Registered Dietician

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

Department : Administrative

Reports To : Executive Director

Status : Non-exempt

Job Summary

The Dietician provides caring and compassionate services to our residents through nutrition education and assessment of individual nutritional needs. The Dietician leads assigned programs that are of interest and meaning to our residents in order to enhance their lives and exceed their active aging lifestyle expectations.

Duties and Responsibilities

The following essential functions are the fundamental job duties of the position to be completed with or without appropriate reasonable accommodation.

• Participate in care plan development, meal observation, and resident / family, visitation.
• Provide nutrition education : Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans, diet modifications, and food selection and preparation. Counsel individuals and groups on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits, and nutrition monitoring to improve their quality of life.
• Care Planning : Assess nutritional needs, diet restrictions and current health plans to develop and implement dietary-care plans and provide nutritional counseling. Consult with physicians and health care personnel to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions of patient or client. Attend resident care planning meetings as needed; be an active member of the Interdisciplinary Team and participate in pertinent meeting as needed.
• Clinical focus : Assess resident weight changes and provide a written report to Nursing Services on a monthly basis : Upon notification from the Nursing staff of weight change, the Registered Dietitian shall assess weight change / significant weight change and implement appropriate interventions; attend weight risk meetings.
• Staff Education : Conduct in-service Education for the facility staff, participate in new employee orientation.
• Serve as a resource to the Foodservice Department.
• Be familiar with and follow protocols, policies and practices established by HallKeen Assisted Living, the Food Service Director, ServSafe, Board of Health and any others as applicable.
• Perform other duties as requested or assigned.

Requirements :

Minimum Qualifications :

Must have a valid State of Maryland Registered Dietitian License

Required Behavior :

Benefits :

Full time position offers a competitive benefit program to include Medical, Dental, Vision, Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, Short-Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, Home and Auto Discount program, Vendor Discount Program, 401(k) with matching contribution, Accrued Vacation, Sick, and Personal time and Paid Holiday Benefit. Employee referral bonus, and resident referral bonus.