Registered Dietitian - Adolescent Program

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 adolescents of all genders, ages 13 and older. This role will be providing services for our Adolescent PHP program.

Why You Will Love Working with Us!

What We Offer

• Collaborative environment dedicated to clinical excellence
• Multiple Career Development Pathways
• Company Supported Continuing Education & Certification
• Multiple Health Plan Design Options Available
• Flexible Dental & Vision Plan Options
• 100% Company Paid EAP Emotional Well-Being Support
• 100% Company Paid Critical Illness (with health enrollment plan)
• 100% Company Paid Life & ADD
• 401K with Company Match
• Company-Sponsored HSA, FSA, & DSA Tax Savings Accounts
• Generous Team Member Referral Program
• Parental Leave

How You will Contribute

The Registered Dietitian will work closely with the Executive Director and Clinical Director to provide Dietary services for Aster Springs. Includes providing groups, education, food challenges, and input to dietary policy/procedures. Demonstrate a desire and willingness to embrace and model the Aster Springs 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.

Essential 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

• Active First Aid, CPR, AED certification
• Current Virginia Registered/Certified Dietitian required
• Current ServSafe certification
• Bachelors Degree minimum required 
• 2 years' experience working with eating disorders preferred
• Successful completion of Criminal Background Check through DBHDS, Background Investigation Unit, and VDSS Registry Searches

Other Requirements

Position requires incumbent to have a valid driver's license and vehicle insurance.

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. Aster Springs Treatment Center 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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