Dietician

NewCourtland; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

NewCourtland in Philadelphia is seeking a Registered Dietitian to lead medical nutrition therapy across the facility, coordinate dietary services and support residents and families.

You will assess nutritional needs, develop care plans with the interdisciplinary team, and document progress in resident records. This role also involves survey readiness and collaboration with the administrator to ensure quality of care.

Qualifications

• Baccalaureate degree in a relevant field.
• Current active RD registration by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• At least 1 year of professional food service experience in an institutional health care setting.

Responsibilities

• Implement, coordinate and evaluate medical nutrition therapy for residents.
• Complete and update dietary assessments as part of resident assessments.
• Interview residents and families to develop individualized dietary plans.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to implement and evaluate care plans.
• Record progress notes and monitor responses to dietary interventions.
• Communicate with the Nursing Home Administrator about care, personnel and budget.
• Participate in long-term care survey readiness and documentation.

Skills

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Nutrition assessment

Patient and family education

Excellent communication

Education

Baccalaureate degree in Nutrition or related field

Registered Dietitian (RD) certification

Job description

Position Summary:

• To implement, coordinate and evaluate the medical nutrition therapy for the residents, provide resident and family education, provide nutritional assessment and consultation to assist in planning, organizing and directing the food and nutritional services of the facility.
• Completes and updates dietary assessments as part of the comprehensive resident assessment process. Assessments identify residents' current needs for dietary services and those residents at nutritional risk.
• Interviews residents, interested family members, legal representatives and significant others to obtain and update information needed to develop individualized dietary plans of care, to accommodate individual needs and preferences and to protect and promote residents' rights.
• Works cooperatively with members of the interdisciplinary team to develop, implement and evaluate plans of care. Attends care conferences. Communicates resident concerns and responses to interventions to interdisciplinary team members and direct care staff.
• Records progress notes in the clinical record including subjective findings, objective symptoms, observations of behavior, interventions provided to resident and resident's responses to dietary interventions. Audits progress notes of Director of Food Service for completion and accuracy.
• Communicates with Nursing Home Administrator routinely to discuss resident care, personnel and budget issues.
• Actively participates in long term care survey process by instructing staff in matters of conduct and disclosure, maintaining a presence at all times surveyors are on-site and directing the timely collection of information required by the survey team. Demonstrates concern for identified problems and undertakes corrective action while survey is in progress if appropriate. Gathers and presents supplemental documentation to avoid potential deficiencies. Collaborates with Nursing Home Administrator to develop responses to survey report as needed.

Requirements:

Baccalaureate degree with major in relevant field.

Current active registration by the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the American Dietetic Association.

One year professional food service experience in an institutional health care setting which includes identification of dietary needs, planning and implementation of dietary programs.

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