Registered Dietitian (RD)

Manchester-Center-For-Rehabilitation-and-Healing-1; Manchester (TN); On-site; USD 33,062,000 - 55,104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal Opportunity Employer

Job summary

Manchester Center for Rehabilitation and Healing is seeking a Registered Dietitian (RD) to join our skilled nursing team. The RD will manage advanced nutrition for short-term, long-term, hospice, and feeding-tube residents, review and implement nutrition procedures, and lead QAPI initiatives monthly.

Mentorship of staff and collaboration with nursing and kitchen are key duties. The role emphasizes independent practice, adherence to regulations, and ensuring high patient satisfaction with

Qualifications

• Must hold a license as a Registered Dietitian in the practicing state.
• Experience with geriatrics and passion for geriatric population preferred.
• Ability to evaluate and treat independently without direct supervision.

Responsibilities

• Review, develop, implement and monitor advanced nutrition procedures; conduct monthly QAPI with measurable goals and provide updates to Administrators/Directors.
• Provide ongoing mentorship, training, and project oversight of nutrition staff and managers.
• Oversee patient service issues to ensure satisfaction and resolve complaints.
• Coordinate with Nursing and other departments during DOH investigations and surveys.
• Ensure seamless communication between Kitchen staff and management to optimize nutritional care and collaboration.
• Review menus and food served for nutritional value, regulatory compliance, and MD orders.

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.

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