Diet Technician for Eating Disorder PHP/IOP

Rippling, Inc.; Campbell (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

LGTC Group is seeking a Diet Technician to support clients in daily activities and dietary components of our PHP/IOP program in the San Francisco Bay Area.

You will assist with menu planning, grocery management, and meal preparation, alongside our treatment team.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of nutrition and dietary interventions in the mental health field.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate with persons from all educational and cultural backgrounds.
• Be self-motivated and creative; show initiative and resourcefulness.
• Understanding medical consequences of eating disorders and re-feeding hazards.
• Ability to implement individualized menu plans for eating disorders.
• Serve Safe Certification or state food handler permit upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Purchasing grocery items for the facility with diet considerations.
• Maintain a well-stocked kitchen and uphold sanitation standards.
• Support dietitian by enforcing dietary program and meal plans.
• Prepare meals for clients and participate in cooking with them.
• Track dietary budgets and assist in client education on meals.
• Collaborate with counselors to support Milieu and therapeutic goals.
• Lead kitchen activities, reporting to the Lead Dietitian.
• Educate onsite staff on food safety and portion control.

Education

Bachelor's in Nutrition or related field

Job description

Diet Technician for Eating Disorder PHP/IOP

L GTC Group is a comprehensive mental health care provider with a rapidly expanding footprint in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento. LGTC Group provides a wide range of treatment options including partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient programs, residential, psychiatry, psychotherapy, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Ketamine treatment, and Neuropsychological testing.

Diet Technician supports clients through their daily activities and the dietary component of the program. Some of the typical duties on shift include menu planning with clients, managing kitchen stock and safety, correcting meal plans, grocery shopping, tracking dietary budgets, preparing meals for clients, consuming meals alongside our clients to offer support in the moment, and communicating observations with our treatment team.

Responsibilities

• Purchasing all grocery items for facility, considering variety, special diets, and food safety
• Maintaining a well-stocked kitchen, and upholding proper sanitation requirements
• Analyzing food service providers to ensure quality products at cost effective prices
• Monitoring client consumption of appropriate meals and providing supplementation for incomplete meals
• Cooking and baking with clients as therapeutically recommended by Dietitian
• Participating in restaurant experiences
• Enforcing dietary program and supporting goals set by Dietitian
• Assisting in education for other staff onsite to ensure food safety and proper portioning of meals. This role will really be the leader of the kitchen reporting to the Lead Dietitian
• Support Milieu in collaboration with counselors

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Nutrition or related field
• Knowledge of nutrition and dietary interventions in the mental health field
• Ability to communicate with persons from all educational and cultural backgrounds
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills
• Must demonstrate initiative, resourcefulness, a professional manner, enthusiasm, and a non-judgmental attitude
• Be self-motivated and creative
• Ability to demonstrate understanding of the medical consequences of eating disorders, the hazards of re-feeding and how to avoid complications
• Ability to implement an individualized menu plan for each of the different types of eating disorders
• Ability to communicate effectively to all staff in implementing the dietary programs
• Must have the ability to provide documentation or obtain a state-required food handlers permit, or Serve Safe Certification, upon hire