Regional Dietitian/Diet Tech

Continuing Healthcare Solutions; Niles (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily Pay Available

Annual Retention Bonus

401K with Employer Match

Pet Insurance

Cell Phone Discounts

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

ESOP

Job summary

Continuing Healthcare Solutions is seeking a Registered Dietitian to join our nutrition team as a Regional Dietitian/Diet Tech in the Niles area. You will plan, implement, and provide nutrition services for residents across our northern region in CHS facilities, ensuring high-quality care and compliant diet therapy.

Must hold Ohio RD licensure and a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition or Dietetics; one year of RD experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Must hold Ohio licensure as RD and be registered dietitian.
• Bachelor's degree in Nutrition or Dietetics or equivalent.
• Experience in dialysis nutrition is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient knowledge of diet and kidney disease and provide education.
• Create individualized nutrition care plans with the interdisciplinary team.
• Calculate and adjust diet prescriptions per protocol.
• Document progress notes and lab results accurately.
• Collaborate with social worker to coordinate dietary resources.
• Travel to multiple facilities within the region as needed.

Skills

Nutritional education

Dietary assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Diet prescription calculation

Patient counseling

Education

Ohio licensure as Registered Dietitian

Bachelor's degree in Nutrition/Dietetics

Job description

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This is a great time to consider joining Continuing HealthcareSolutions as a RegionalDietitian or Diet Tech in this role you willplan, implement, and provide nutrition services for our variouslong-term care buildings within our northern region at CHS of Niles,The Suites at Niles, and CHS of Lisbon. Mileage reimbursement included!

Continuing Healthcare Solutions is the \"Employer ofChoice\" in our industry, and we invite you to come join uswhere you will enjoy a great work environment as a RegisteredDietitian or Diet Tech.

CHS is not just another long-term care company, we're anemployee-owned company (ESOP!), meaning you are an owner andstakeholder in our collective growth and success. We believe inempowering our team, providing exceptional care to our residents, andbeing an industry leader throughout the communities we serve.

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Experience and Skills

Essential Functions:

• Assesses patient’s knowledge of diet and kidney disease andprovides education appropriate to patient’s learning needs regardingthe relationship of diet and kidney disease and the impact on thetreatment process.
• Provides patient specific detailed education topatient/family/caregiver regarding nutritional status, adequacymeasures and results, fluid status, and all nutrition related labparameters pertaining to their disease process.
• Completes nutritional assessment and participates in theinterdisciplinary comprehensive assessments.
• Participates with the interdisciplinary team in the development of a written, individualized comprehensive plan of care that specifiesthe services necessary to address the patient’s needs, in accordancewith established Federal and, where applicable, state licensure guidelines.
• Calculates diet prescription according to standard of practice.
• Completes progress notes on all chronic dialysis patients.Maintains complete and accurate documentation of all appropriateinformation in medical record according to established Federal andstate regulations.
• Provides patient with ongoing nutrition assessment andoutcome-oriented nutrition counseling necessary to assist patient inachieving and sustaining an effective nutritional status.
• Identifies malnourished patients as well as patients at risk formalnutrition and works collaboratively with interdisciplinary teamto identify appropriate interventions, resources or solutions.Reviews each patient’s albumin level and body weight at leastmonthly. Implements plan of care with involvement of patient/family/caregiver.
• Monitors adherence and response to nutrition therapy, adjuststherapy as needed to achieve and sustain an effective nutritionalstatus, documents why the patient was unable to achieve the goalsand implements the plan of care to address issues impacting thepatient’s ability to achieve the goals.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team on management andrecommendations for mineral metabolism and renal bone disease,anemia and iron status, nutritional status, psychosocial status,vascular access, modality, rehabilitation status and sodium/volume control.
• When appropriate, works with Social Worker to coordinate plan ofcare for patient education and identifies candidates to refer tophysician for nutritional supplements, as per disease management agreements.
• Reviews nutrition related lab results:
• Counsels patient and/or caregiver and formulates appropriate action.
• Recommends treatment changes to the interdisciplinary team as appropriate.
• Communicates with physician and/or facility staff regarding labresults as appropriate.
• Communicates lab results and recommended treatment changes toproviders of patient care in nursing facilities (i.e. hospitals,short term and long term care facilities).
• Participates in pertinent staff meetings (i.e. general staff,quality improvement), Care plan meetings, and others as applicable.
• Consults with Medical Director regarding nutrition concerns as needed.
• Maintains and improves knowledge and skills for a competent andinnovative practice.
• Maintains dietetic registration and continuing education hours asspecified by American Dietetic Association and state licensureregulations where applicable.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team, ensuring that all workareas are safe and clean.
• Order and monitors supplements.
• Other nutrition management duties as assigned.
• Ability to work flexible schedules, including traveling tomultiple facilities within the region when needed.

Education Requirements:

Must hold Ohio licensure along with RD designation as required by CHS.

Bachelor's degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or similar area of study.

Minimum of 1-year professional work experience in a RegisteredDietitian role.

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Daily Pay Available

Annual Retention Bonus

401K with Employer Match after 30 days of employment

Pet Insurance

Cell Phone Discounts

Christmas Club Savings Account

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

Service Award Program/Employee Recognition Program

Tuition Reimbursement Program

New Wage Scale (Call for Details)

Generous Shift Differentials and much more...