REGISTERED DIETITIAN - Full Time

Job Details Job Location: DENVER, CO 80246 Salary Range: $65,000.00 - $80,000.00 Job Title: Registered Dietitian At EDCare, we believe nutrition is a foundational part of healing and recovery from eating disorders. We are seeking a compassionate, collaborative Registered Dietitian to join our multidisciplinary team in Denver, supporting patients across our Residential and Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP). This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact by helping patients rebuild trust with food, restore nutritional stability, and develop sustainable recovery skills in a supportive and specialized treatment environment. Our Registered Dietitians are an essential part of the treatment team, providing individualized nutritional assessments, meal planning, counseling, meal support, and psychoeducational groups tailored to each patient’s unique recovery journey. This position works closely with therapists, medical providers, psychiatry, nursing, and culinary staff to ensure continuity of care and a comprehensive treatment approach rooted in compassion, accountability, and clinical excellence. Duties and Responsibilities Completes thorough nutritional assessment within 48 hours. Manages scheduling for follow-up sessions, holding weekly sessions and completing adjoining charting. Creates an individualized nutrition treatment plan with appropriate goals and objectives. Develops meal plans demonstrating diversity and meeting the nutritional needs of the patient. Demonstrates knowledge of food service regulations and environmental risks while enforcing regulatory requirements. Demonstrates knowledge of and practice of clinical interviewing/counseling skills. Demonstrates ability to build therapeutic rapport. Facilitates educational and nutritional groups with expertise, demonstrating ability to engage, set limits and monitor the group process. Timely completion and accuracy of assigned paperwork: assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, group notes, etc. Provides continuity of care; communicating with outpatient RD’s within 48 hours of patient’s initial assessment, throughout stay as decided between ED Care/Outpatient team, and prior to discharge. Provides culinary coverage as scheduled: planning, preparing, portioning, and serving of meals. Verifying allergens and specific dietary needs. Stays current in expectations and practices guidelines set out by ED Care as they are updated. Provides supervision to dietary interns and utilizes support resources to ensure outstanding quality of dietary services. Provides nutritional outpatient counseling services, balancing time spent in OP with other job responsibilities, if requested. When treating outpatients, makes referrals to other providers/resources as indicated, including psychiatrist, individual therapist, Primary Care Provider, family therapist, group, etc. Using internal referral form for any in-house referrals. Facilitates meal therapy with patients including processing and documentation, if needed. Actively participates in multidisciplinary team, providing input on patient care and attending staffing meetings. Works with Program Director to assess the effectiveness of existing program and provide input. Other job duties as assigned. Other Responsibilities Maintains schedule (time off, etc.) that provides appropriate staffing coverage. Demonstrates effective communication by checking and responding to email and calls within a timely manner. Complies with all regulatory and accreditation requirements for the clinical services and food production services. This includes but is not necessarily limited to HIPAA, The Joint Commission and federal, state and/or local health departments. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition required. Registered Dietitian or RD eligible, passing RD exam within 90 days of hire required. Experience working individually and in groups preferably with eating disordered patients. Clinical conceptualization of the treatment of eating disorders and dual diagnosis preferred. Good oral and written communication skills preferred. Computer Skills Must be able to effectively maneuver within an office scheduling system. Minimum of beginner skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Intermediate skills are required with Microsoft Outlook. Must be able to efficiently learn and effectively work within an electronic medical records system. Physical Demands and Environment Sitting frequently, standing occasionally, walking occasionally, talking frequently, hearing frequently, seeing constantly, reaching with arms and hands occasionally, crouching occasionally, and using fingers intricately. This position requires lifting/carrying up to 10 pounds occasionally and lifting/carrying up to 25 pounds rarely. Environmental Conditions 99% inside, 99% normal temperature and 99% normal noise as expected in a medical office environment. We are deeply committed to fostering a culture of compassion, teamwork, integrity, and professional growth. If you are passionate about helping individuals heal their relationship with food and their bodies while working within a mission-driven organization dedicated to recovery, we would love to hear from you. #J-18808-Ljbffr EDCare