Registered Dietitian

BrightQuest Treatment Center in Nashville, TN is hiring a Lead Dietitian!

BrightQuest is an organization dedicated to providing highly specialized treatment serving individuals and families suffering from complex mental illness and co-occurring disorders. Our vision at BrightQuest is to provide best in class treatment founded on a therapeutic community model that provides a supportive environment for social skills development and reparative attachment experiences. Our mission is to provide hope, strength and inspiration for individuals and families suffering from mental health, co-occurring, and substance use disorders so that they can heal, transform their lives, and realize all the possibilities of a life in recovery. We value our employees and contractors, and our goal is to engage those who share our core values and our vision.

The Dietitian supports our clients in optimizing nutrition to benefit physical and mental health, often collaborating with other team members to achieve this. The Dietitian plays a key role in identifying clients who may benefit from addition of the Nutrition Program to their treatment plan.

Primary Purpose and Function

The Lead Dietitian supports client in optimizing nutrition to benefit physical and mental health, often collaborating with other team members to achieve this. The Lead Dietitian plays a key role in identifying clients who may benefit from addition of the Nutrition Program (individual medical nutrition therapy sessions and nutrition group).

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Conduct nutrition assessments and ongoing nutrition follow up sessions.
• Expose clients to, and teach them, mindful eating habits.
• Cook meals with clients.
• Observe clients' eating and cooking habits, both at home and at restaurants.
• Document sessions using Academy of Nutrition and Dietetic nutrition care process (PES format).
• Plan topics for, facilitate, and document weekly men’s and women’s nutrition groups.
• Lead/oversee weekly meal planning groups within residential and semi-independent houses
• All other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in field of nutrition; Masters preferred.
• Completion of dietetic internship with active Registered Dietitian Nutritionist credentials.
• Maintain active registration status with Commission on Dietetics Registration.
• Specific, required, current, and active licensure, registration, or certification must be maintained in good standing.
• Preferred candidates should have sound understanding of mental illness, co-occurring disorders, and milieu therapy.
• Proficient computer skills and ability use various software programs.
• Have a valid driver’s license in good standing and auto insurance.
• Successfully complete drug screen and comprehensive background check.
• Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and boosted (if eligible), or have a valid exemption.

Benefits Designed for You and Yours

Galen Mental Health and its subsidiary companies are proud to offer full-time employees and their dependents enrollment in multi-level medical, dental, and vision health benefits with substantial employer premium contributions. Additionally, the company offers employer paid Life Insurance and AD&D, Long Term Disability, Paid Parental Leave, and Employee Assistance Plans. Employees can choose from a variety of voluntary benefits including Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Short Term Disability Coverage, Hospital Indemnity and Accident Plans, Critical Illness Coverage, and Legal Assistance. Furthermore, the company offers generous Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay.

Both full and part-time employees have the opportunity to enroll in the company’s 401(K) Retirement Plans with company match of 100% of the first 3% contributed and 50% of the next 2% contributed per paycheck. Employees contributing to their 401K plan are 100% vested immediately upon becoming eligible for the company match.

All benefits are effective the 1st of the month following 30 days of hire.

BrightQuest Treatment Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer (M/F/D/V).

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