Dietitian Working with Adults with IDD
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Job Description
Dietician for Adult IDD Clients in Texas
Are you a dietitian who thinks like a nutrition detective?
Do you have a passion for helping individuals who struggle to advocate for themselves?
We are looking for a registered dietitian who is willing to put all of his or her nutrition knowledge to use while working compassionately with adults with intellectual disabilities and/or physical disabilities, as well as with their caregivers or their guardians.
Our goal in the Soundly Speaking Therapy Services Dietary Department is to improve our clients' health and well-being through sound nutrition assessment, medical nutrition therapy, and counseling.
We are looking for someone who loves adults or has experience with adults who have diagnoses such as Autism, Down Syndrome, Intellectual Disability, among other diagnoses. If this describes you, please apply for this amazing opportunity!
Soundly Speaking provides both in-person and teletherapy services to our clients. Based on an hourly wage, we expect our Dieticians to:
Provide high quality therapy in the client’s home or online and communicate with families about the therapy sessions
Communicate weekly if needed with families about goals and progress and monthly communication with case managers
Adaptability and teamwork skills
Turn in paperwork in a 24 hour timeline
Maintain confidentiality of patient records in accordance with HIPAA, State, and Federal Regulations
- Why apply for this position?
The opportunity to work with amazing clients in an underserved community
Changing clients’ lives by helping them expand their horizons
Be a part of a friendly and motivating work environment
W2 Part Time position
This position is currently being performed using teletherapy
We are the largest provider of Speech, Physical, and Occupational Therapy for the adult Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities community in Texas.
Here at Soundly Speaking we believe God has called us to serve the IDD population, and we lead our employees with kindness and honesty. Our therapists work “To provide needed and deserved therapy to every single qualified IDD adult in Texas while providing compassion for today and hope for tomorrow”.
We believe in our 5 core values: Consistently Communicate, Positively Passionate, Radically Reliable, Honorably Honest, and Contagiously Caring. Our therapists follow these values with each and every client, as well as in everyday life.
If you are a creative, reliable, and motivated person please apply. Upload your application, cover letter, and resume here and we will be in contact with applicants.
DO NOT apply if you do not have a valid Texas-issued Dietician’s License.
DO NOT apply if you are not comfortable working with adults in their homes and/or outside of a clinic.
If you want to learn more about Soundly Speaking Therapy Services, please visit our website at soundlyspeakingtherapyservices. comfor more information, or email us at caleb@soundlyspeakingtherapyservices.com.
Key Responsibilities
Provide high-quality nutrition therapy to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in their homes or via teletherapy. Maintain regular communication with families and case managers while ensuring accurate and timely documentation.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a valid Texas-issued Dietician’s License and be comfortable working with adults in their homes. Strong organizational skills and the ability to adhere to HIPAA and federal regulations are required.
Key Skills
Dietitian Career Context
Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 28% have no call, 74% require no weekends — this position is remote.
In Texas, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$76k (55 salary observations; 559 listings), vs ~$78k nationally (1,614 salary observations; 8,127 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Clinical Nutrition pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Dietitian Working with Adults with IDD at Soundly Speaking Therapy Services a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Clinical Nutrition dietitian listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.
Location & Logistics
Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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