Registered Dietitian - Long Term Care

Schlegel Villages; Waterloo; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in long-term care located in Waterloo, Ontario, is seeking a Registered Dietitian to join their team. This role focuses on providing personalized nutrition care to residents, ensuring high-quality services and advocating for their nutritional needs. Join a family-oriented environment focused on holistic health care and innovation.

Qualifications

• Registered and current membership with College of Dietitians of Canada.
• Experience working in long-term care settings.
• Knowledge of RAI-MDS is essential.

Responsibilities

• Complete Resident Nutrition Risk Assessments for new admissions.
• Develop and evaluate nutrition care plans as a member of the interdisciplinary team.
• Monitor residents' nutrition to provide appropriate interventions.

Skills

Clinical nutrition

Geriatrics

Nutrition assessments

Collaboration

Advocacy for residents

Education

Undergraduate Degree in Food and Nutrition

Accredited Dietetic Internship

Job description

Job Details

Description

Our Village at University Gates, located in Waterloo, Ontario has an exciting opportunity for a REGISTERED DIETITIAN to join their LONG-TERM CARE village team.

At Schlegel Villages you can be YOU while being part of OUR Family.

To be successful as our new Registered Dietitian you will:

• Complete Resident Nutrition Risk Assessments for all new admissions
• Monitor and follow residents who are identified at high nutritional risk
• Determine person responsible for monitoring residents at moderate and low nutritional risk
• Recommend specific nutritional interventions and provide information to the Care Team about implementing recommendations, monitoring and follow-up as required
• Collaborate with the resident’s attending physician regarding the nutritional plan of care and associated assessment needs, i.e.: lab results, vitamin supplementation, diet changes, etc.
• Participate as a member of the Interdisciplinary Team in the development and evaluation of nutrition care plans which includes an assessment, resident centred goals and nutritional care plan to meet the individual needs of the resident and evaluate the outcome of the nutrition care interventions
• Review all resident weights on a monthly basis with the Care Team and initiate appropriate interventions and documentation as necessary
• Reviews and/or update resident diet cards, nourishment lists, diet census sheet and dining seating plans as requested by the Director of Food Services
• Possess experience in clinical nutrition and geriatrics
• Knowledge of RAI-MDS and LTC experience is essential
• Have an Undergraduate Degree in Food and Nutrition, or equivalent, from an approved University.
• Successfully completed an accredited Dietetic Internship
• Current registration with the College of Dietitians and Dietitians of Canada
  
  

As a Registered Dietitian Joining Our Village, You Will

Support and embrace our resident-centred social culture and be proud to deliver the highest quality of service to our residents. You will work as a key member of our Village and kitchen team to support residents’ individual needs, and advocate for residents to make informed decisions relating to their dining experience.

We want to hire the best people, provide the best training and education, and support them with the best leadership. Our commitment to these objectives creates a culture and environment of positive engagement on our journey to change the culture of aging.

You can be you while being a part of our family.

At Schlegel Villages we are redefining elder care through innovation, village design and culture change, but we know the key to our village success, and our residents’ satisfaction, is YOU and our teams.

We aspire to provide all members of our communities, including team members, with a life enriching experience. We are family owned and operated and we take our mission seriously: “to provide holistic health care in a home environment, located within an internal neighbourhood design that promotes a caring community with emphasis on optimal health and life purpose for each resident”.

We’d love to talk to you about what makes us different.

Schlegel Villages is pleased to accommodate individual needs in accordance with the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA), within our recruitment process. If you require accommodation at any time throughout the recruitment process, please speak with the hiring leader.