Registered Dietitian
Acadia HealthcareAbout the role
Overview
As a Registered Dietitian serve as expert in the use of food and nutrition to promote health and manage disease.
Sign On Bonus: $2,500
About Us:
Belmont Behavioral Health System has been a trusted source of superior service for more than 75 years. To ensure that we are best prepared to provide the highest quality of care to individuals and families in the Philadelphia area for decades to come, we have moved into a brand-new building.
This six-story, state-of-the-art hospital has 252 patient beds and an array of beneficial features and amenities designed with comfort and healing in mind.
We paid thoughtful attention to how we can bring as many comforts from home as possible to the children, adolescents, adults, and seniors in our programs. Throughout every phase of the design and construction process, we focused on making sure that our new hospital is a safe and welcoming environment for patients, staff, families, and visitors.
Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Assess nutritional needs, diet restrictions and current health plans to develop and implement dietary-care plans and provide nutritional counseling.
- Approve patient menus and nutritional supplements.
- Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans, diet modifications and food selection and preparation.
- Provide nutritional assessments per facility policy and regulation.
- Review and approve menus developed by the facility.
- Counsel individuals and groups on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits and nutrition monitoring to improve their quality of life.
- Consult with physicians and health care personnel to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions of patient.
- Participate in treatment team as appropriate.
- Review and approve facility diet manual annually in conjunction with medical staff.
- Promote better health by speaking to groups about diet, nutrition and the relationship between good eating habits and preventing or managing specific diseases.
- Monitor food service operations to ensure conformance to nutritional, safety, sanitation and quality standards as needed.
OTHER FUNCTIONS:
- Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.
Qualifications
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited University in Dietetics, Nutrition or similar field acceptable for licensure.
- Experience with Eating Disorders and Substance use strongly preferred in facilities working with those patient populations.
LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:
- Current registered dietician or registration as required by state or eligible for endorsement by the state in which the facility provides services.
- ServSafe certification or similar food safety certification where required by the state or facility.
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.
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