Registered Dietitian (RD) - Sign On Bonus

KITH HAVEN; Flint (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401K with matching funds

Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

KITH HAVEN in Michigan seeks a healthcare dietary supervisor to oversee the dietary department, supervise staff, and ensure meals meet regulatory standards and resident needs. The role includes budget management, menu planning, and collaboration with nursing and dietary teams.

Responsibilities cover supervising staff, attending care plan meetings, ensuring nutrition delivery, and maintaining records while adhering to state and federal regulations. A registered dietitian credential is emphasized.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, or related field is required.
• Knowledge of MDS, care planning, and clinical documentation standards.
• Knowledge of applicable federal and state regulations governing dietary and nutritional services.

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 organizational policies and applicable laws.
• Participates in regularly 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.
• Participates 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Participates in Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement initiatives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

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

Job description

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 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:

• Meets all state and federal criminal background check requirements.

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.