Registered Dietitian

Location: Remote (Supporting Residential Programmes in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Organisation: The Wave Clinic

Hours: Part-Time (Flexible; approx. 1020 hours per week)

Reports to: Clinical & Medical Director

About The Wave Clinic

The Wave Clinic is a specialist residential and outpatient treatment centre for adolescents and young adults experiencing complex mental health presentations, including eating disorders, trauma, substance use, personality vulnerability, and co-occurring conditions. Our model integrates trauma-focussed care, DBT, phased treatment (Stabilisation, Reprocessing, Reintegration), experiential therapies, and multidisciplinary collaboration within a safe and relational residential setting.

Role Overview

We are seeking a compassionate, experienced Dietitian with specialist expertise in Eating Disorders to join our multidisciplinary team on a part-time remote basis. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting nutritional rehabilitation, stabilisation, and recovery for young people with complex presentations including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, ARFID, binge eating disorder, disordered eating, and co-occurring trauma and emotional dysregulation. This role involves clinical assessment, meal plan development, psychoeducation, family collaboration, and close MDT coordination.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Care

• Conduct comprehensive nutritional assessments (including ED-specific risk assessment).
• Develop individualised, phase-appropriate meal plans aligned with medical and therapeutic goals.
• Support nutritional stabilisation in early treatment (including refeeding considerations and risk management in collaboration with medical team).
• Provide remote 1:1 nutrition sessions with residents.
• Support reduction of compensatory behaviours (purging, restriction, exercise misuse) through structured nutritional interventions.
• Monitor progress and adjust plans based on psychological and medical presentation.

Multidisciplinary Collaboration

• Attend weekly MDT meetings (remote).
• Work closely with psychiatrists, nurses, therapists, and support staff.
• Contribute to phase-based treatment planning (Stabilisation Reprocessing Reintegration).
• Provide guidance to residential staff around meal support strategies and food exposure work.
• Support risk protocols related to ED behaviours (e.g., bathroom supervision, purging risk, fluid manipulation).

Family & Systems Work

• Provide parent psychoeducation sessions when & if required.
• Support families in understanding refeeding, weight restoration, and food-related anxiety.
• Contribute to discharge planning and transition meal planning.

Documentation

• Maintain accurate clinical documentation in line with regulatory and clinic standards.
• Contribute to treatment reports and discharge summaries.
• Provide clear written meal guidance for on-site team implementation if needed.

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• Registered / Licensed Dietitian (recognised professional body).
• Specialist training and experience in Eating Disorder treatment.
• Minimum 35 years clinical experience (preferably with adolescents/young adults).
• Experience working within multidisciplinary mental health settings.

Strong understanding of:

• Refeeding syndrome and medical risk
• Trauma-informed nutritional care
• ARFID presentations
• Binge-purge cycles
• Emotional regulation and food
• Substance use and nutrition interplay

Desirable Experience

• Experience in residential or inpatient settings.
• Training in DBT-informed or trauma-focused models.

Experience working with co-occurring:

• Borderline personality traits
• PTSD / complex trauma
• ADHD
• Substance use disorders
• Experience providing virtual/telehealth consultations.

Personal Attributes

• Warm, relational, and non-judgmental approach.
• Comfortable working with high-acuity and complex cases.
• Confident providing challenge while maintaining therapeutic alliance.
• Culturally sensitive and globally minded.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

What We Offer

• Flexible remote working arrangement.
• Opportunity to work within an internationally diverse clinical team.
• Complex and meaningful clinical work.
• Collaborative trauma-focused model.
• Ongoing professional development opportunities.

How to Apply

Please submit:

• CV
• Cover letter outlining your experience in eating disorder treatment
• Professional registration details
• Availability (weekly hours)
• International Applicants are welcome to apply