Registered Dietician
2 months ago
Buffalo
Job Description Registered Dietician Shift: Full-Time Rate: $29 - $32/hr. (depending on experience) JOB DESCRIPTION: The Dietician works with the Food Service Director, Diet Technician, and other Dietary personnel to ensure that proper nutritional care is maintained. Communicates and establishes a rapport with other disciplines within the facility. Frequently interact with the residents on a 1:1 basis. RESPONSIBILITIES: • Prepares/oversees an initial nutritional assessment of all admitted residents., • Participates in assuring that regular and therapeutic diet menus are nutritionally adequate and by the approved facility diet manual., • Works with the diet technician to coordinate weekly weights, meal patterns, nourishments, meal supplements intake and consistency appropriateness, intake study requirements and result, documentation requirements, transfer/discharge summaries, and tube feed reviews. Reviews, evaluate, and charts (as needed) pertinent lab values., • Continually counsels and educates the patients, residents, family members, and facility personnel on proper therapeutic and essential nutrition in conjunction with a diet technician., • Monitors patient/resident meal, nourishment, supplement intake, and consistency appropriateness., • Make appropriate referrals to OT, Speech Therapist, Dentist, and Nursing staff., • Works in conjunction with the Food Service Director to ensure that:, • Policy and procedures are current and reviewed annually., • Dietetic education programs are planned to keep the dietary and nursing departments updated and informed as required by Education Department., • The facility diet manual is current and approved., • Temporary and permanent dietary changes are nutritionally adequate., • Attends interdisciplinary meetings, including weekly comprehensive care planning sessions. Also attends seminars outside the facility that are pertinent to job performance and credentials., • Reviews facility and dietary department meeting minutes to keep informed of current events within the facility., • Maintains registration requirements by New York State., • Provides a copy of the registration to the facility upon hire and with subsequent renewal., • Evaluates diet histories and reviews nourishment and supplement records., • Bachelor's degree in Dietetics/Nutrition, • Registered with American Dietetic Association, • One year of long-term care facility experience preferred, • Paid Time Off (PTO), • Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance, • Life Insurance, • Referral Bonus Program, • Weekly or Same Day Pay Options