Sports Dietitian (Professional Women's Hockey League and Raiderettes)

Sports Dietitian

Salary Range: $75,000-$115,000 based on experience.

Position Summary

The Sports Registered Dietitian provides comprehensive sports nutrition services for the Raiderettes dance team and Professional Women's Hockey League athletes. This position supports athlete health, performance, recovery, injury prevention, and overall well-being through evidence-based nutrition interventions. Working as an embedded member of the sports medicine and performance team, the Sports Dietitian collaborates with coaches, athletic trainers, physicians, strength and conditioning professionals, and mental health providers to optimize performance and readiness for competition. The position supports both individual athletes and team-wide nutrition initiatives.

Essential Responsibilities

Individualized Athlete Care

• Conduct comprehensive nutrition assessments for professional athletes and performers.
• Develop individualized fueling, hydration, recovery, and supplementation plans.
• Provide medical nutrition therapy for athletes with specialized health concerns.
• Monitor nutrition-related outcomes and adjust care plans based on performance demands, training cycles, travel schedules, and injury status.
• Address body composition, energy availability, menstrual health, bone health, and performance nutrition concerns.

Performance Nutrition Programming

• Develop sport-specific nutrition strategies for training, competition, recovery, and off-season periods.
• Create hydration and recovery protocols for practices, games, performances, and travel.
• Support pre-event, during-event, and post-event fueling plans.
• Assist with training table recommendations, team meals, snack programs, and fueling station management.
• Evaluate and provide guidance regarding dietary supplements and performance products.

Education and Behavior Change

• Provide one-on-one nutrition counseling utilizing advanced behavior change techniques.
• Deliver educational presentations for athletes, coaches, and performance staff.
• Develop evidence-based nutrition resources and educational materials.
• Promote healthy relationships with food, body image, and long-term wellness practices.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

• Collaborate with sports medicine, rehabilitation, and performance staff to support athlete care plans.
• Participate in multidisciplinary case reviews and return-to-play discussions.
• Coordinate referrals to healthcare specialists when needed.
• Support injury rehabilitation through targeted nutrition interventions.

Technology, Research, and Analytics

• Utilize nutrition-related technologies to assess nutrition needs and monitor outcomes, including indirect calorimetry, nutrient analysis software, and other performance tools.
• Track and evaluate athlete performance and nutrition-related metrics.
• Apply current sports nutrition research and best practices to athlete care.
• Assist with quality improvement and performance enhancement initiatives.

Mentorship and Program Development

• Serve as a resource to athletes, coaches, and healthcare professionals.
• Mentor dietetic interns, new dietitians, and nutrition support staff as appropriate.
• Contribute to the development of sports nutrition policies, protocols, and best practices.
• Build partnerships that advance sports nutrition services within the organization and community.

Minimum Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) credential through the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• Licensed or license-eligible as required by state regulations.
• Completion of an ACEND-accredited dietetics program and supervised practice program.
• Master's degree in Nutrition, Exercise Science, Sports Nutrition, or related field.
• Strong communication, counseling, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD).
• Experience working with professional, collegiate, elite, or tactical athletes.
• Experience supporting female athletes and dancers.
• Experience in performance nutrition, hydration assessment, body composition management, and supplementation.
• Two or more years of sports nutrition or clinical nutrition experience.
• Experience utilizing sports nutrition technology and performance analytics.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Sports nutrition and performance optimization.
• Advanced counseling and motivational interviewing techniques.
• Medical nutrition therapy.
• Nutrition-focused physical examination.
• Nutrition technology and data analytics.
• Evidence-based practice and research interpretation.
• Program development and implementation.
• Professional communication and relationship building.

Working Conditions

• Part-time position supporting both the Raiderettes and Professional Women's Hockey League organizations in Las Vegas.
• Schedule may include practices, games, performances, team travel, evenings, weekends, and special events.
• Frequent interaction with athletes, coaches, trainers, medical staff, and organizational leadership.
• Combination of office, training facility, performance center, and event environments.