Registered Dietitian
Location | St Louis, Missouri |
Date Posted | April 6, 2021 |
Category |
Dietitian/Nutrition Counseling
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Job Type |
Full-time
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Description

The Role
As the Registered Dietitian at Alsana, you will be responsible for providing nutrition therapy to clients of all genders with eating disorders and co-existing medical conditions and psychiatric diagnoses. You will work as a member of the interdisciplinary team (IDT) with the client, their support team (therapist, psychiatrist, physician, family/friends) to provide the most effective and efficient care possible.
Responsibilities
- Completes the initial and weekly client nutritional assessments, creates therapeutic and individualized client meal plans and conducts individual and group sessions with client based on level of care
- Works closely with chefs to aid with education and meal plan accuracy for clients
- Leads regular nutrition psycho-education groups focusing on the Alsana nutrition philosophy of balancing nourishment and pleasure to help clients restore a positive relationship with both food and body
- Manages movement activities according to programming, under the direction of the lead RD, and provides each client with individualized movement goals, adapted weekly
- Provides guidance and assists clients with real-life nutrition tasks such as meal planning, grocery shopping menu ordering, kitchen skills, and cooking
- Provides regular weekly email updates to client’s outpatient referral treatment team
- Supports the culinary team in developing quality measures for food served, striving for 90% excellent ratings in food-related perception of care surveys
- Actively engages in on-going education related to nutrition therapy for the eating disorder population
- Assumes other duties as assigned by the Director of Clinical Services, nursing, program director, or lead RD
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited program and registered with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)
- 1+ years’ experience working as a Registered Dietitian; ideally with eating disorder clients, preferred
- Experience working as an active member of a multi-disciplinary treatment team would
- Strong interest in eating disorder or behavioral health nutrition care