The Athletics Dietitian reports to the Director & Assistant Director of Sports Nutrition to provide comprehensive nutrition services to the OU athletics department. Primary responsibilities include providing appropriate nutrition strategies to student athletes, supervising, and managing intern program and be a collaborator with all disciplines including nutrition staff, sports medicine, strength and conditioning, sport science, psychological services, and team staffs.
Essential Functions:
Individual Nutrition Counseling
Assess and analyze dietary practices, body composition, and energy balance of athletes in the context of athletic performance and health
Counsel athletes on optimal nutrition for exercise training, competition, recovery from exercise, weight management, hydration, immunity, disordered eating, travel, and supplementation
Outline personalized meal and snack plans to promote achieving short- and long-term goals to support health and athletic performance
Develop and counsel regarding hydration protocols
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)
Develop educational resources to support nutritional independence
Maintain documentation nutrition services provided and evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition strategies towards meeting desired outcomes
Teams/group education
Recommend appropriate pre-, during, and post-exercise fluids and snacks for individual team practice, and competition
Educate regarding food selection (grocery store tours, food storage) and food preparation (cooking classes)
Serve as a nutrition resource for coaches, sports performance staff, athletic trainers, food service personnel, and parents
Food Service and Menu Development
Collaborate with team(s) to develop and manage team meal menus
Coordinate nutrition for team travel (catering, hotels, airlines, competition)
Oversee fueling stations and procurement of goods
Leadership
Collaborate with other nutrition staff members to develop the strategic plan for the program, which includes setting short- and long-term goals, monitoring team performance and reporting on metrics
Mentor student-internship program and dietetic interns
Remain current with the latest performance nutrition scientific research and translating this to policy and practice
Execute the Policies and Processes of OU Sports Nutrition and ensure quality and consistency in clinical, food service, and education programming through training and quality management studies
Compliance with the rules & regulations of the University, the NCAA, SEC, and the State of Oklahoma or any other governing body is of paramount importance to the University
Professional Development
Maintain dietetic registration and continuing education requirements
Stay current on food, nutrition, and health issues including research related to sports nutrition
Miscellaneous
Other duties as assigned by Director & Assistant Director of Nutrition