Registered Dietitian

Carespring Health Care Management; Olde West Chester (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Job summary

Heritagespring is seeking a Registered Dietitian for a skilled nursing facility to lead clinical nutrition management and individualized food service for residents. You will report to the facility Administrator and coordinate closely with the corporate dietitian to ensure high-quality resident care.

Key responsibilities include clinical assessments, care plan updates, PDPM knowledge, documentation in PointClickCare, and collaboration with the dietary team to optimize meals while controlling

Qualifications

• Licensed Dietitian in the state of practice.
• Detail oriented with timely task completion.

Responsibilities

• Performs clinical assessments and updates patient care plans.
• Maintains knowledge of the PDPM system to capture patient needs.
• Documents in PointClickCare and uses dietary software for meal planning.
• Collaborates with facility chef and dietary dept to optimize food service.
• Participates in meal services, monitors resident meal intake, and trains staff.
• Maintains dietary cost control with nutrition interventions and supplements.
• Collaborates with families, physicians, and IDT for diet liberalization and self-directed care.
• Communicates nutrition orders and weight changes to physicians and admin.
• Acts as a nutrition leader, resolves dietary issues, and supports the team.

Skills

Attention to detail

Education

Licensed Dietitian in Ohio

Job description

Come join our team as a Registered Dietitian at our state of the art, skilled nursing facility. This positions functions in an administrative, scientific and educational capacity. The dietitian is to provide the best possible resident care through clinical nutrition management and individualized food service designed to meet the needs of the resident. The dietitian reports to the facility Administrator and is in close communication with the corporate dietitian.

Pay Rate: $70,000 to $79,000 based on licensure and experience

Why Our Staff Have Chosen to Work Here!

• Competitive Wages with low cost, high quality medical and dental insurance
• Work in a clean, state of the art facility with access to all supplies needed to provide the highest quality of care.

RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Performs Clinical Assessments, updates patient care plans and completes appropriate MDS related sections
• Maintains a working knowledge of the Medicare PDPM system to ensure the facility is capturing all patient related needs
• Documents in the facility electronic medical record (PointClickCare) and uses the facility meal planning software to ensure proper patient meal needs are in the dietary software
• Works collaboratively with the facility chef and the dietary department to promote optimal food service operations
• Attends meal services and takes an active role in participating and solving meal service issues. Completes meal rounds to effectively monitor resident meal intake. Assists with food service inservice training as needed.
• Works with the facility to maintain dietary cost control by balancing appropriate nutritional care with use of supplements and other nutritional interventions. Self-monitors supplement usage via Supplement PPD.
• Collaborates with patients, families, physicians and the IDT for Diet Liberalization: Aims for long term care patients to have self-directed nutritional care by utilizing Regular diets, providing real foods first and personal choice.
• Works with physicians/physician extenders to communicate nutritional recommendations, weight changes and other areas as needed. Communicates nutrition issues to other disciplines and the facility administrator as they arise to effectively solve problems. Effectively informs resident and legal representatives of new orders, diet changes and weight loss notifications as warranted.
• Maintains a professional/leadership Role by representing self as a leader in field of nutrition. Effectively solves problems related to nutrition and dietary. Works closely with food service manager to assist with food service issues. Has effective time management skills and reliable attendance. Able to function independently however builds rapport with other disciplines to be an effective team member.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• The dietitian must be licensed in the state in which she/he practices.
• Detail oriented person who ensures processes are completed timely

Heritagespring is an EOE/M/F/D/V and Smoke-Free Workplace