Part-Time Dietitian Opportunity

North Star Behavioral Health Hospital is the premier behavioral health provider serving Alaska. North Star Behavioral Health System provides a comfortable environment designed to respond to the psychiatric needs of children, teens and adults. Our multidisciplinary treatment approach utilizes the involvement of family and community members to help facilitate optimal growth and nurturing throughout the recovery process. Through evidence-based practices and individualized care, we strive to guide each patient toward a healthier lifestyle.
Our treatment programs provide a therapeutic milieu for a variety of diagnoses and problems including psychotic disorders, mood disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, intermittent explosive disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, anxiety disorders, high risk behaviors and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

Based on the seriousness of the situation, some patients come to the hospital for intensive short-term treatment to begin the healing process and then return home, while others need the stability of a longer-term residential treatment program to learn the skills needed for emotional and social stability and security.

Key Responsibilities:

The Dietitian is responsible for providing optimal nutritional care to patients in compliance with Joint Commission, company policies and procedures and standards of care for the dietetic profession. These areas include but are not limited to; standards of practice utilizing the nutrition care process for clinical assessment with regard to patient medical diagnosis, laboratory values, anthropometric measures, medications, age-specific requirements, and other co-morbidity factors. Additional responsibilities include; designing nutrition care plans, their implementation and monitoring while collaborating with other members of the health care team. Routine and timely patient care documentation. Making evidenced-based recommendations for nutritional supplementation as well as completing disordered eating assessments, providing weight management education and individualized medical nutrition therapy, meal planning, and providing nutritional consultations. The dietitian is responsible for communicating nutrition concerns to other members of the treatment team. The dietitian counsels and educates individual patients, families, staff, and the community in the application of medical nutrition therapy principles.

The dietitian is primary in sharing of general food-and-health-related information. The dietitian provides monthly food-and-health-related article for the facility newsletter. The dietitian is responsible for providing bi-monthly therapeutic food-and-health-related educations in various patient-group settings. The dietitian is responsible for maintaining and updating food-and-health-related bulletin boards.

The Dietitian operates with the oversight of Dietary Manager within the Dietary Department. Responsibilities include: assisting in strategic planning for improvement in patient satisfaction; menu planning, nutritive analysis for meals and snacks, recipe development, ensuring compliance with the National School Lunch Program. Creation of individual meal plans to meet medical allergy requirements while maintaining sensitivity to patient concerns and goals and patient care taker concern and goals. Attends all dietary department meetings as an educator/co-facilitator. Facility and department in-service training; and routine kitchen inspections; leadership in quality improvement of the foodservice department.

Job Duties/ Responsibilities

1. Performs nutritional assessments according to facility policies and Joint Commission standards
2. Meets directly with patients to complete assessments and educations
3. Develops and monitors nutrition care plans
4. Maintains thorough documentation and record-keeping
5. Provides nutrition consultations as ordered by physicians
6. Provides therapeutic patient-group nutrition educations
7. Creates nutrition education materials including handouts, food-and-health-related bulletin boards, and facility newsletter
8. Serves as a resource to all members of the health care team related to appropriate nutrition care standards and quality nutrition care
9. Assists with special dietary functions, such as holiday meals and catering events
10. Ensures patient confidentiality at all times
11. Assists to ensure that services are provided using current theories, standards, and methods in nutrition and dietetics in accordance with regulatory bodies such as the Food & Drug Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, etc.
12. Performs other duties as assigned.

Schedule and Hours

• 3 days per week, 8 hours shifts. Schedule is flexible. 

Total Rewards for our Dietitian include:

• Tuition Assistance
• Free Lunch
• Licensure supervision
• Licensure renewal reimbursement
• Career development opportunities across UHS and our 300 locations!
• Diverse programming to expand your experience
• HealthStream online learning catalogue with plenty of free CEU courses
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Pet Insurance
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: uhsguest.com

What do our current Therapists value at North Star & UHS?

A safe and supportive environment that puts patient care first and values therapists and social workers. One of the most rewarding aspects of working as a Clinical Therapist (CT) is providing excellent care, comfort, and security to the patients and families you treat, at their most vulnerable times. You are never alone, as you are part of a large, nationwide network of peer clinicians and clinical leaders that educate the field, routinely exchange ideas, and review current topics within the industry. Having the opportunity to grow, learn, and advance in your career through our training programs and leadership deelopment tracts. We are proud of our robust continuing education options and opportunities for skills diversification and career advancement as a Clinical Therapist with UHS. We want to help you succeed and grow in your profession and enjoy a sense of belonging and trust that comes through your expanding experience. At UHS, we are a System of Care, and you have a voice.

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $13.4 billion in 2022. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 94,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com