Registered Dietitian - Eating Disorders (Remote-Eastern Time Zone)

Responsibilities

• Assist patients and families in helping the patient transform their maladaptive eating patterns into a healthy relationship with food through provision of ongoing support.
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans to facilitate patients' progress based upon patient’s unique needs. This is accomplished through regular meetings with families via telehealth, which will include an initial nutrition assessment, prescription of a meal plan (utilizing Equip’s feeding philosophy and meal planning approach) and assessment of target weight ranges.
• Guide process of exposure to fear/challenge foods.
• Communicate patient's meal plan, and any other special nutrition related concerns clearly to all team members, and provide education around how to alleviate or resolve nutrition related concerns.
• Echo treatment team’s directives in interactions with families (presents as a united front).
• Assist with discharge planning.
• Update treatment plans weekly with patient’s progress, treatment goals, nutrition related assignments or directives, nutrition related concerns.
• Reassess nutritional needs on an ongoing basis and communicates recommendations to treatment team (and families).
• Deliver evidence-based nutrition education geared toward challenging irrational thoughts and beliefs around food/nutrition, weight and shape that fuel the eating disorder behaviors.
• Establish a therapeutic relationship with families, including rapport building, appropriate boundary setting, and a working alliance with team and family toward treatment goals.
• Thorough documentation within Equip’s electronic medical record in accordance with Equip’s policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree or college and course work accredited or approved by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND).
• Licensed RDN required, and eating disorder experience preferred (also prefer some exposure/experience to family based eating disorder treatment approaches, but not required).
• Manage a caseload of up to 80 patients, with each patient receiving care for up to 52 weeks.
• Strong skills in communication and collaboration with diverse teams.
• Experience working on interdisciplinary teams.
• Organized and results-driven.
• Ability to understand and balance business needs and clinical priorities.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment, subject to rapid change and innovation.

Working Hours

Compensation

• Earning Potential Range: $68,000 to $85,000 Annually Consists of Base Pay + Performance-Based Bonus Potential.
• Consists of Base Pay + Performance-Based Bonus Potential.

Time Off

Core Benefits

• Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D insurance. Equip pays for a significant percentage of benefits premiums for individuals and families.
• Equip pays for a significant percentage of benefits premiums for individuals and families.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), a company-paid resource for mental health, legal services, financial support, and more!
• 401k Retirement Plan Option.

Student Loan Repayment

Licensing

Continuing Education

Work From Home Additional Perks

• $50/month stipend added directly to an employee’s paycheck to cover home internet expenses.
• Initial work-from-home stipend of up to $500. Reload of $200 on the home office stipend at the 3-year mark and then every other year after that (year 5, year 7, etc.).
• Reload of $200 on the home office stipend at the 3-year mark and then every other year after that (year 5, year 7, etc.).
• Company Laptop.

Physical Demands