Registered Dietician →

Optalis Healthcare; Riverview (MI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Optalis Healthcare in Michigan seeks a Registered Dietitian to oversee core duties within the organization. Responsibilities include diet planning, menu formulation, nutrition assessments, and ensuring meals meet physician orders and regulatory guidelines.

The role involves collaborating with nursing staff, documenting progress, maintaining resident food preferences, and contributing to care planning and MDS activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, or related field required.
• Minimum of one (1) year experience as a Dietician in a healthcare or skilled nursing setting preferred.
• One (1) to two (2) years management/supervisory experience preferred.
• Knowledge of MDS, care planning, and clinical documentation standards.
• Knowledge of applicable federal and state regulations governing dietary and nutritional services.

Responsibilities

• Participates in regularly scheduled conferences including department head meetings and interdisciplinary care plan meetings.
• Provides guidance over diet planning, menu formulation, preparation and service of regular and therapeutic diets.
• Ensures menus meet resident nutritional needs, preferences, and follow physician orders and regulatory guidelines.
• Interviews residents or family members to obtain diet history.
• Maintains records of resident’s food likes and dislikes.
• Confirms charted nutritional progress notes reflect services provided and resident response.
• Visits residents to evaluate meal quality and satisfaction.
• Completes nutritional portions of MDS, care planning, and progress notes as per facility policy.
• Monitors weights and collaborates with nursing to make recommendations.
• Ensures meals are nutritious, well-prepared, and served timely.
• Verifies appropriate meals for residents with special dietary needs.

Skills

Nutritional planning

Regulatory compliance

Clinical documentation

MDS knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, or related field

1+ year experience as a Dietitian in healthcare or skilled nursing

1-2 years management/supervisory experience

Knowledge of MDS, care planning, and clinical documentation standards

Knowledge of federal and state regulations governing dietary and nutritional services

Job description

Responsible for core duties of the Registered Dietician role within the organization.

• Participatesin regularly scheduled conferences including department head meetings, Resident at Risk meetingsand interdisciplinary care plan meetings.
• Provides technical guidance and administrative direction over diet planning, menu formulation,preparationand service of regular and therapeutic diets.
• Ensures menus meet resident nutritional needs, preferences, and follow physician orders and regulatory guidelines.
• Interviewsresidents or family members, as necessary, to obtain diet history.
• Participatesinmaintainingrecords of theresident’sfood likes and dislikes.
• Confirms that charted nutritionalprogress notes are informative and descriptive of the services provided and of theresident’sresponse to the service.
• Visits residents periodically to evaluatequalityof meals served, likes and dislikes, etc.
• For RegisteredDietitians with one location, they provide timely and accurate completion of nutritionalportion of MDS,CAA, Resident Care Planning, and Progress Notes as well as NutritionalAssessment, Nutritional Data Card,Diet Card andother requirements as perfacilitypolicyand proceduresto ensurecompliancewith federal and state regulations.
• Monitors weekly and monthly weights andcollaborateswith nursing personnel to makeappropriate recommendations.
• Monitors meals toensurethey provide nutritious, well-prepared, and palatable meals ina timelyand consistent manner while adhering to menus and diet orders.
• Verifyappropriate meals/snacksare served to residents with special dietary needs.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, or related fieldrequired.
• Minimum of one (1) year experience as a Dietician in a healthcare or skilled nursing setting preferred.
• One (1) to two (2) years management/supervisory experience preferred.
• Knowledge of MDS, care planning, and clinical documentation standards.
• Knowledge of applicable federal and state regulations governing dietary and nutritional services.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Current registrationwiththeCommission on Dietetic Registration(CDR)required.
• Must meet state licensure requirements for a Dietitian (if applicable).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Computer skills arerequired.
• Meets all state and federal criminal background check requirements.

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