About the role
Well capitalized startup seeks exceptionally capable and passionate Dietitians to change the way we think about health and life.
Note- Candidates would first undergo a full time paid internship of 2 months, and if the performance criteria is met, the role would transition into a full time job.
What you'll be doing
You'll work collaboratively with a team of health professionals to treat, prevent, and cure lifestyle diseases.
Your primary role would involve counselling and understanding the patient deeply to figure out their routine, their lifestyle and dietary choices, and make customized diet plans in accordance with recommendations and inputs of other healthcare professionals, ensuring alignment with their medical guidance to improve their diet.
Your role would involve correcting the myths and misconceptions and provide clear explanations and reasoning to ensure accurate understanding about nutrition.
You'll be responsible making the right dietary decisions after receiving inputs from a different professions ( Ayurveda and MBBS) and create a perfect balance between the requirements of every health professional
We're looking for the following qualities:
1. Passion- Passion is at the forefront of our enterprise. We need passionate individuals who have a deep sense of purpose in their field.
2. Excellent communication- We value communication over knowledge, because unless you're able to communicate, the patient is not going to get comfortable with you. You must have the ability to explain complex concepts to the patient, raise awareness about their body, and make them comfortable to open up.
3. Technical expertise- You must possess a thorough knowledge of food, diet, food preferences and the nutritional harmony of different foods.
4. Empathy- You should have a deep sense of empathy, you must understand the patient coming from all sorts of backgrounds and culture.
5. Open to collaboration- our central service is associated with collaboration, it forms the major role of the job, you should be the person who thrives in collaboration and has the ability to make the best out of the team.
6. Attention to detail- you should have the ability to pay full attention to the patient's history, concerns, and ideas, and make meaningful observations and findings that are not necessarily tangible
7.Believer in Holistic Treatments- You should have a strong faith in holistic treatments, if you do not believe that a treatment requires various intervention to target apart from diet, you should not apply because rejection is likely.
What We expect:
We want to set a differentiated high bar that takes into account the soft skills and technical expertise mentioned above but not good grades/ academic performance. In fact, we do not look for your Grade/GPA/academic accomplishment, as long as you're able to show that you are passionate about food and have an expertise in figuring out the right food choices for different individuals, we would be glad to treat you as exceptionally qualified.
If you strongly think you have the qualities mentioned, and if you're able to prove that you're in the top 99th percentile of empathy, passion, willingness to collaborate, communication and your ability to use knowledge efficiently in your circle, you'll likely get the job.
Benefits
1. Work life balance- we'll ensure you log off strictly by evening after completing your 8-hour workday for the majority of days, we want to hire the efficient you, not the overworked you. The job involves high calibre collaboration, strong decision making, and empathetic approach towards the patients. Therefore, we value the efficiency you put in the job and not the hours.
2. Attractive packages- We're offering a starting salary of 35,000 per month or 4.2 LPA, which may go up in the next year. Associated benefits like PF, insurance will not be part of your package in the initial 6 months, which means that you'll have a net salary closer to the package mentioned.
Note: The salary mentioned would be on a successful conversion of internship into a full time role if the performance criteria is met.
3. A chance to live closer to your home and have a low cost of living- Since the job is remote, you'll have to incur a lower cost of living by having the freedom to choose where you want to live.
4. No commission-based pay- You'll get a fixed pay, we're not a company that ties your performance to interact with as many patients as possible, we want you to put your passion into the role, and make sure that the patient receives the best treatments. You will be judged on your ability to treat, cure and prevent the diseases, and not the no of patients you interact with
Minimum Requirements
You must have completed Master's in any of these subjects; Food science and Nutrition/ Human Nutrition/ Clinical Nutrition/ Medical Nutrition Therapy/ Dietetics
Experience in creating diet plans and managing clients with medical conditions will be considered as an advantage.
The job is remote and requires consultation on video calls, We would expect the candidates to be comfortable with online tools, and also with online collaboration tools.
The hired person will have to arrange a quiet and suitable work from home environment where they could collaborate, consult, and have the space to think deeply and make decisions.
