Director of Clinical Nutririon

OUR PATIENT POPULATION
Patients have a primary eating disorder diagnosis: anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED), avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), or other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED).
Eating disordered behaviors include restricting food intake, binge eating, purging (by vomiting, laxative use or over-exercise), body checking.
Eating disorder symptoms include body dysmorphia, preoccupation with food, weight, and calories.
Co-occurring diagnoses often include major depressive disorder (MDD), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bipolar disorder.
Many individuals with eating disorders have experienced trauma
QUALIFICATIONS
Registered Dietitian with up-to-date credentialing. Must maintain registration throughout employment. Minimum two years experience in treating eating disorders
Knowledge of evidence based treatments and ability to individualize treatment approaches to meet each client's needs
Must be able to conceptualize and implement a master treatment plan with fully developed problems, objectives and work in coordination with a treatment team, including therapists, medical doctors, psychiatrists.
ROLE OF Director of Medical and Clinical Nutrition Services
Reports to Chief Executive Officer/Director of Operations
Attend leadership meetings
Responsible to manage budget for the department.
Responsible to supervise medical nutritional therapy and counseling aspects of BRR programming, ensuring that Bright Road Recovery’s nutrition philosophy and guidelines are being translated to clients and staff members clearly.
Responsible to hire, train and manage registered dietitians and RD eligible dietitians.
Expected to represent Bright Road Recovery at conferences and events as needed.
Expected to make presentations on pertinent topics as needed.
Conduct individual, group and family nutritional therapy sessions for program and outpatient patients, as assigned
Conduct nutrition assessments as needed.
Participate in case management and care coordination, including utilization reviews and multidisciplinary treatment team meetings
Maintain appropriate and timely contact with referring professionals, outpatient professionals, and any collateral contacts necessary for the patients’ treatment
Detailed and timely documentation, including: nutrition assessment, weekly goal setting and treatment planning, session progress notes and discharge reporting and recommendations
Engage in milieu management, interacting with clients to provide support, information and learn where quality improvement is needed.
Provide support to patients by performing the following during supported meals:
Redirect conversations from inappropriate or triggering topics of conversation
negative food talk, negative body talk, calories, diets, fitness plans or exercise, drug or alcohol use, violent or sexually explicit topics;
Redirect eating disorder behaviors such as micro-cutting, micro-biting, or sorting of foods;
Model proper table manners and eating behaviors;
Eat without judgment
Refrain from food talk
Refrain from discussing diets or weight loss;
Refrain from use of words like “healthy,” “good,” or “bad” in association with food
Provide emotional support, positive modeling within appropriate therapeutic scope of practice;
Support dietetics staff members as they manage the specifics of meal completion/supplementation, time-management of meals, and behavior redirection.
Help patients move toward a healthier relationship with food and a more intuitive and mindful way of eating
EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT
Bright Road Recovery patients are encouraged to participate in their own treatment by developing SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-limited) to achieve recovery results via:
eating disorder behavior reduction
cognitive restructuring
maintenance and relapse prevention
Clinical Therapists assist patients in achieving their identified goals in psychotherapy using the following evidence based treatments, as indicated:
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Exposure and Response Prevention
Motivational Interviewing
Family Based-Treatment
Clinical Therapists utilize various modalities including, but not limited to:
Talk therapy
En vivo exposures and systematic desensitization
Art therapy
EMDR
Somatic Experiencing
Movement-based therapies
Mindfulness based therapies
FOOD PHILOSOPHY
Intuitive Eating is a core philosophy used by Bright Road Recovery staff that teaches individuals how to create a healthy relationship with food, mind, and body--where a person can ultimately become the expert of their own body. The following are the 10 principles of Intuitive Eating.
Reject the Diet Mentality
Honor your Hunger
Make Peace with Food
Challenge the Food Police
Respect Your Fullness
Discover the satisfaction Factor
Honor Your Feelings Without Using Food
Respect Your Body
Exercise-Feel the Difference
Honor your health
Exposure and response prevention (ERP) is a core philosophy used by Bright Road Recovery staff to decrease food phobias and increase patient tolerance of previously feared foods, quantities, and food-related environments.
Increase patient awareness and discernment of physical hunger cues from emotional responses and/or mood.
Guide patients in making peace with food.
Knowing that one’s health and worth as a person does not change as a result of eating a food that previously had been labeled as "bad" or "fattening.”
All food fits! There are no “bad” or “good” foods. Qualifier words like “healthy” should be avoided when discussing food, as they indicate a subtle judgement of the type of foods that should or should not be consumed.
GENERAL JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
Participate in developing, updating and ensuring compliance with:
Emergency Procedures Manual
Staff Policies Manual
Patient Responsibilities Manual
Employee Handbook
Opening and closing responsibilities pe

Employment type
Full-Time

Work arrangement
No