Registered Dietitian (RD

Provides oversight of the operation of the Dietary Department to include staffing, food ordering, and preparation, food delivery and clean-up in accordance with facility policies, physician orders, resident care plans and appropriate regulations and clinical assessments of residents to assure nutritional needs are met.

• Competitive pay
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K with matching funds
• Life Insurance
• Employee discounts
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Reimbursement

Oversees the dietary department and provides supervision to the dietary staff to ensure the nutritional needs of residents are met according to standards of practice and regulatory guidelines.

• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organizational policies and applicable laws.
• Participates in regularly scheduled conferences including department head meetings, Resident at Risk meeting sand interdisciplinary care plan meetings.
• Oversees the purchase of food and supplies within budget andmaintainsa supply to adequately cover each meal.
• Provides technical guidance and administrative direction over diet planning, menu formulation,preparation and service of regular and therapeutic diets.
• Ensures menus meet resident nutritional needs, preferences, and follow physician orders and regulatory guidelines.
• Interviews residents or family members, as necessary, to obtain diet history.
• Participatesinmaintainingrecords of the resident’sfood likes and dislikes.
• Confirms that charted nutritional progress notes are informative and descriptive of the services provided and of the resident’sresponse to the service.
• Visits residents periodically to evaluatequalityof meals served, likes and dislikes, etc.
• For Registered Dietitians with one location, they provide timely and accurate completion of nutritional portion of MDS,CAA, Resident Care Planning, and Progress Notes as well as Nutritional Assessment, Nutritional Data Card,Diet Card andother requirements as perfacilitypolicyand procedures to ensurecompliancewith federal and state regulations.
  
  For Registered Dietitians with multiple locations, this function mayvary.
• Monitors weekly and monthly weights andcollaborateswith nursing personnel to make appropriate recommendations.
• Monitors meals toensurethey provide nutritious, well-prepared, and palatable meals ina timelyand consistent manner while adhering to menus and diet orders.
• Verify appropriate meals/snacksare served to residents with special dietary needs.
• Monitors food production,maintaining use of standardized recipes and menus and ensuring proper preparation and storage of food and supplies.
• Monitors tray line and meal service toensurethe highest level of quality and timeliness of food service is maintained.
• Monitors toensureadequate food and supplies for disaster preparedness as required by state and federal regulations.
• Assistsin creating job assignments andsettingpriorities.
• Meets facilities policies andstate and federal regulationsregardingsanitation and safe food handling techniques.
• Conducts at least monthly sanitation rounds of the kitchen and related areas toensureregulatory requirements and sanitation are maintained.
• Assists with the development ofplansofcorrection following State, Federal and QA surveys, as needed.
• Maintains records,manages budget and supplies.
• Monitors equipment and work areas to verify they are maintained in a clean, safe and orderly manner; maintains strict adherence to procedures regarding cleaners or hazardous materials or objects; verifies universal precautions and infection control, isolation, fire, safety and sanitation practices and procedures are followed; and promptly addresses any hazardous conditions and equipment.
• Monitors food preparation and food storage areasto ensure that health and sanitation regulations are being met.
• Reviews resident diet information and care plans, discusses with resident, family, and nursing staff, as necessary to make appropriate changes.
• Creates and implements procedures for department equipment to beoperatedonly by trained, authorized personnel in a safe manner.
• Participates in Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement initiatives.
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