Registered Dietitian (RD)

Christian Park Healthcare Center; Escanaba (MI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401K with matching funds

Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Christian Park Healthcare Center is seeking a Dietary Services Manager to oversee the dietary department, supervising staff and ensuring meals meet residents’ nutritional needs and physician orders. You will coordinate menu planning, food procurement, and sanitation while maintaining regulatory compliance.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics and potential experience in a healthcare setting. Strong leadership and budgeting skills are essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, or related field required.
• Minimum of one year experience as a Dietitian in healthcare or skilled nursing setting preferred.
• One to two years management/supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversees the dietary department and provides supervision to dietary staff.
• Ensures menus meet resident nutritional needs and follow physician orders.
• Monitors weights and collaborates with nursing to make appropriate recommendations.
• Monitors food production, standard recipes, and safe food handling practices.
• Performs duties to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations.

Skills

Staff management

Budgeting

Regulatory compliance

MDS knowledge

Clinical documentation

Diet planning

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics

Job description

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
• Employee discounts
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan 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 regularly 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 theresident’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.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

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

Minimum Qualifications

• Computer skills arerequired.
• Meets all state and federal criminal background check requirements.

Ciena Healthcare

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.

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