Director of Nutrition Services

**MUST BE A LICENSED** Registered Dietitian**

Director of Medical and Clinical Nutrition Services

• Attend leadership meetings
• Responsible for managing the budget for the dietary department.
• Responsible for supervising registered dietitians and the nutrition program manager on individual patient questions, group questions, programming, and any other information needed for patient care.
• Responsible for supervising medical nutritional therapy and counseling aspects of BRR programming, ensuring that Bright Road Recovery’s nutrition philosophy and guidelines are being translated to clients and staff members clearly.
• Responsible for hiring, training and managing registered dietitians and RD eligible dietitians.
• Expected to represent Bright Road Recovery at conferences and events as needed.
• Expected to make presentations on pertinent topics as needed.
• Conduct individual, group and family nutritional therapy sessions for program and outpatient patients, as assigned
• Conduct nutrition assessments as needed.
• Participate in case management and care coordination, including utilization reviews and multidisciplinary treatment team meetings
• Maintain appropriate and timely contact with referring professionals, outpatient professionals, and any collateral contacts necessary for the patients’ treatment
• Detailed and timely documentation, including: nutrition assessment, weekly goal setting and treatment planning, session progress notes and discharge reporting and recommendations
• Engage in milieu management, interacting with clients to provide support, information and learn where quality improvement is needed.
• Provide support to patients by performing the following during supported meals:
• Redirect conversations from inappropriate or triggering topics of conversation
• negative food talk, negative body talk, calories, diets, fitness plans or exercise, drug or alcohol use, violent or sexually explicit topics;
• Redirect eating disorder behaviors such as micro-cutting, micro-biting, or sorting of foods;
• Model proper table manners and eating behaviors
• Communicate program policies and any changes to program policies clearly to your team in person and through email.
• Identify and recommend appropriate exercise prescriptions and meal plans based on each individual patients’ needs.
• Make sure that patients are ready for meals and snacks, so that snacks, meals, and programming can remain on time.
• QUALIFICATIONS
• Registered Dietitian with up-to-date credentialing. Must maintain registration throughout employment.
• Minimum two years experience in treating eating disorders
• Knowledge of evidence based treatments and ability to individualize treatment approaches to meet each client's needs
• Must be able to conceptualize and implement a treatment plan with fully developed problems, objectives and work in coordination with a treatment team, including therapists, medical doctors, psychiatrists.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $50.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

Medical Specialty:

• Dietetics

License/Certification:

• Registered Dietitian (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Claremont, CA 91711 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Claremont, CA 91711: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $50