Registered Dietician

Responsible for core duties of the Registered Dietician role within the organization.

• Participates in regularly scheduled conferences including department head meetings, Resident at Risk meetings and interdisciplinary care plan meetings.
• 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 nutritionalprogress 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 nutritionalportion 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.
• 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.
• Verifyappropriate meals/snacksare served to residents with special dietary needs.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, or related field required.
• Minimum of one (1) year experience as a Dietician in a healthcare or skilled nursing setting preferred.
• One (1) to two (2) years management/supervisory experience preferred.
• Knowledge of MDS, care planning, and clinical documentation standards.
• Knowledge of applicable federal and state regulations governing dietary and nutritional services.

• Current registrationwiththe
  
  Commission on Dietetic Registration(CDR) required.
• Must meet state licensure requirements for a Dietitian (if applicable).

• Computer skills are required.
• Meets all state and federal criminal background check requirements.