Dietitian

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Vision Plan

Tuition assistance

Employee referral bonus

Job summary

NewCourtland seeks a Dietitian to lead medical nutrition therapy for residents, provide education to residents and families, and deliver nutritional assessments and care planning as part of the food and nutrition services team. You will assess dietary needs, identify at risk residents, and develop individualized plans in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.

Strong communication with administrators and staff is essential.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Implement, coordinate and evaluate medical nutrition therapy for residents and provide education.
• Complete and update dietary assessments as part of resident assessments.
• Interview residents and family to develop individualized dietary plans.
• Work with the interdisciplinary team to develop and evaluate plans of care.
• Record progress notes and communicate with the care team and survey staff.
• Participate in long-term care surveys and ensure timely information collection.

Skills

Nutrition therapy

Dietary assessments

Team collaboration

Resident education

Education

Baccalaureate degree in relevant field

Job description

We set best practices with our innovations and our dare to do things differently approach. If you want to go beyond the norm, be part of our Team!

At NewCourtland, we know our employees have lives that extend outside the office, so offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and exciting perks to help them be their best at work and at home.

Here are some of the amazing benefits you can expect as a NewCourtland Team Member!

• Health Insurance and Wellness Benefits for you and your family start the first of the month.
• Free Dental Insurance for you and your family.
• Free Life Insurance.
• Enhanced Vision Plan Options.
• Tuition assistance for career and personal development.
• Employee referral bonus program.
• Employer-assisted housing program.
• Generous time away from work benefits including paid holidays.
• 403b Retirement plan with company contribution.

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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