Adult Campus Dietician

4 weeks ago


Atlanta, United States Skyland Trail Full time
Job Details

Job Location
Main Campus Locations - Atlanta, GA

Job Category
Nonprofit - Social Services

Description

ietitian - Adult Campus

Responsible for guiding evidence based nutritional interventions as a functional aspect of Skyland Trail's holistic wellness model and overall nutritional care to patients at Adult Campus. The Dietitian- Adult Campus works with the multidisciplinary team, including primary care clinic, primary counselors, psychiatrists, medical director, adjunctive therapies, and other internal stakeholders to help guide nutritional assessment and dietary provisions at Skyland Trail. The Dietitian- Adult Campus will collaborate with the dietitian at the Adolescent Campus to develop and facilitate eating disorder assessments, as needed and recommended, evidence based nutritional lesson plans, group work, and will help integrate nutritional and holistic care into the organization's overall metabolic wellness program.

Duties:
  • Performs nutritional assessments and follow-up as appropriate with patients.
  • Identifies patients in need of additional nutrition education/support and meets with these patients at an appropriate interval throughout treatment to provide direct care and monitoring.
  • Determines necessity and appropriateness of modified diets for patients with specific nutritional needs. Provides nutrition counseling for patients on modified diets.
  • Communicates with appropriate patients, psychiatrists, primary care clinic providers and Sage Catering to coordinate and implement nutritional recommendations and/or dietary needs.
  • Communicates with treatment teams via progress notes, team meetings, emails, phone consultations and scheduled meetings as needed.
  • Documents work in a timely manner including nutrition assessments, individual sessions, group notes, communications, and other relevant information in the electronic health record.
  • Advises organization on development of policies, procedures, SOP's, and care standards relating to the delivery of patient care, nutritional care and recommendations as guided by medical leadership.
  • Communicates and collaborates with the dietitian at the Adolescent Campus (and occasionally external Eating Disorder Specialist) if an disordered eating assessment has been ordered and follows through to ensure that recommendations are addressed in a timely manner and the information is communicated to the patient, Primary Counselor and Psychiatrist.
  • Identifies potential nutritional implications of medications, communicates this information to patients and medical providers, and documents same in patients' records.
  • Leads group therapy sessions focused on health and wellness including nutrition, movement/yoga/exercise, metabolic wellness, management of symptoms of disordered eating, and others as determined assessing patients' needs and in collaboration with the team.
  • Completes quarterly patient Food Satisfaction Surveys and monthly meal audits as a part of Skyland Trail's continuous quality improvement process.
  • In conjunction with Sage Catering, contributes to the facility's Emergency/Disaster Plan by planning three (3) days of Emergency/Disaster Menus.
  • Active leadership and support with Healthy Challenge Program including tracking orders and medical clearance, informing and orienting clients to program, documenting progress, communicating and updating patient engagement during treatment team and collaborating with the patient's treatment team to increase engagement when needed.
  • Attends staff meetings as scheduled and requested.
  • Awareness and oversight in the gym during client engagement, as an overall staff support to the moving parts of gym activity.
  • Support the on-going as well as unplanned needs of group coverage, as available and needed.
  • Other duties as assigned.
Reports To: Director of Adjunctive Therapies

Competencies: This position should have sufficient preparedness in the following areas:
  • Nutrition assessment and counseling skills
  • Therapeutic diet rationale, principles, normal nutrition education and menu planning
  • Group, activity, and outing facilitation and documentation
  • Safety across all relevant domains (food safety, campus safety, patient safety)
  • Openness to change; forward thinking, flexibility
  • Has a strong sense of urgency about solving problems and completing work
  • Relates, communicates, and collaborates with internal and external partners
Qualifications

Qualifications:
  • Minimum of Bachelor's degree in Nutrition plus two years' experience in clinical dietetics; Master degree preferred.
  • Membership in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Registration with the Commission on Dietetic Registration
  • Licensing by the Georgia Board of Licensed Dietitians
  • Experience in working with adolescents with mental health disorders


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