Equip Health is looking for a Registered Dietitian to manage all nutrition-related aspects of care for patients with eating disorders. In this remote role, you will deliver evidence-based care via telehealth as part of a collaborative treatment team, working closely with family members to equip them with skills for nutritional restoration.
What You'll Do
- Assist patients and families in transforming maladaptive eating patterns into a healthy relationship with food through ongoing support.
- Develop and implement individualized treatment plans via telehealth, including initial nutrition assessment, meal plan prescription, and target weight assessment.
- Guide the process of exposure to fear and challenge foods.
- Communicate patient meal plans and nutrition concerns to all team members and provide education on resolving them.
- Echo treatment team directives in interactions with families.
- Assist with discharge planning.
- Update treatment plans weekly with patient progress, goals, assignments, and concerns.
- Reassess nutritional needs on an ongoing basis and communicate recommendations to the treatment team and families.
- Deliver evidence-based nutrition education to challenge irrational thoughts around food, nutrition, weight, and shape.
- Establish a therapeutic relationship with families, including rapport building, boundary setting, and a working alliance.
- Perform thorough documentation within Equip’s electronic medical record.
What We're Looking For
- 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.
- Ability to manage a caseload of up to 80 patients, with each patient receiving care for up to 52 weeks.
- 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.
- Ability to provide 30 hours a week of availability for direct patient care.
- Ability to commit to a minimum of 16 hours of direct patient care after 2 pm in your time zone throughout the week.
- Ability to commit to working until 8pm two evenings per week (Monday - Thursday).
- Ability to attend mandatory meetings (i.e., Group Supervision, Treatment Huddles, Labs/All Hands, Individual Supervision, etc.).
- Must be located in the Central Time Zone.
Nice to Have
- Eating disorder experience preferred.
- Exposure or experience to family-based eating disorder treatment approaches preferred.
Team & Environment
You will be part of a collaborative treatment team including a therapist, dietitian, physician, and peer and family mentor.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $70,000 to $85,000 Annually (Base Pay + Performance-Based Bonus Potential)
- Flex PTO policy (3-5 wks/year recommended) + 11 paid company holidays.
- Generous Parental Leave.
- Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D insurance; Equip pays for a significant percentage of benefits premiums for individuals and families.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP), a company-paid resource for mental health, legal services, financial support, and more.
- 401k Retirement Plan.
- Loan Repayment: $500/quarter for employees under a year of tenure; $1,000/quarter for employees over a year of tenure.
- Licensing: Equip reimburses fees associated with initial licensure and license renewals for any Equip-required licenses and/or cross-licensure requests.
- Continuing Education: For therapists and medical providers, unlimited online courses through NetCE; Up to $1,000/year stipend for continuing education; Opportunities to attend team onsites and conferences.
- Work From Home Perks: $50/month stipend for home internet; Initial work-from-home stipend of up to $500; Reload of $200 on the home office stipend at the 3-year mark and then every other year after that; Company Laptop.
Work Mode
This is a fully remote position. Candidates must be located in the Central Time Zone.
Equip Health is an equal opportunity employer, providing equal opportunity in all aspects of employment, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, training and promotion, termination, and any other terms and conditions of employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, familial status, age, disability, weight, and/or any other legally protected classification protected by federal, state, or local law.
