88779 Registered Dietitian
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 60000 - 65000
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Title: Registered Dietitian
BALANCE eating disorder treatment center a premium treatment center in Manhattan is seeking a highly motivated passionate Registered Dietitian to join our expanding team!
About Balance
Balance has a 13-year legacy of transforming lives by promoting health healing and hope to our clients and their families. We serve adolescents and adults by providing all levels of outpatient care. It is our mission to create a transformative therapeutic experience based on our nutritional philosophy of intuitive eating using the All Foods Fit Model. At BALANCE we employ a diversity of treatment modalities to help clients develop a neutral and peaceful relationship with food body acceptance and positive self-esteem.
The Position
Our Registered Dietitians at BALANCE play an essential role on our multi-disciplinary team in the care and treatment of our eating disorder clients.
The role of a Registered Dietitian (RD) at BALANCE is to complete initial nutrition assessments for new clients prepare and run nutrition education groups provide meal support and facilitate therapeutic meals for clients that include pre- and post-meal process groups. The RD will also be responsible for scheduling and providing individual nutrition such sessions the RD will be required to provide appropriate nutrition interventions and individualized nutrition education to the client. For specific details regarding the job description please see below.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct initial individual nutrition sessions for potential program clients (PHP/IOP) and individual nutrition counseling clients
- Provide weekly (or as needed) individual follow up nutrition case management sessions for program clients
- Provide weekly (or as needed) individual follow up sessions for counseling clients
- Determine individualized meal plans for clients
- Prepare and instruct nutrition education groups and facilitate therapeutic group meals during the program
- Facilitate meal supports for individual clients contemplating treatment
- Facilitate experiential snacks and meal outings
- Direct pre/post-meal processing for group clients
- Provide meal coaching to individuals during meal/snack times
- Assist with experiential cooking group as needed
- Document interactions with clients in the form of group notes or individual session notes by end of the day in our EMR
- Cover groups when needed such as therapeutic cooking group or multi-family group
- Schedule and organize client sessions in advance
- Attend weekly clinical meetings and discuss treatment plans for each client
- Attend weekly administrative team meetings
- Attend weekly supervision to discuss challenging cases
The RD will also be responsible for maintaining appropriate credentials in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration as well as accumulating continuing education units (CEU’s).
Who You Are:
- RD/ RDN with eating disorder experience.
- CEDRD is preferred / on track for CEDRD
- MS preferred
- Must be available to work days evenings and Saturdays
- Passion for eating disorders and mental health
Benefits:
- 10 Vacation Days
- Accrued sick leave
- Subsidized Health insurance Dental Vision
- 401K
- Working with a highly engaged staff
- Paid Training
- Career growth
Key Skills
- Culinary Experience
- EMR Systems
- Motivational Interviewing
- Food Service
- Hospital Experience
- Acute Care
- Computer Skills
- MDS
- Dietary Department Experience
- Dialysis Experience
- Food Production Experience
- Tube Feeding
