Provide virtual nutrition care for children and adolescents with eating disorders, working closely with families to support nutritional rehabilitation and recovery. The role centers on family-based treatment, with regular telehealth assessments, meal planning, weight-range review, and ongoing education around food-related fears and beliefs. Care is delivered as part of a multidisciplinary team, with frequent collaboration, weekly treatment-plan updates, and thorough documentation in the electronic medical record.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct initial nutrition assessments and follow-up telehealth visits with patients and families.
- Provide individualized meal plans, target weight range guidance, and ongoing nutritional recommendations.
- Guide exposure to feared or challenge foods as part of eating disorder treatment.
- Collaborate with therapists, physicians, dietitians, and family mentors to align care plans and communicate nutrition concerns.
- Educate families on nutrition-related concerns, meal planning, and evidence-based eating disorder recovery strategies.
- Update treatment plans weekly based on patient progress, goals, and changing nutritional needs.
- Assist with discharge planning and transition of care.
- Document assessments, interventions, and care plans in the electronic medical record.
Required
- Bachelor’s degree or coursework approved by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND).
- Current licensed RDN.
- Current residence in California.
- Ability to provide full-time availability for direct patient care, including new and follow-up visits.
- Ability to attend required team meetings and supervision sessions.
Preferred
- Experience working with patients with eating disorders.
- Exposure to family-based eating disorder treatment approaches.
- Experience working on interdisciplinary care teams.
Benefits & Perks
- Full-time W-2 salaried role with full benefits.
- Annual performance-based bonus potential.
- Flexible PTO policy and 11 paid company holidays.
- Generous parental leave.
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and AD&D insurance, with a significant portion of premiums covered by the employer.
- Employer-paid mental health benefit with free therapy and coaching sessions.
- Employee assistance program and healthcare concierge support.
- 401(k) option.
- Student loan repayment support.
- Licensure fee reimbursement for required licenses and cross-licensure requests.
- Annual continuing education stipend.
- Work-from-home stipend and company laptop.