Registered Dietitian (6-Month Contract; Flexible Schedule)
Work Location: Remote (California) Employment Type: Six-month Full-time 1099 contract (contract-to-hire) Hourly Rate: $40 - $45 Flexible Schedule
- Minimum commitment of 6 hours per day; 8 hours per day preferred
- Split shifts are acceptable (e.g., daytime + evening hours) as long as patient care needs are met
Our Company: Unika Health is an AI-powered, physician-led chronic care platform that helps healthcare providers manage patients beyond traditional clinic visits. By combining connected health devices, intelligent monitoring, and coordinated care teams, Unika enables continuous care for patients living with chronic conditions. Our approach bridges the gap between clinic visits and everyday life, helping providers deliver more proactive and personalized care with the best clinical outcomes. Unika Health is a wholly owned subsidiary of iHealth Labs, Inc., a well-established U.S.-based digital health company known for its innovative consumer health technologies and connected medical devices. Key Responsibilities:
- Collaboratively develop an individualized care plan, behavior goals and learning objectives with patients of chronic conditions, especially diabetes and hypertension. Provide individual case management to patients and keep documents under HIPAA compliance.
- Use the established Standards of Practice and Professional Performance (SOP/SOPP) in diabetes care, hypertension management and relevant chronic disease management and evidence-based practice guidelines to determine the educational interventions for each individual.
- Collaborate with primary care physicians and other clinicians while utilizing the iHealth Share Care platform and devices designed to track and monitor outcomes and provide remote vitals monitoring and educational interventions.
- Provide remote support to patients in the iHealth Unified Care program through the online platform during shifts.
- Work with a cross-functional clinical operation, clinical research and product team to develop and constantly improve digital health solutions for chronic disease management
- Develop clinical protocols and educational content for our diabetes and hypertension self-management education program that meets AADE and AHA standards.
- Teach our elderly patients on how the mobile app and medical device works, as well as helping them with troubleshooting with any tech issues. This role requires you to be tech-savvy, and you must be comfortable with working with our internal messaging (Google Hangout, Zoom, Google spreadsheet, pdf, printers, etc. ). Also requires you to be patient and able to explain technology to a non-tech savvy population.
- Other duties and projects as assigned.
License/Certifications
- RD/RDN (Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist)
- 2 plus years of clinical experience required
- CDCES, Lipid Specialist, Cardiovascular related experience highly preferred
Qualifications and Skills:
- Excellent communication skills in patient care
- Excellent trainability and flexibility
- 2 years or more experience working with patients with Diabetes/Hypertension/Kidney Disease/Cardiovascular Diseases in a clinical setting
- Ability to perform standard clinical procedures according to established protocols
- Ability to educate patients and/or families as to the nature of disease and to provide instruction on proper care and treatment
- Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards
- Ability to adapt to fast-pace working environment and multi-tasking
- Must be a good team player or even a team leader
- Must have basic good computer skills
- Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking ability
- Ambitious and willing take risks and challenges
- Flexible on traveling among different clinic sites and events planning in local communities (estimation is up to 20%)
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