Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

Opal:
Food+Body Wisdom is looking for a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist to join our team! Dietitians work with our clients in PHP and IOP, helping them renourish and begin their journey to rejecting diet culture and recover from an eating disorder.

As a member of Opal’s staff you would have opportunities to showcase your strengths and work alongside a staff that is innovative and passionate about the application of RODBT, weight-inclusive practices, and exercise+sport in eating disorder treatment. If qualified, this job would include participation in the Exercise+Sport team and its related duties. Supervision included. See job description for more details.

• Be a part of our four person nutrition team.
• Provide 1:1 nutrition counseling for clients at all levels of care—which includes on-going assessment, treatment planning, meal/menu planning, nutrition education, counseling, food experientials (ex. grocery shopping, meal outings), etc.
• Co-lead PHP/IOP client meals with mental health co-workers.
• Co-lead nutrition oriented groups (i.e., Nutrition Class and Deconstructing Diet Culture Class.)
• Document all clinically relevant interactions with clients using electronic health record system.
• Check and record client vitals.
• May include being a part of a multi-disciplinary Exercise+Sport team which could have job responsibilities of leading a Movement and Sports Nutrition Class, speaking on sports nutrition in the community, and offering sports nutrition counseling for athlete clients struggling with eating disorders in our PHP/IOP.
• May include coverage for Nutrition team member, helping out with menu planning, food ordering, catering/cook coordination, and kitchen management/food organization.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by manager.

• Graduate of an accredited Dietetics program with completion of internship/practice experience.
• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN);
  Registered with the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• Certified Dietitian (CD) with the Washington State Department of Health.

• Approachable and compassionate, with an emotional awareness of client’s needs and one’s relationship with the client.
• A high degree of confidentiality and personal boundary setting; coupled well with value of modeling for clients.
• Adaptable, organized personality and skill set.
• High value of collaboration with multi-disciplinary treatment team.
• Experience working with eating disorders/offering 1:1 nutrition counseling, highly desirable.
• Live, behave and talk in a way that reflects a non-diet, weight-inclusive relationship with food and body.

About 10-20 hours weekly. Working hours would be Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Exact hours determined at hire but all would occur between 7:30am and 5:00pm on weekdays. Certain hours may be required according to specific job duties.

Salary will be commensurate with experience and market rate. Food will be provided for meals leading with PHP/IOP clients. 1:1 nutrition supervision by an RDN. Staff trainings weekly on variety of topics. Group staff consultation and supervision weekly. Health insurance provided with premium health insurance company. Simple IRA with employer matching. Paid time off. Paid holidays. Funds and paid time for continuing education.