Registered Dietitian @ Equip Health

Salary Range: 65000 to 75000 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

About Equip

Equip is the leading virtual, evidence-based eating disorder treatment program on a mission to ensure that everyone with an eating disorder can access treatment that works. Created by clinical experts in the field and people with lived experience, Equip builds upon evidence-based treatments to empower individuals to reach lasting recovery. All Equip patients receive a dedicated care team, including a therapist, dietitian, physician, and peer and family mentor. The company operates in all 50 states and is partnered with most major health insurance plans. Learn more about our strong outcomes and treatment approach at www.equip.health

Founded in 2019, Equip has been a fully virtual company since its inception and is proud of the highly-engaged, passionate, and diverse Equisters that have created Equip’s culture. Recognized by Time as one of the most influential companies of 2023, along with awards from Linkedin and Lattice, we are grateful to Equipsters for building a sustainable treatment program that has served thousands of patients and families.

About the role:

The Registered Dietitian will be responsible for all nutrition related aspects of care, and will work closely with family members to Equip them with the skills needed to nutritionally restore their child. Equip is a “virtual clinic”, which means that care is delivered remotely through our telehealth platform. The Registered Dietitian is responsible for consulting in a collaborative fashion with the Equip treatment team to provide evidence-based care for families undergoing eating disorder treatment for their child (via Equip’s family-based treatment approach).

Accepting applications on a rolling basis

Responsibilities

Assist patients and families in helping the patient transform their maladaptive eating patterns into a healthy relationship with food through provision of ongoing support
Develop and implement individualized treatment plans to facilitate patients’ progress based upon the patient’s unique needs. This is accomplished through regular meetings with families via telehealth, which will include an initial nutrition assessment, prescription of a meal plan (utilizing Equip’s feeding philosophy and meal planning approach) and assessment of target weight ranges
Guide process of exposure to fear/challenge foods
Communicate patient’s meal plan, and any other special nutrition related concerns clearly to all team members, and provide education around how to alleviate or resolve nutrition related concerns
Echo treatment team’s directives in interactions with families (presents as a united front)
Assist with discharge planning
Update treatment plans weekly with patient’s progress, treatment goals, nutrition related assignments or directives, nutrition related concerns
Reassess nutritional needs on an ongoing basis and communicates recommendations to treatment team (and families)
Deliver evidence-based nutrition education geared toward challenging irrational thoughts and beliefs around food/nutrition, weight and shape that fuel the eating disorder behaviors
Establish a therapeutic relationship with families, including rapport building, appropriate boundary setting, and a working alliance with team and family toward treatment goals
Thorough documentation within Equip’s electronic medical record in accordance with Equip’s policies and procedures
Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum of a bachelor’s degree at a US accredited university or college and course work accredited or approved by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) and an RDN credential
Licensed RDN required, and eating disorder experience preferred (also prefer some exposure/experience to family based eating disorder treatment approaches, but not required)
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
Must reside in CST or EST

Schedule

Monday - Friday 40 hours a week.
Schedule: Three days a week 8 am to 5 pm and two days a week 9 am - 6 pm EST hours
Must reside in Central Time or Eastern Time

Physical Demands

Work is performed 100% from home with no requirement to travel. This is a stationary position that requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards as well as to talk or hear by telephone. Sit or stand as needed.

At Equip, diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are woven into everything we do. At the heart of Equip’s mission is a relentless dedication to making sure that everyone with an eating disorder has access to care that works regardless of race, gender, sexuality, ability, weight, socio-economic status, and any marginalized identity.

As an equal opportunity employer, we provide 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, and/or any other legally protected classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

Registered Dietitian

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Equip Health

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