Registered Dietitian for Long-Term Care & Rehab

MJ Healthcare; Orange (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

AXIA Care Center is seeking a knowledgeable and compassionate Registered Dietitian to join our interdisciplinary team full-time in a long-term care and rehabilitation setting. You will support residents’ nutritional health and quality of life with individualized care planning.

As part of our Nutrition Services, you will perform comprehensive assessments, develop care plans, monitor risk factors, and educate residents, families and staff while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Current Registered Dietitian license/credential required.
• Bachelor’s degree in nutrition, dietetics, or related field.
• Long-term care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, or clinical dietetics experience preferred.
• Strong assessment, documentation, organization, and communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of an interdisciplinary care team.

Responsibilities

• Complete comprehensive nutritional assessments and timely follow-up evaluations.
• Develop individualized nutrition recommendations and care plans.
• Monitor residents with weight changes, altered intake, wounds, renal concerns, tube feeding, or other nutritional risks.
• Participate in care-plan meetings and collaborate with Nursing, Dietary Services, physicians, rehabilitation staff, residents, and families.
• Review diet orders, supplements, enteral-feeding regimens, laboratory findings, and relevant clinical documentation.
• Provide resident, family, and staff education.
• Maintain accurate, timely documentation per facility policies and standards.
• Support quality-improvement, survey-readiness, and regulatory-compliance activities.

Skills

Assessment

Documentation

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nutrition, dietetics, or related field

Current Registered Dietitian

Job description

AXIA Care Center is seeking a knowledgeable and compassionate Registered Dietitian to join our interdisciplinary team full-time in a long-term care and rehabilitation setting. You will support residents’ nutritional health and quality of life with individualized care planning.

As part of our Nutrition Services, you will perform comprehensive assessments, develop care plans, monitor risk factors, and educate residents, families and staff while ensuring regulatory compliance.