Medical Nutrition Therapy for chronic disease
• Comfortable with telehealth delivery and EHR documentation
• Strong counseling skills, including motivational interviewing
• Willing to complete credentialing paperwork (CAQH profile, licensure verification, malpractice attestation) promptly
• Reliable high-speed internet and a private, HIPAA-appropriate space for patient visits

Nice to have

• Licensure in multiple states (we support and reimburse additional state licensure for RDs who want to expand)
• CDCES, CSOWM, CSR, or other advanced practice credential
• Experience with payer-billed MNT (97802 / 97803 / G0270) and in-network workflows
• Spanish or other second-language fluency
• Experience serving Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, or underserved populations
• Familiarity with food insecurity screening and food-as-medicine interventions

Why our team stays

Nurish'd grew out of Nutrimeals, a meal company we started in 2017 which means we spent years obsessing over whether people actually ate the food before we ever wrote a care plan. That customer obsession is still the whole point. We build the clinical infrastructure so dietitians can do the work they trained for, and so patients get an intervention that reaches their kitchen instead of stopping at their inbox.

If you've ever finished a great session and thought "...and now they go home to an empty fridge," this is the role.

How to apply

Send your resume and a short note about your clinical interests and the states you're licensed in. We'll follow up within a few business days to schedule an intro conversation with our Head of Nutrition.

Pay: $65.00 - $75.00 per hour

Work Location: Remote