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NUTRITION ASSISTANT

Bright Road Recoveryβ€’Claremont, CA
β€’Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a Nutrition Assistant/Food Service Prep for our patients in residential eating disorder treatment. Our ideal candidate is confident and creative with cooking, comfortable modeling normal eating behaviors with patients during meals, and has experience in food service. The role involves preparing meals according to patient meal plans, leading and directing supported meals, plating meal plan exchanges, participating in care coordination, maintaining a clean kitchen, documenting meal records, providing milieu support to help patients abstain from eating disorder behaviors, helping patients move towards a normal relationship with food, and maintaining contact with the treatment team. This position requires full COVID-19 vaccination and is fully onsite.

Requirements

  • Completed or in progress- Bachelor of Science in Foods & Nutrition, Dietetics or related major
  • Current or in progress- Food Handler's or ServSafe certification
  • Knowledge of evidence based treatments
  • Has good general knowledge of computer operations; uses a keyboard and calculator proficiently and with a high degree of accuracy
  • Uses Microsoft Office Word and Excel as well as Internet and email programs proficiently, including Google platform applications such as google docs, sheets, forms, slides, etc
  • Uses typical office equipment
  • Must be able to sit for extended periods of time
  • Must be able to stand for extended periods of time
  • Must be able to climb and descend stairs
  • Must be able to lift up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds occasionally.

Nice To Haves

  • Is confident and creative with cooking
  • Is comfortable modeling normal eating behaviors with patients during meals
  • Has experience in food service
  • Has a normal relationship with food and eating, and can support patients by leading/co-leading meals and snacks
  • Has evening and weekend availability
  • Loves seeing patients recover from an eating disorder and other mental health diagnoses
  • Lives close to Claremont for an easy commute
  • Knows and understands eating disorders (or want to learn!)
  • Wants to bring creative ideas, passion, and expertise to further enrich and develop our dynamic program
  • Loves nutrition and working closely with patients
  • Is dedicated to helping our patients recover from eating disorders
  • Is self-starting and loves working on a team

Responsibilities

  • Prepare a variety of meals according to patients' meal plans
  • Lead and direct supported meals- monitoring meal completion, redirecting eating disorder behaviors and inappropriate topics of conversation
  • Plating meal plan exchanges according to patients' meal plans
  • Participate in care coordination, including multidisciplinary team meetings
  • Maintain a clean kitchen environment
  • Maintain detailed and timely documentation of meal records
  • Provide milieu support to help patients abstain from eating disorder behaviors
  • Help patients move towards a normal relationship with food
  • Maintain appropriate and timely contact with members of the treatment team including Nutrition Program Manager, Clinical Dietitians, and Clinical Therapists

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Based on current job postings on Teal, the average Nutrition Assistant salary in the US is approximately $47,000 per year, with a typical range of $31,000 to $67,000.
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