Registered Dietitian Job Turlock area,California USA,Healthcare

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct the Dietary Department, its programs and activities.
Develop and maintain written dietary policies and procedures.
Interpret the department's policies and procedures to employees, residents, visitors, government agencies, etc., as necessary.
Make written and oral reports/recommendations to the Dietary Supervisor and/or Administrator as necessary/required concerning the operation of the Dietary Department.
Review and develop a plan of correction for dietary service deficiencies noted during survey inspections and provide a written copy of such to the Administrator for their approval.
Review departmental complaints and grievances from personnel and make written reports to the Administrator of action(s) taken. Follow facility's established procedures.
Develop and implement a dietary service organization structure.
Assist the Quality Assessment and Assurance Committee in developing and implementing appropriate plans of action to correct dietary deficiencies.
Develop, implement, and maintain an ongoing quality assurance program for the Dietary Department.
Assist the Discharge Planning Coordinator in planning the dietary services portion of the resident's discharge plan.
Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies.
Interview residents or family members, as necessary, to obtain diet history.
Ensure that charted dietary progress notes are informative and descriptive of the services provided and of the resident's response to the service.
Visit residents periodically to evaluate the quality of meals served, likes and dislikes, etc.
Assist in planning regular and special diet menus as prescribed by the attending physician for individual residents.
Review therapeutic and regular diet plans and menus to assure they are in compliance with the physician's orders.
Review the dietary requirements of each resident admitted to the facility, as may be required, and assist the attending physician in planning for the resident's prescribed diet plan.
Meet with dietary personnel, on a regularly scheduled basis, solicit advice from inter-department supervisors concerning the operation of the Dietary Department, assist in identifying and correct problem areas, and/or the methods of improvement of services.
Determine departmental staffing requirements necessary to meet the Dietary Department's needs.
Maintain a productive working relationship with other department supervisors and coordinate dietary services to assure that daily dietary services can be performed without interruption.
Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, and positive emphasis as well as a calm environment throughout the department.
Develop, implement, and maintain an effective orientation program that orients the new employee to the department, its policies and procedures, and to his/her job position and duties.
Ensure that dietary service work areas are maintained in a clean and sanitary manner.
Ensure that dietary service personnel follow established infection control procedures when isolation precautions become necessary.
Assist in the purchase of food service supplies, equipment, etc., as required.
Develop a written dietary plan of care (preliminary and comprehensive) that identifies the dietary problems/needs of the resident and the goals to be accomplished for each dietary problem/need identified.
Encourage the resident/family to participate in the development and review of the resident's plan of care.
Assist in the scheduling of care plans and assessments to be presented and discussed at each committee meeting.
Ensure that all dietary personnel are aware of the care plan and that care plans are used in…