Registered Dietitian

Villages of Orleans; Village of Albion (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Villages of Orleans in New York seeks a Registered Dietitian to implement, coordinate, and evaluate medical nutrition therapy for residents, provide education to residents and families, and oversee dietary services in the facility.

Primary duties include care planning, assessments, developing dietary plans, communicating with residents and families, ensuring care plans guide daily services, and aligning nutrition care with nursing notes and equipment needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s in Nutrition or Dietetics or related discipline.
• Accredited dietetic training approved by the American Dietetic Association.
• Must be a licensed Registered Dietitian in New York state.
• Provide documentation of registry/certificate upon application.
• Experience in long-term care or as a consulting RD preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implement, coordinate and evaluate medical nutrition therapy for residents.
• Provide resident and family education on nutrition.
• Perform nutritional assessment and consultation to plan dietary services.
• Coordinate care planning and assessments for residents.
• Maintain records of residents' food likes and dislikes.
• Assist in developing initial and comprehensive dietary assessments.
• Help create written dietary plans identifying problems and goals.
• Ensure care plans guide daily dietary services and are reviewed with nursing.

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in Nutrition

Accredited dietetic training

New York RD license

Registry/certificate documentation

Long-term care dietitian experience

Job description

Job description

Registered Dietitian

The primary purpose of the job position is 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.

Job Responsibilities:

Perform/oversee the care planning & assessment function listed below:

• Participate in maintaining records of the resident's food likes and dislikes
• Assist in developing preliminary and comprehensive assessments of the dietary needs of each resident
• Assist in developing a written dietary plan of care that identifies the dietary problems/needs of the resident and the goals to be accomplished for each
• Encourage the resident/family to participate in the development and review of the residents’ plan of care
• Ensure that all dietary personnel are aware of the care plan and that care plans are used in planning daily dietary services for the resident
• Review nurses’ note to determine if the care plan is being followed. Discuss problem areas with the Director of Nursing Services
• Ensure that the care plan identifies any special equipment and utensils the resident may need
• Interpret and evaluate information on a patient’s chart and make recommendations for appropriate medical nutrition therapy.

Education and Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters in Nutrition, Dietetics or related discipline required.
• Be a graduate of an accredited course in dietetic training approved by the American Dietetic Association
• Must a licensed Registered Dietitian in the state of New York
• Must provide documentation of registry/certificate upon application for position.
• Experience as a professional dietitian in long term care with some administrative responsibility or one-year experience as a registered consulting dietitian to one or more long term care facilities preferred.

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