What are the responsibilities and job description for the PRN Dietitian position at Pasadena Villa Outpatient Center McLean?
Who We Are:
The Aster Springs Richmond locations provide residential and outpatient eating disorder treatment with housing options in home-like settings in peaceful surroundings. With a team of highly credentialed, experienced therapists, nutritionists, and other team members, we ensure that each client receives whole-person and multidimensional care that helps them progress towards recovery. Our compassionate staff works with each client and their family to create an individualized comprehensive care plan that meets their needs. At Aster Springs Richmond, we provide evidence-based treatment programs to adults of all genders, ages 18 and older.
How You Will Make a Difference
Work closely with the Executive Director and Clinical Director to provide Dietary services for RHG VA, LLC. Includes providing groups, education, food challenges, and input to dietary policy/procedures. Demonstrate a desire and willingness to embrace and model the RHG VA, LLC mission within your job responsibilities and interaction with others.
Relationships and Contacts
Within the organization: Maintains frequent and close working relationships with clients, Chief Executive Officer, Nursing, Medical, Resident Care Specialist, Intake Coordinator, Therapist, peers and vendors.
Outside the organization: May initiate and maintain working relationships with clinical providers, referral partners and vendors as needed and directed
Position Responsibilities
- Provide nutritional education to clients/staff
- Assist with oversight of nutritional content and accuracy
- Determine/monitor caloric intake for clients
- Individual sessions with clients 1-2 times/week
- Lead and schedule food challenge outings with clients
- Work with client/staff to coordinate discharge menus/meal plans
- Work closely with Executive Director on all dietary policy/procedures
- Lead cooking/nutrition groups weekly
- Discuss/meet with families during family week as needed
- Lead/provide resistance training for clients
- Determine/monitor healthy weight for clients
- Perform Dietary Care Specialist duties as needed
- Assist with preparation of staff/kitchen to be compliant with infection control policies and all accrediting body visits
- Take client on grocery store challenges
- Coordinate discharge planning including identification and coordination of care with outpatient dietitian
- Collect/review/sign off weekly client menus
- Provide nutrition information for insurance reviews
What We're Seeking
Education and Experience
- Active First Aid, CPR, AED certification
- Current Virginia Registered/Certified Dietitian
- Current ServSafe certification
- Bachelors Degree
- 2 years' experience working with eating disorders preferred
- Valid Driver's License
- Successful completion of Criminal Background Check through DBHDS, Background Investigation Unit, and VDSS Registry Searches
Aster Springs Treatment Center provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Selah House reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the organization desires. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The employment relationship remains At-Will.
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