Registered Dietitian

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

Job summary

HSM Management is seeking a Registered Dietitian to assess, care plan and provide nutrition services for the elderly in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team. You will assess residents with conditions such as diabetes, renal disease, weight loss and wounds, and craft dietary plans that meet medical needs while supporting quality of life.

Responsibilities include participating in care plan meetings, documenting nutrition assessments, and ensuring compliance with facility policies and MDS

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Dietetics or Nutrition from an approved program.
• RDN/CDR status and ongoing compliance required.
• State licensure if applicable to practice.

Responsibilities

• Assess residents and develop nutrition care plans for various medical conditions.
• Perform nutrition-focused assessments and write PES statements.
• Coordinate care with the interdisciplinary team and participate in care plan meetings.
• Ensure diet orders, supplements, and nutrition support follow policy.
• Audit kitchen and trayline for sanitary standards and quality of nutrition service.
• Provide nutrition education and staff in-service training as needed.

Skills

Assesses residents

Timely assessments

MDS 3.0 K knowledge

Nutrition Care Process

PES statements

Enteral/parenteral nutrition calc

Nutrition-focused physical exam

Care plan collaboration

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Diet orders knowledge

Therapeutic diets knowledge

Malnutrition assessment

Documentation proficiency

EMR familiarity

Education

Bachelors degree in Dietetics or Nutrition

Master’s degree in nutrition (preferred)

State licensure (if applicable)

Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist (RDN) status

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

Registered Dietitian Job Description

The registered dietitian must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to assess, care plan and provide services to the elderly population in conjunction with the interdisciplinary team. They assess the health of individual patients with medical conditions such as diabetes, renal failure, weight loss and wounds and construct dietary plans that provide adequate nutrition and minimize the condition's effects.

Required skills

• Proficiently assesses residents with a variety of medical conditions.
• Completes assessments in a timely manner, in accordance with facility standards.
• Thorough knowledge of MDS 3.0 Section K. Submits accurate and timely information.
• Proficient in the Nutrition Care Process and writing PES statements.
• Calculates enteral and parenteral (if applicable) nutrition recommendations, according to facility policy.
• Proficiently completes a nutrition-focused physical exam.
• Familiar with malnutrition diagnostic criteria and documents suspected malnutrition clearly in nutrition assessment note.
• Participates in care plan meetings and shares nutrition recommendations with members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Coordinate care with the interdisciplinary team to ensure that all residents have the best possible nutrition intervention.
• Follows facility policy and standards regarding order-writing of diets, supplements, and nutrition support.
• Has thorough knowledge about therapeutic diets, including when each are appropriate to be ordered and foods permitted.
• Assesses high risk residents on a monthly basis providing appropriate supportive nutrition therapy/education.
• Audits the kitchen to ensure that the trayline is meeting sanitary standards.
• Hosts in-service training for staff as needed.
• Additional responsibilities may include acting as a preceptor to dietetic interns
• Sufficient understanding of Windows-based computer applications to learn and the ability to use electronic medical records.
• Demonstrates good judgment, problem solving and decision making skills.

Knowledge/Education and Skills Requirements

• Bachelors degree from an approved program in Dietetics or Nutrition
• Master’s degree in nutrition related field preferred
• State licensure if applicable
• Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist (RDN) – Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) and maintains status as RDN via CDR