Dietitian Full Time Extendicare Beauclaire

Extendicare; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Extendicare is seeking a Registered Dietitian to lead nutrition and hydration care for residents in Ottawa, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.

The RD will assess status, develop and monitor care plans, provide counseling to residents and families, and work with interdisciplinary teams to optimize nutrition and dining services.

Responsibilities

• Assess nutrition status for all residents on admission, annually and with significant changes.
• Determine each resident's nutrition and hydration risk and prescribe interventions.
• Develop nutrition plans of care for new residents.
• Evaluate and modify nutrition plans for residents under care.
• Document resident nutrition care in records.
• Provide nutrition counseling/education for residents, caregivers, or substitutes.
• Monitor high/medium risk residents and coordinate with Nutrition Manager.
• Participate in interdisciplinary resident care conferences when scheduling allows.
• Participate in Pharmacy & Therapeutics, Resident Care/Professional Advisory, and Ethics committees.
• Collaborate with Care Teams on Skin/Wound, Bowel, and Dysphagia management.
• Coordinate continuous quality improvement of nutrition, hydration care and dining in collaboration with NM.
• Provide nutrition/dietary in-service education to staff as required.
• Review and approve seasonal menus, including therapeutic and texture-modified diets.
• Approve home menus and oversee Restorative Feeding, Dining and Enteral Nutrition programs.
• Advise Administration on resident nutrition care considering language, culture and needs.

Job description

Job Description

Mission:

The Registered Dietitian (RD) is responsible for providing resident nutrition/hydration care and documenting nutrition/hydration care in compliance with regulatory standards and Extendicare's policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities:

• To assess nutrition status for all residents on admission, annually and whenever there is a significant change in status;
• To determine each resident's level of nutrition and hydration risk in order to prescribe/recommend needed interventions and follow-up care;
• To develop a nutrition plan of care for each newly admitted resident;
• To evaluate and modify, as needed, the nutrition plan of care for residents being followed by the RD, on an ongoing basis;
• To document resident nutrition care for residents followed by the RD;
• To provide nutrition/dietary counseling/education for residents and/or their caregivers, family members or substitute decision makers for the purpose of supporting optimum resident nutrition care;
• To monitor residents at high nutrition risk and those at moderate nutrition risk who are considered by the RD to require ongoing RD monitoring” and to ensure that all other residents (those at low risk and those at moderate risk who are considered stable by the RD), and delegated to the Nutrition Manager are monitored;
• To participate as a member of the interdisciplinary resident care team at resident care conferences, as scheduling allows;
• To participate on other appropriate interdisciplinary committees such as the Pharmacy & Therapeutics, Resident Care/Professional Advisory and Ethics;
• To participate as a key member of the home’s Care Teams, such as Skin/Wound Care, Bowel Management and Dysphagia Management teams;
• To coordinate continuous quality improvement of the home’s nutrition and hydration care and food services and dining in collaboration with the NM;
• To provide nutrition/dietary in-service education for Dietary and Nursing staff and other interdisciplinary team members as required;
• To review and approve the home’s seasonal menus, including those for therapeutic and texture modified diets and snack menus;
• To approve the home’s menus;
• To oversee the Restorative Feeding, Dining Program and the Enteral Nutrition Program;
• To collaborate with the Nutrition Manager and advise Administration on Resident nutrition care, considering resident's language, religious, culture and nutrient needs;
• To work in a position of trust with vulnerable adults (residents);
• To uphold and promote the organization’s values and philosophy