Registered Dietician
Acadia Healthcare•Danville, PA
•Onsite
About The Position
Geisinger Behavioral Health Danville is looking for a dedicated Dietitian to join their growing team in a brand-new facility. The role involves serving as the nutrition expert, helping patients achieve better health through personalized care plans, nutrition education, and collaboration with an interdisciplinary treatment team. This is an opportunity to promote wellness, support recovery, and make a lasting impact on patients' lives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited University in Dietetics, Nutrition or similar field acceptable for licensure.
- Current registered dietician or registration as required by state or eligible for endorsement by the state in which the facility provides services.
- ServSafe certification or similar food safety certification where required by the state or facility.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Eating Disorders and Substance use strongly preferred in facilities working with those patient populations.
Responsibilities
- Assess nutritional needs, diet restrictions and current health plans to develop and implement dietary-care plans and provide nutritional counseling.
- Approve patient menus and nutritional supplements.
- Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans, diet modifications and food selection and preparation.
- Provide nutritional assessments per facility policy and regulation.
- Review and approve menus developed by the facility.
- Counsel individuals and groups on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits and nutrition monitoring to improve their quality of life.
- Consult with physicians and health care personnel to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions of patient.
- Participate in treatment team as appropriate.
- Review and approve facility diet manual annually in conjunction with medical staff.
- Promote better health by speaking to groups about diet, nutrition and the relationship between good eating habits and preventing or managing specific diseases.
- Monitor food service operations to ensure conformance to nutritional, safety, sanitation and quality standards as needed.
- Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
