Provides nutritional expertise to student-athletes and staff. Primary responsibilities include individual nutrition counseling; team education; leading internship program; serving as a food and nutrition resource for coaches, athletic trainers, and sports performance staff; and maintaining professional competency and skills required for professional practice.
Departmental Specific Summary
Essential Duties
- Assess and analyze dietary practices, body composition, and energy balance of athletes in the context of athletic performance and health.
- Assist Little Galen Dining Hall in the development and maintenance of performance friendly menus.
- Counsel athletes on optimal nutrition for exercise training, competition, recovery from exercise, weight management, hydration, immunity, disordered eating, travel, and supplementation.
- Provide personalized fueling plans to promote achieving short- and long-term goals for athletic performance and good health.
- Address nutritional challenges to performance, such as food allergies, bone mineral disturbances, gastrointestinal disturbances, iron depletion, and iron-deficiency anemia.
- Counsel athletes on optimal nutrition for recovery from illness or injury.
- Coordinate nutritional care as a member of multidisciplinary sports medicine teams for conditions such as disordered eating.
- Evaluate dietary supplements based on rules and regulations of the NCAA and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)
- Document nutrition services provided and evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition strategies towards meeting desired outcomes.
- Assists in the management of the program budget and adherence to budget guidelines and analyzes for cost effectiveness. May approve expenditures for specific program areas.
- Maintains a thorough understanding of all departmental and university policies and procedures, as well as applicable government and industry standards, and ensures adherence to them.
- Coordinate nutrition for team travel (catering, hotels, airlines, competition)
- Assist in overseeing fueling stations and procurement of goods
- Assist in management of student-internship program and dietetic interns
- Assist in Developing Policies and Processes. Ensuring quality and consistency in clinical, food service, and education programming through training and quality management studies.
- Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
Required Qualifications:
- Req Bachelor's Degree in nutrition, exercise physiology, or related field required
- Req 1-3 years Experience in related field
- Req Attention to detail when performing assigned tasks
- Req Excellent time and priority management, organizational, and record-keeping skills
- Req Excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to interact with a wide variety of individuals within a diverse environment
- Req Strong interpersonal skills, presentation, and counseling skills
- Req Ability to work a non-standard workweek which may include nights, weekends, and holidays
- Req Ability to operate with the highest standards of impartiality and professional treatment
- Req Ability to comply with disclosure regulations relative to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPPA)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Pref Master's Degree in nutrition, exercise physiology, or related field
- Pref Experience as a registered dietitian in a health care or educational setting
Required Licenses/Certifications:
- Req Registered Dietitian - RD Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the American Dietetic Association
- Req Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association
- Req Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) If no card upon hire, one must be obtained within 30 days of hire and maintained by renewal before expiration date. (Required within LA City only) ***Per LA Fire City Code regulations If working within the following areas, employee is exempt from this requirement: Student Health Center and Athletics facilities (within “B” occupancy).
USC Care Medical Group serves as the sole physician entity reporting to the USC Health System, uniting faculty clinical practice under Keck Medicine of USC. This entity oversees clinical governance, physician and ambulatory services, and core enterprise functions including billing, contracting, and financial operations. The organization encompasses 17 clinical departments, with approximately 1,500 physicians and 2,000 staff delivering care across more than 80 locations from Kern County to Orange County and into Las Vegas. USC Care Medical Group is the engine for patient-centered growth—advancing quality, safety, access, and financial strength through integrated, system-level thinking that transcends silos and traditional models. By building bridges across the enterprise, embracing innovation, and leveraging technology, we deliver seamless, 5-Star access and service while expanding clinical reach and diversified models of care. Our work fuels a sustainable cycle of good health—organizationally, financially, and within the communities we serve—driving continued growth from within and beyond the system’s boundaries.
The annual base salary range for this position is $84,365.00 - $138,330.00. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.
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