Why You Will Love Working With Us!

At Aster Springs Outpatient, we are a dynamic, dedicated, and growing team of professionals deeply passionate about providing evidence-based and personalized clinical care for behavioral health conditions.

Our team’s foundation is client centered care and clinical excellence through our 5-star service commitment – Respect, Accountability, Integrity, Flexibility, and Collaboration. We are committed to our team and our team is committed to our clients!

Located just northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio, Aster Springs Outpatient – Cincinnati specializes in treating adolescents and adults of all genders, ages 16 and older, struggling with eating disorders and co-occurring conditions.

With 13 Outpatient locations across five states, we are on a mission to improve mental wellness in the communities we serve. We are a part of Odyssey Behavioral Healthcare Network which offers a continuum of care within our Psychiatric Network, Eating Disorder Network, including inpatient, intensive residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient services nationwide.

Join our team! Be part of our amazing vision of changing lives empowering each client’s inherent strengths making a difference in countless lives, while being part of a larger nationwide network that is growing each day!

What we offer

• Team driven culture based on our 5 Star Service Commitment
• Multiple Development Pathways
• Company Supported Continuing Education & Certification
• PPO & HDHP Health Plan Options
• 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
• Six Annual Paid Holidays Plus One Floating Holiday
• Generous Team Member Referral Program

Position Summary

The Registered Dietitian is directly responsible for the day-to-day nutritional management and meal planning for clients at all levels of care in a highly specialized eating disorder treatment facility.

Relationships and Contacts

Within the organization: Maintains frequent and close working relationships with the Executive Director, Business Development team members, Admissions team members, Nursing leadership, milieu leadership, and all clinical team members.

Outside the organization: Initiates and maintains professional working relationships with clients and their families, referral partners, clinical partners, and vendors, as needed.

Essential Responsibilities

• Provides consultation with appropriate staff in screening client applications for the treatment program(s) based on nutritional status and making appropriate recommendations accordingly.
• Conducts initial nutritional assessments with each new client, including diet history, dietary preferences, weights, nutritional risk and eating disorder behaviors.
• Writes orders for meal plans, supplementation, protocols, and special dietary needs.
• Consults with the physicians on an as needed basis to ensure that the nutritional needs of individual clients are being met.
• Educates and counsels clients to increase awareness of the importance of nutritionally balanced diets in achieving good health and recovery.
• Formulates an individualized meal plan, nutritional care plan and set weight goals with each client.
• Adjusts nutrition care plans with the clients as needed. The incumbent will supervise meals/snacks and portioning as deemed necessary. S/he will provide on-going nutritional consultations to clients and their families based on individual dietary needs.
• Evaluates and monitors clients’ compliance with their meal planning, provides grocery store education (including grocery store challenge).
• Maintains contact with clients’ outpatient dietitian to provide updates on progress and recommendations for discharge.
• Conducts nutrition group, cooking group, and physical activity groups, conducting the nutrition talk during Family Days and conducting individual weekly or twice weekly sessions with clients.
• Responsible for proper documentation and charting and ensure that all documentation is completed promptly.
• Approves menus, snacks for the clients, and ensures that the quality and quantity of food is adequate and works closely with the dietary care specialist team in meal planning for clients including food preferences and allergens.
• Set up aftercare as it pertains to nutrition.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications related to our Mission and population.

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Education and Experience

Position requires a Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with major in nutrition/dietetics or a related field; Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration; 1-year or more of clinical experience with eating disorders strongly preferred; 1 plus years’ experience in health-care setting, Ohio Certified Dietitian preferred.

Compensation Range

$50,000 – $65,000 (depending on level and location)

For cash compensation, we set standard ranges for all U.S based roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against companies of similar size within the behavioral healthcare industry. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including geographic location as well as candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Aster Springs Outpatient 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 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.”