Part-Time Registered Dietitian (Preventive & Lifestyle Medicine Focus)

<div class="content-intro"><p>Akido builds AI-powered doctors<strong>.</strong> Akido is the first AI-native care provider, combining cutting-edge technology with a nationwide medical network to address America’s physician shortage and make exceptional healthcare universal. Its AI empowers doctors to deliver faster, more accurate, and more compassionate care.</p> <p>Serving 500K+ patients across California, Rhode Island, and New York, Akido offers primary and specialty care in 26 specialties—from serving&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91231274/how-one-la-doctor-is-using-ai-to-help-homeless-communities-get-medical-care">unhoused communities</a>&nbsp;in Los Angeles to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ai-doctor-will-see-new-york-ride-share-drivers-now-5ba53e6c?mod=Searchresults_pos1&amp;page=1">ride-share drivers</a>&nbsp;in New York.</p> <p>Founded in 2015 (YC W15), Akido is expanding its risk-bearing care models and scaling&nbsp;ScopeAI, its breakthrough clinical AI platform. <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250515102298/en/Akido-Raises-%2460-Million-Series-B-to-Expand-Reach-of-ScopeAI-its-Breakthrough-Health-Artificial-Intelligence">Read more about Akido’s $60M Series B</a>. More info at <a href="http://Akidolabs.com">Akidolabs.com</a>.</p></div><h2>The Opportunity</h2> <p>We’re building something new for New York City’s independent drivers — the people who keep the city moving but are often left out of traditional healthcare systems. Together with the <a href="https://driversguild.org/">Independent Drivers Guild</a> and the <a href="https://workersbenefitfund.com/">Workers Benefit Fund (WBF)</a>, we launched the <a href="https://workerhealthyliving.org/">Worker Healthy Living Program</a> (WHLP) — a lifestyle medicine–informed program designed to help drivers live healthier, longer lives through food, movement, sleep, stress management, and community.</p> <p>We’re looking for a <strong>Registered Dietitian (RD)</strong> who believes nutrition is not about restriction or perfection — but about empowerment, cultural relevance, and sustainable change. This role is for a dietitian who wants to move beyond one-off counseling sessions and instead help design, deliver, and scale a <strong>relationship-based, group-oriented nutrition model</strong> for an underserved workforce.</p> <p><strong>This isn’t a traditional outpatient dietitian role.</strong> You’ll be part of a small, interdisciplinary care team — including physicians, advanced practice clinicians, a health coach, social worker, and medical assistant — working across in-person, virtual, and community-based settings. You’ll lead nutrition-focused group visits, support six-month lifestyle medicine programs, and work closely with clinicians to integrate nutrition into chronic disease prevention and management.</p> <p>Beyond direct care, you’ll help shape how nutrition shows up in the model itself — from curriculum and educational materials to workflows, patient engagement strategies, and digital tools. You’ll partner with Akido’s AI-powered platform to make nutrition care more accessible and personalized, while keeping the human connection front and center.</p> <div class="relative basis-auto flex-col -mb-(--composer-overlap-px) [--composer-overlap-px:28px] grow flex"> <div class="flex flex-col text-sm pb-25"> <article class="text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])>*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]" data-turn-id="request-WEB:ac01e0e0-93a0-46c6-a29a-2e529c58de63-1" data-testid="conversation-turn-4" data-scroll-anchor="true" data-turn="assistant"> <div class="text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)"> <div class="[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn"> <div class="flex max-w-full flex-col grow"> <div class="min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1" data-message-author-role="assistant" data-message-id="30bdf78d-521f-4b04-b6a3-8a5b9ad9d028" data-message-model-slug="gpt-5-2"> <div class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]"> <div class="markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling"> <p data-start="157" data-end="539">This is a&nbsp;<strong data-start="167" data-end="194">zero-to-one opportunity</strong>. You’ll be joining early, with real ownership over how the program is built and grown — from how nutrition care is delivered to how the model scales across New York City. We’re looking for someone who’s energized by ambiguity, comfortable experimenting, and motivated to help turn a promising pilot into a sustainable, community-centered model.</p> <p data-start="541" data-end="829">WHLP is grounded in evidence and designed to prevent and manage chronic conditions such as obesity, pre-diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, while also addressing the real-life barriers that shape health — including stress, isolation, financial strain, and work-related challenges.</p> <p data-start="831" data-end="1099">If you’re passionate about behavior change, community health, and building trust with populations that have been historically underserved — this is your opportunity to help reimagine what <strong data-start="1019" data-end="1052">registered dietitian–led care</strong> looks like in primary care from the ground up.</p> <hr data-start="1101" data-end="1104"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <h2>You’ll Be a Great Fit If You</h2> <ul> <li>Thrive in collaborative, interdisciplinary care teams</li> <li>Are comfortable working in an early-stage, evolving environment and helping create structure where none exists yet</li> <li>Enjoy both direct patient care and program design</li> <li>Believe nutrition education should be practical, culturally responsive, and grounded in real life</li> <li>Want to build long-term relationships with patients — not just deliver one-time advice</li> <li>Are excited to work across settings, from a community clinic in Williamsburg to virtual and mobile care across NYC</li> </ul> <hr> <h2>What You’ll Do</h2> <ul> <li>Provide individual and group-based nutrition care to program participants</li> <li>Lead and co-facilitate shared medical visits focused on nutrition within a Lifestyle Medicine framework</li> <li>Design and deliver practical, culturally relevant nutrition education for drivers with diverse backgrounds and schedules</li> <li>Collaborate closely with physicians, advanced practice clinicians, health coaches, and social workers to support whole-person care</li> <li>Support prevention and management of chronic conditions including diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and hyperlipidemia</li> <li>Help design, refine, and scale nutrition workflows that are accessible, engaging, and sustainable</li> <li>Contribute to the development of patient-facing educational content, tools, and resources</li> <li>Provide real-time feedback on digital and AI-enabled tools used to track progress and personalize nutrition support</li> <li>Participate in community events, enrollment activations, and outreach efforts</li> <li>Pilot new models of group nutrition care, mobile programming, and community-based engagement</li> <li>Help ensure nutrition remains a central pillar of the program as it grows and scales</li> </ul> <hr> <h2>Who You Are</h2> <h3>Required Qualifications</h3> <ul> <li>Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) credential</li> <li>Active New York State licensure or eligibility</li> <li>2+ years of experience in clinical nutrition, community nutrition, or chronic disease management</li> <li>Strong communication, facilitation, and cross-cultural skills</li> <li>Comfort working in group settings, virtual care, and community-based environments</li> </ul> <h3>Preferred Qualifications</h3> <ul> <li>Experience with lifestyle medicine, preventive care, or cardiometabolic health</li> <li>Experience working in a startup or early-stage program environment</li> <li>Background in community health, public health nutrition, or food systems</li> <li>Experience leading group education or shared medical visits</li> <li>Bilingual</li> <li>Interest in digital health and openness to using AI-enabled tools to support care</li> <li>Deep personal or professional connection to the communities we serve</li> </ul> <hr> <h2>Work Environment</h2> <p>This is a <strong>hybrid role</strong>, with work spanning community clinics, partner organizations, and virtual platforms across New York City. You’ll also spend time collaborating in person from <strong>Akido’s Brooklyn headquarters</strong>, using the office as a home base for care team connection, planning, and program development.</p> <p>Flexibility is essential, as the role may involve nontraditional hours — including early mornings, evenings, or weekends — to meet drivers where they are.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">Hourly pay range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$40</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$52.80 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Akido Labs, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage qualified applicants of every background, ability, and life experience to contact us about appropriate employment opportunities.</p></div>