Registered Dietitian

Weekly outpatient therapy isn't always enough, and a trip to the ER isn't the only answer. Patients and their families rely on Compass Health Center when in crisis – every day, we help people overcome depression, anxiety, suicidality, obsessions/compulsions, trauma, chronic pain, and other obstacles in order for our patients to live freely.
About This Role
As a Registered Dietitian in the Eating Disorders Program, you’ll provide nutrition therapy and support to patients whose relationship with food is the primary target of treatment. You’ll meet with patients individually, facilitate clinical nutrition groups, and provide direct support during meals and snacks. You’ll partner closely with Primary Therapists, Group Therapists, Family Therapists, and Psychiatry Team Members to ensure comprehensive and compassionate care. Reports to the Associate Director of the Eating Disorders Program, with a dotted line clinically to the Director of the Eating Disorders Program, who oversees all clinical aspects of the program.
This role is an onsite role at our Northbrook location working within our Adult (ages 18+) Eating Disorders Program. At times, this role will include virtually supporting our other locations, as well as our Adolescent Programming as indicated.
What You'll Do:
Nutrition Assessment and Care Planning
Complete nutrition assessments at admission, including all aspects of nutrition care process—diagnosis, intervention, monitoring, and evaluation planning
Develop individualized meal plans that support nutritional rehabilitation and progressive exposure to avoided and feared foods
Establish and revise individually determined, biologically appropriate weight ranges in collaboration with the treatment team
Collaborate with nursing and prescribers to assess and monitor ongoing medical status, including weights, vital signs, and lab values, and adjust nutrition interventions accordingly
Revise the nutrition plan as intake, medical status, and treatment targets change
Individual Nutrition Sessions
Meet with patients individually to review intake, adjust the meal plan, and set nutrition-related treatment targets
Address food rules, ritualized eating, compensatory behaviors, and avoidance directly
Support provision of nutrition interventions, including structured food exposure planning
Address exercise, movement, and compensatory activity in collaboration with the treatment team
Prepare patients for independent eating at step-down and discharge, including grocery preparation and restaurant planning
Group Facilitation and Eating Support
Facilitate clinical nutrition groups within the program curriculum
Facilitate applied nutrition groups, including in vivo food-based interventions
Provide required coverage during supported meals and snacks
Coach patients through meal completion, distress, and post-meal urges
Communicate intake and behavioral observations to the treatment te