Registered Dietician

Nutrition Specialist Role

As a Registered Dietician at Acadia Healthcare, you will play a vital role in providing nutrition counseling to patients and overseeing the nutritional aspects of patient care. Your expertise will be essential in establishing appropriate meal plans and weight goals based on individual patient needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides nutrition counseling to patients and oversees the nutritional aspects of patient care.
• Completes nutrition assessment within 24 hours of admission on assigned patients.
• Establishes appropriate meal plans and weight goals based on individual patient needs.
• Works in cooperation with the Director of Nutrition Services to re-feed malnourished or medically unstable patients in a safe and consistent manner.
• Documents patient sessions in the medical record according to Montecatini's policy.
• Establishes a therapeutic relationship with patients, including rapport, therapeutic boundaries, and a working alliance towards treatment goals.
• Develops and implements individualized treatment plans to facilitate patients' progress.
• Reassesses nutritional needs on an ongoing basis and presents recommendations to the treatment team at weekly treatment team meetings.
• Contacts referring dietitian upon admission to determine preferred method for updates, and communicates this information to the treatment team.
• Includes parents/guardians of adolescents in meal planning for transition and discharge.
• Facilitates group therapy and meal therapy.
• Maintains a group culture that ensures the safety of patients, which includes following group rule expectations identified in the Patient Handbook.
• Develops, revises, and implements modules for group nutrition therapy.
• Provides support to patients during meal therapy, including assisting patients in setting meal goals, redirecting rituals or inappropriate behavior.
• Facilitates post-meal processing, including assisting patients in processing struggles, identifying risks for ED behaviors, and assisting patients in identifying alternative coping strategies.
• Provides direction to staff regarding problem-solving around nutritional concerns.
• Communicates patients' meal plans, food allergies, and any other special nutrition instructions clearly to all staff.
• Demonstrates a commitment to advancing clinical skills and professional development.
• Maintains registration requirements by acquiring necessary continuing education units as determined by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• Regularly and actively participates in supervision meetings, trainings, and staff meetings.
• Demonstrates professional conduct, concern, respect, and compassion toward all patients, families, co-workers, and the public as a representative of Montecatini.
• Respects and maintains the confidentiality of all patient information.
• Demonstrates ability to work in a cooperative manner as a team member.
• Demonstrates ability to problem-solve issues with coworkers and refrain from involvement in negative talk regarding patients or coworkers.
• Communicates concerns regarding policies, working conditions, patients, or coworkers through appropriate channels.
• Demonstrates dependability, including attendance and punctuality.
• Is accountable, takes initiative, and ownership of issues.
• Represents willingness/enthusiasm to create, embrace, and facilitate change.

Requirements:

• One year of eating disorder experience preferred.
• Clear driver's record required.
• COVID vaccine and booster required.

Compensation:
Compensation for roles at Acadia Healthcare varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to the specific location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Acadia Healthcare provides a reasonable hourly range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California as set forth below.

California:
$34.5-$36.00 per hour

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities:
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

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