Remote Registered Dietitian - Eating Disorders (California)

Job Description:

The Registered Dietitian will be responsible for all nutrition related aspects of care, and will work closely with family members to Equip them with the skills needed to nutritionally restore their child. Equip is a "virtual clinic", which means that care is delivered remotely through our telehealth platform. The Registered Dietitian is responsible for consulting in a collaborative fashion with the Equip treatment team to provide evidence-based care for families undergoing eating disorder treatment for their child (via Equip’s family-based treatment approach).

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

Requirements:

• 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)

• 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:

• Full Time. Monday - Friday. Fully Remote - 40 Hours. Pacific Hours

• Each work day is 8 hours + break time.

• Required to work two evenings, of your choice, till 7 pm Pacific Timezone to accommodate patient appointments.

• If you reside in the Mountain Time Zone (MT), you will be required to work until 8:00 PM on designated days of your choice to accommodate patients in the Pacific Time Zone (PT). On these days, your workday will begin later to account for the extended evening hours.

• Manage a caseload of up to 80 patients, with each patient receiving care for up to 52 weeks.

• Weekly Schedule:

  • Direct Patient Care - 26 hours a week, includes new patients and follow up sessions.

  • Meetings includes group supervision, treatment team meeting, on-going training and 1:1 support with a supervisor, approx. 4.5 hours.

  • Administration/Documentation - approx. 9.5 hours

  • Required to do minimum of 7 hours of direct patient care after 4 pm in your time zone throughout the week; 5 pm if you live in Mountain Standard Time Zone to accommodate Pacific Time Zone patients.

  • No weekends or on call required.

Time Off:

• Flex PTO policy (3-5 wks/year recommended) + 11 paid company holidays + flex sick time.

Medical Benefits: 

• Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D insurance.

• Equip pays for a significant percentage of benefits premiums for individuals and families.

• Maven, a company paid reproductive and family care benefit for all employees.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), a company paid resource for mental health, legal services, financial support, and more! 

Other Benefits

Loan Repayment:

• $500/quarter for employees under a year of tenure.

• $1,000/quarter for employees over a year of tenure.

Continuing Education:

• For therapists and medical providers, unlimited online courses through NetCE.

• For all providers, up to $1,000/year stipend for continuing education. 

• Opportunities to attend team onsites and conferences at various locations throughout the US. 

Work From Home Additional Perks: 

• $50/month stipend added directly to an employee’s paycheck to cover home internet expenses. 

• One-time work from home stipend of up to $500.