Registered Dietitian Nutritionist; Part-Time

Overview

Forefront Healthcare is unique, experienced, and specialized in serving the continuum of care. With finely tailored, high-quality culinary and support services, Forefront helps its partners elevate the patient and resident experience.

Join our compassionate and collaborative team as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD/RDN) at a rehabilitation center in Billings, MT. This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful and lasting impact on the lives of our residents and patients through personalized nutrition care and innovative dietary programs that support overall health and well-being.

This part-time position offers 20–25 hours per week
, with a flexible schedule that can be customized to fit the right candidate’s availability. Whether you  looking to reduce your full-time hours or build your career in a supportive healthcare environment, we’d love to hear from you!

• Competitive Pay – $40.00/hr-$45.00/hr
• Flexible Scheduling – Achieve a healthy work-life balance
• On-Site and Discounted Childcare
• On-Site Pharmacy Benefit
• 401(k) Retirement Plan (must meet hours requirement)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

This position must assure that dietary services are provided to residents/patients that meet the current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations governing dietary services in a long-term care environment to assure quality nutritional services and resident safety.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Assist in establishing proper diet plans for residents/patients in accordance with their preference, health, and physician orders.
• Evaluate the health and diet needs of residents/patients.
• Calculate resident/patient nutritional requirements.
• Analyze nutritional content of food.
• Educate dietary staff about food and nutrition.
• Review therapeutic and regular diet plans and menus to assure that they are in compliance with physician orders.
• Serve on facility committees as needed.
• Ensure that charted dietary notes are complete and timely.
• Ensure that menus are maintained and filed in accordance with state and federal regulations.
• Visits residents/patients to do initial nutritional assessment and screening, explain diet, record food preferences, and promote a quality food service.
• Visits all residents/patients at least one time per quarter. Residents/Patients at nutritional risk are visited weekly. Documents all visits.
• Checks diet orders that are received against physicians’ orders at least once a month. Notify nursing of discrepancy.
• Submits written reports to administration as necessary.
• Plans and presents in-service education programs for the Dietary Department.
• Ensures continued compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations.
• Works with Dieta ry Manager/Director to achieve quality food service.
• Maintains current Care Plan for each resident/patient through interdisciplinary Care Plan meetings and updating when necessary.
• Reports any problems to the Dietary Manager/Director.
• Is responsible for knowing, understanding, and conveying to other dietary staff personnel the Federal and State rules and regulations regarding nursing home dietary requirements and is responsible for their enforcement within the scope of the Dietary Department.
• Understand facility’s fire and disaster plans; follow established procedures during drills and actual emergencies.
• Performs other tasks as necessary and appropriate when assigned.

Competencies

• Customer Service Oriented.
• Basic Food Preparation Knowledge.
• Sanitation and Safety Practices.
• Thoroughness.
• Clinical Oversight.

Supervisory Responsibility

• Must have the ability to coach others.
• Proven ability to coach and teach within the kitchen.
• Ability to lead a group of your peers.

• Requires repetitive wrist motion.

• The Dietitian sits, stands and walks intermittently through-out the working day. Must be able to speak and write in an understandable manner.

• This is an hourly position, with expected hours to include: days, evenings, some weekends, and some holidays.

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