Remote Pediatric Dietitian for Eating Disorder Care

Equip Health; United States; Remote; USD 68,000 - 85,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO (3-5 wks/year)

11 paid company holidays

Parental Leave

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

401k Retirement Plan

Student Loan Repayment

Home internet stipend

Initial work-from-home stipend

Company laptop

Job summary

Equip Health is seeking a Registered Dietitian to deliver evidence-based nutrition care for families through our fully virtual telehealth platform. You will collaborate with the care team, develop meal plans, and support weight restoration goals within a family-based treatment approach.

This remote role supports 30 hours per week of direct patient care, with scheduling across Pacific hours and opportunities for ongoing professional development. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree or college and course work accredited or approved by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND).
• Licensed RDN required, and eating disorder experience preferred (also prefer some exposure/experience to family based eating disorder treatment approaches, but not required).
• Strong skills in communication and collaboration with diverse teams.
• Experience working on interdisciplinary teams.
• Organized and results-driven.
• Ability to understand and balance business needs and clinical priorities.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment, subject to rapid change and innovation.
• Ability to work Pacific Hours

Responsibilities

• Assist patients and families in helping the patient transform their maladaptive eating patterns into a healthy relationship with food through provision of ongoing support.
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans to facilitate patients’ progress based upon patient’s unique needs. This is accomplished through regular meetings with families via telehealth, which will include an initial nutrition assessment, prescription of a meal plan (utilizing Equip’s feeding philosophy and meal planning approach) and assessment of target weight ranges.
• Guide process of exposure to fear/challenge foods.
• Communicate patient’s meal plan, and any other special nutrition related concerns clearly to all team members, and provide education around how to alleviate or resolve nutrition related concerns.
• Echo treatment team’s directives in interactions with families (presents as a united front).
• Assist with discharge planning.
• Update treatment plans weekly with patient’s progress, treatment goals, nutrition related assignments or directives, nutrition related concerns.
• Reassess nutritional needs on an ongoing basis and communicates recommendations to treatment team (and families).
• Deliver evidence-based nutrition education geared toward challenging irrational thoughts and beliefs around food/nutrition, weight and shape that fuel the eating disorder behaviors.
• Establish a therapeutic relationship with families, including rapport building, appropriate boundary setting, and a working alliance with team and family toward treatment goals.
• Thorough documentation within Equip’s electronic medical record in accordance with Equip’s policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Organized

Business needs vs clinical priorities

Adaptable in fast-paced environment

Pacific Time hours

Education

Bachelor's degree ACEND

Licensed RDN

Job description

Equip Health is seeking a Registered Dietitian to deliver evidence-based nutrition care for families through our fully virtual telehealth platform. You will collaborate with the care team, develop meal plans, and support weight restoration goals within a family-based treatment approach.

This remote role supports 30 hours per week of direct patient care, with scheduling across Pacific hours and opportunities for ongoing professional development. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered.