Director of Nutrition Services

Who We Are:

Work in a scenic, home-like environment with a team of professionals providing comprehensive and compassionate care for adolescent and adult women who are diagnosed with eating disorders. Selah House Indiana is the only licensed inpatient, residential, and partial hospitalization program (PHP) eating disorder treatment center in the state of Indiana.

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 Director of Nutrition Services directs and oversees all aspects of the nutrition program for a highly specialized eating disorder treatment facility. This position provides leads a team of Registered Dietitians and the Chef, ensuring robust nutritional programming compliments therapeutic programming for clients seeking to achieve freedom from eating disorders.

Relationships and Contacts:

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

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

Essential Responsibilities

• Provides consultation for the admissions process by reviewing documentation and making recommendations based on nutritional status.
• Conducts initial nutritional assessments with each new client, including diet history, dietary preferences, weights, nutritional risk and eating disorder behaviors.
• Sets weekly schedules for the clients as it relates to nutritional needs and provides supervision on individual treatment plans. 
• Creates meal plans based on the client’s nutrition needs and clinical goals to include supplementation, protocols and accommodating special dietary needs.
• Consults with the medical team as needed 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.
• Ensures each client has an individualized meal plan, nutritional care plan and set weight goals.
• Ensures nutrition care plans are adjusted as needed throughout the treatment episode.
• Ensures clients and families are provided with on-going nutritional consultations based on individual dietary needs. 
• Evaluates and monitors clients’ compliance with their meal planning by collecting, analyzing and summarizing treatment, results, data and trends.   
• Maintains contact with clients’ outpatient dietitian to provide updates on progress and recommendations for discharge.
• Conducts nutrition group, cooking group, and physical activity groups, a