Registered Dietitian (RD)

SHEFFIELD MANOR NURSING & REHAB CENTER; Detroit (MI); Presencial; USD 55.000 - 75.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive pay

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401K with matching funds

Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Descripción de la vacante

Sheffield Manor Nursing & Rehab Center in Detroit, MI is seeking a Dietitian Manager to oversee the dietary department and supervise staff to meet residents' nutritional needs according to standards and regulations.

You will manage menus, meal preparation, and service, ensure compliance with physician orders, monitor budgets, arrange food and supplies, and participate in quality assurance activities to improve resident care and sanitation practices.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, or related field required.
• Minimum of one year experience as a Dietitian in a healthcare or skilled nursing setting preferred.
• One to two 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.

Responsabilidades

• Oversees the dietary department and provides supervision to the dietary staff to ensure the nutritional needs of residents are met according to standards of practice and regulatory guidelines.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organizational policies and applicable laws.
• Participates in regular scheduled conferences including department head meetings, Resident at Risk meetings and interdisciplinary care plan meetings.
• Oversees the purchase of food and supplies within budget and maintains a supply to adequately cover each meal.
• Provides technical guidance and administrative direction 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, as necessary, to obtain diet history.
• Interacts in maintaining records of the resident’s food likes and dislikes.
• Confirms that charted nutritional progress notes are informative and descriptive of the services provided and of the resident’s response to the service.
• Visits residents periodically to evaluate quality of meals served, likes and dislikes, etc.
• For Registered Dietitians with one location, they provide timely and accurate completion of nutritional portion of MDS, CAA, Resident Care Planning, and Progress Notes as well as Nutritional Assessment, Nutritional Data Card, Diet Card and other requirements as per facility policy and procedures to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations. For Registered Dietitians with multiple locations, this function may vary.
• Monitors weekly and monthly weights and collaborates with nursing personnel to make appropriate recommendations.
• Monitors meals to ensure they provide nutritious, well-prepared, and palatable meals in a timely and consistent manner while adhering to menus and diet orders.
• Verify appropriate meals/snacks are served to residents with special dietary needs.
• Monitors food production, maintaining use of standardized recipes and menus and ensuring proper preparation and storage of food and supplies.
• Monitors tray line and meal service to ensure the highest level of quality and timeliness of food service is maintained.
• Monitors to ensure adequate food and supplies for disaster preparedness as required by state and federal regulations.
• Assists in creating job assignments and setting priorities.
• Meets facilities policies and state and federal regulations regarding sanitation and safe food handling techniques.
• Conducts at least monthly sanitation rounds of the kitchen and related areas to ensure regulatory requirements and sanitation are maintained.
• Assists with the development of plans of correction following State, Federal and QA surveys, as needed.
• Maintains records, manages budget and supplies.
• Monitors equipment and work areas to verify they are maintained in a clean, safe and orderly manner; maintains strict adherence to procedures regarding cleaners or hazardous materials or objects; verifies universal precautions and infection control, isolation, fire, safety and sanitation practices and procedures are followed; and promptly addresses any hazardous conditions and equipment.
• Monitors food preparation and food storage areas to ensure that health and sanitation regulations are being met.
• Reviews resident diet information and care plans, discusses with resident, family, and nursing staff, as necessary to make appropriate changes.
• Creates and implements procedures for department equipment to be operated only by trained, authorized personnel in a safe manner.
• Participates in Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement initiatives.

Conocimientos

Staff supervision

Dietary management

Regulatory compliance

Educación

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

Descripción del empleo

Facility: Sheffield Manor Nursing & Rehab Center

$8,000 Sign On Bonus

Provides oversight of the operation of the Dietary Department to include staffing, food ordering, and preparation, food delivery and clean-up in accordance with facility policies, physician orders, resident care plans and appropriate regulations and clinical assessments of residents to assure nutritional needs are met.

Join us with an attractive benefits offering:

• Competitive pay
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K with matching funds
• Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement

Responsibilities:

Oversees the dietary department and provides supervision to the dietary staff to ensure the nutritional needs of residents are met according to standards of practice and regulatory guidelines.

• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organizational policies and applicable laws.
• Participatesin regular scheduled conferences including department head meetings, Resident at Risk meetingsand interdisciplinary care plan meetings.
• Overseesthe purchase of food and supplies within budget andmaintainsa supply to adequately cover each meal.
• 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 the resident’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.For Registered Dietitians with multiple locations, this function mayvary.
• 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.
• Monitors food production,maintaininguse of standardized recipes and menus and ensuring proper preparation and storage of food and supplies.
• Monitors tray line and meal service toensurethe highest level of quality and timeliness of food service ismaintained.
• Monitors toensureadequate food and supplies for disaster preparedness as required by state and federal regulations.
• Assistsin creatingjob assignments andsettingpriorities.
• Meets facilities policies andstate andfederal regulationsregardingsanitation and safe food handling techniques.
• Conducts at least monthly sanitation rounds of the kitchen and related areas toensureregulatory requirements and sanitation aremaintained.
• Assistswith the development ofplansofcorrection following State, Federal and QA surveys, as needed.
• Maintains records,managesbudget and supplies.
• Monitors equipment and work areas to verify they are maintained in a clean, safe and orderly manner; maintains strict adherence to procedures regarding cleaners or hazardous materials or objects; verifies universal precautions and infection control, isolation, fire, safety and sanitationpractices and procedures are followed; and promptly addresses any hazardous conditions and equipment.
• Monitors food preparation and food storage areasto ensurethat health and sanitation regulations are being met.
• Reviews resident diet information and care plans, discusses with resident, family, and nursing staff, as necessary to makeappropriate changes.
• Creates and implements procedures for department equipment to beoperatedonly by trained, authorized personnel in a safe manner.
• Participatesin Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement initiatives.

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).
• ServSafeCertificationorServSafecertification within90 daysof employment

We are a national organization of skilled nursing, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living providers dedicated to achieving the highest standards of care in Michigan and Ohio.

We serve our residents with compassion, concern, and excellence, believing that every one of them is a unique person who deserves our best each day that we care for them. Join us, if you have a passion for improving the lives of those around you and working with others who feel the same way.