Registered Dietician in Mental health Clinic

Hi There,

You found a gold star Company. Keeping with our gold star commitment, lets talk about the patients we serve. We have lots of data about how desperately our current and prospective patients want to experience more from life. So, before you keep reading:

• Are you experiencing MORE from life? If you are, we might be the place for you. Our Team is vibrant, motivated, educated and engaged.

Not everyone will fit in here. Some people are looking for telehealth or private practice pace. Working in mental health environment like this requires experience and courage and a lifelong dedication to mental healthcare. Gold star customer service takes self-trust and commitment.

We are a residential treatment center for addiction, mental illness and family care.

We are Joint Commission accredited and require RD to be excellent at documentation and exceptionally organized.

Do you:

• Want to change the world through nutrition?
• Are you practicing your own integrative care and personal care?
• Do you want to influence families in a REAL way?
• This is an in person role and your work will be education (groups), individual care and miscellaneous duties to contribute to our environment of health and hospitality. Do you manage your time like a boss and like being around others?
• Do you understand the connection between mental health, movement and nutrition?

If you answered yes to the above SIX bold questions above, keep reading and check out the Job Requirements.

Our Contracted Dietician is different than most clinics. Here, you will be part of an interdisciplinary psychiatric team and you will:

• Collect data
• Use DBT, CBT and REBT to build the proprietary Solstice 13 Skills
• Document on shift only and leave work at work
• See / care for patients individually and in group
• Case coordinate with LCSW, Intake, LADAC, Psychiatrist, DO, RD, LVN, RN and PA-C
• Respond appropriately to different situations common among dual diagnosis and mental health disorders, including those with behavioral and developmental needs
• Utilize behavioral interventions and communication tools to provide effective feedback to patients

Will you:

• Be able to recognize and respond to critical improvements in patient behaviors?
• Become familiar with and use behavioral redirection techniques?
• Know how to respond to negative behaviors appropriately?
• Target reinforcer frequency, duration and intensity to improve functional status as quality of life?
• Work under high-stress situations and stay calm and kind?
• Maintain self care outside of work hours?
• Work 10-13 hours per week flexible hours at 1099/Contract status?

Do you have:

• Experience in group facilitation?
• Transportation for an in person role?
• Experience with nutrition assessment and plans, fall screening, pain assessment/careplan, COWS assessment, CIWA assessment, Biopsychosocial assessment?
• Effective written/verbal communication in English?
• Knowledge of psychiatric diagnosis, terminology, and medical record charting basics such as DAP, treatment planning and crisis intervention?
• A Texas license in good standing?