POSITION SUMMARY: Monitors, educates, and assists residents in the community, leads activities designed to help the residents adjust to living in a community setting, provide education lectures for nutrition and healthy eating, and assists the residents in gaining the skills needed to manage their eating disorder.

A FINGERPRINT CLEARANCE CARD IS REQUIRED FOR THIS JOB.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Provides direction and monitoring of meal plans to include the exchange system, my plate, or following registered dietitian orders.

• Plans and conduct nutrition intervention/education programs as indicated.

• Monitor residents weight, height, BMI and development for each age group as indicated.

• Provides nutrition education to residence individually or in groups as needed.

• Maintains current knowledge and implements nutritional care according to age, gender, cultural, spiritual, and medical and psychosocial needs/requirements of the residents.

• Provide encouragement and support during admission and throughout entire stay.

• Supports resident eating at mealtimes and snacks.

• Supports residence during structured outings and recreation.

• Provides mealtimes supports for resident's and monitors and documents resident’s meal consumption

• Facilitates meal planning groups with client's

• Supervises client's during a demonstration of how to prepare to ensure meal plan compliance

• Reporting observations and documenting in charts.

• Reviews productions schedule to determine food requirements including variety and quantity of food for preparation into a sample supplies and equipment needed for cooking activities.

• Conducts cooking classes with client's

• Maintains a clean, cemetery, demonstration kitchen including making special arrangements for special diets and ensuring proper requirements are met within facility aggravation complaint standards - Joint Commission.

• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

High school diploma or equivalent

The ideal candidate will have completed or be in process of completing either a dietary degree, or be in process of a social working degree, or related health field, have a passion for treatment of the eating disorders, possesses basic cooking skills, food safety knowledge, and will have the ability to work quickly and efficiently.

ADA REQUIREMENTS/ ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

x          WALKING

x          LIFTING, CARRYING: 5 LBS. OR MORE: 3 HRS/DAY

x          FINGERING, HANDLING

x          GRASPING

x          BEND/STOOP/KNEEL: 1 HRS/DAY

x          PROLONGED STANDING OR SITTING

x          EYE-HAND COORDINATION:  DEXTERITY REQUIRED

x          VISION REQUIREMENTS

x          PHYSICAL COORDINATION

WORK SITUATIONS

x          PERFORMING ROUTINE, REPETITIVE DUTIES

x          WORKING ALONE

x          WORKING AS PART OF A GROUP

x          STRESS OF MEETING FREQUENT DEADLINES

x          PERFORMING A VARIETY OF DUTIES

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

x          WEAR GLOVES

x          EQUIPMENT WITH MOVING PARTS

x          CHEMICALS, SOLVENTS

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

 x         WRITING

 x         SPEAKING

 x         HEARING

 x         READING

 x         RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS

 x         GIVING INSTRUCTIONS