Registered Dietitian (RD)

Manchester-Center-For-Rehabilitation-and-Healing-1; Manchester (TN); On-site; USD 33,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Manchester Center for Rehabilitation and Healing is seeking a Registered Dietitian to join our skilled nursing team. The RD will independently evaluate and treat residents, focusing on geriatric nutrition and nutritional care coordination across departments.

The role includes providing nutrition therapy, mentoring staff, and ensuring regulatory compliance, with responsibilities spanning QAPI reporting and collaboration with nursing, kitchen, and clinical staff.

Qualifications

• Experience in geriatric nutrition and clinical assessment.
• Ability to evaluate and treat independently.
• Strong communication with interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Review, develop, implement and monitor advanced nutrition practices.
• Provide monthly QAPI reporting with measurable goals.
• Mentor and supervise nutrition staff and managers.
• Oversee customer service issues to ensure patient satisfaction.
• Coordinate with Nursing and other departments during DOH investigations.
• Ensure seamless communication between kitchen and management for nutrition care.
• Review menus for nutritional value and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Geriatric nutrition

Clinical assessment

Leadership & mentorship

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Registered Dietitian licensure

Job description

Registered Dietitian (RD)

Manchester Center for Rehabilitation and Healing is looking for a talented and motivated Registered Dietitian (RD) to join our dynamic team. The position is within a Skilled Nursing facility. Candidate should possess passion for geriatric population, must contain a license in the state of practice, be able to evaluate and treat independently without direct supervision, and posses the desire to perform functional therapeutic activities to assist residents improve in their experience.

Responsibilities

This position is responsible for the advanced nutrition of residents. Responsible to manage the nutrition of short term, long term, hospice, and feeding tube residents.

• RD is expected to review, develop, implement and monitor procedures and current practices of advanced nutrition. must conduct a monthly QAPI to present at the QA Meeting. The QAPI should identify an area needing improvement with a measurable goal and a strategy to attain that goal. will provide the Administrator, DON and other Directors updates regarding best practices and regulations.
• Must provide ongoing mentorship, training, and project oversight of nutrition staff and manager.
• RD is responsible customer service issues, she will oversee their resolution and ensure patients are satisfied with the outcome.
• RD will be involved as necessary in DOH investigations and surveys, and coordinate with relevant departments including Nursing during these investigations.
• RD must ensure communication is seamless between the Kitchen staff and the manager. Processes should be implemented and managed to ensure optimal collaboration between kitchen management, nursing staff, physicians, clinical staff and providers regarding the nutritional care of patients including recommendations for enteral nutrition.
• The Clinical Dietary Department reviews menus and food served for nutritional value, regulatory compliance, and compliance with MD orders

Salary: Up to $40 an hour
(Based on experience)

an Equal Opportunity Employer.