Location: Palos Verdes Estates, CA

Job Type: Registered Dietitian

Hours: Full time (Monday – Friday)

Employer:

Vitum Medical eating disorder clinic seeks a qualified Registered Dietitian for their specialized day and outpatient treatment program. Vitum is the premier specialized PHP/IOP eating disorder clinic in the LA/Southbay area focused on empowering recovery and restoring health to individuals and families suffering from eating disorders.  

Vitum delivers exceptional patient care through a multidisciplinary treatment team led by the specialized medical and therapeutic team and is seeking a motivated and qualified candidate who is willing to contribute to exceptional patient care, strong team cohesion, and dedicated recovery.

Job Description: 

Under the supervision of the attending MD, the Registered Dietitian: 

Work with patients to: 

• Develop a healthy relationship with food.
• Provide meal support for patients during snack and meal times. 
• Dispute eating disordered thoughts with factual information, challenging food fears, and providing nutrition experientials. 
• Develop lesson plans, lead nutritional groups, and provide updates to the multidisciplinary treatment team. 
• Conduct nutritional assessments.

Work with the Multidisciplinary Treatment Team to: 

• Supervise and implement meal service.
• Ensure that kitchen complies with all guidelines and regulations associated with food safety and sanitation. 

• Plan and implement strategy of care for each patients’ recovery success, through 1:1 nutritional counseling, goal-setting, and providing supportive accountability. 
• Oversee and coordinate patient dietary care for patients with Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa. 
• Create and edit menus to ensure that meals meet the nutritional needs of patients. 
• Provide a variety of foods to help patients succeed in the process of recovery and relapse prevention.
• Evaluate each patient’s individual progress toward attainment of outcomes while following the structure of program with flexibility.
• Ability to develop weekly menu, budget, shop, and prepare daily meals. 
• Understanding and ability to adjust and modify menu based on individual, cultural, and caloric requirements. 

Note:  

Candidates must have:

• Strong organizational skills
• Enjoy and flourish in an interdependent work environment
• Be self motivated and professional
• Strong capability of food services and kitchen operations

Candidates must have, or be willing to develop:

• Diabetic exchange system
• Evidence-based treatment and individualization
• Strong therapeutic nutritional skills
• Eating disorders symptomology and etiology
• Work cohesively as part of a therapeutic treatment team
• Strong understanding of the patient population, their needs, appropriate boundaries, and the healthy contribution the RD has in the individuals’ recovery 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor or Masters Degree from an Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics w/ accredited program.
• National certification by the Commission on Dietetic Registration as a Registered Dietitian.
• Maintain CEU’s as required for certification renewals. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Rotation/dietetic internship in a mental health setting. 
• Desire to work within eating disorder population

Compensation:

Vitum offers a commensurate benefits package including:

• Competitive salary
• PTO, Vacation and Holidays
• Training, CEU support, direct supervision by Medical Director and staff
• Healthcare, 401k and retirement planning

For more information, or to apply, email: kitty@myvitum.com