What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Dietician position at Bedrock Care?
Kingston Rehab and Nursing Center is seeking a Dietician. Apply today!Under the direction of the Director of Food Service, the Clinical Dietitian II assumes professional responsibility and accountability for the Dietary Services Department that provides nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diets to meet the daily nutritional and special dietary needs of each resident according to their comprehensive resident assessment and plan of care.
Job Duties:
- Completes and updates dietary assessments as part of the comprehensive resident assessment process.
- Interviews residents, interested family members, legal representatives, and significant others to obtain and update information needed to develop individualized dietary plans of care, to accommodate individual needs and preferences, and to protect and promote resident rights.
- Works cooperatively with members of the interdisciplinary team to develop, implement and evaluate plans of care. Attends care conferences.
- Uses the Nutrition Care Process to document subjective findings, objective symptoms, observations of behavior, interventions provided to resident, and resident's responses to dietary interventions.
- Identifies ways to accommodate resident's individualized choices, preferences, and customary routines in matters of eating.
- Reviews and approves menus with Director of Food Service that meet the nutritional needs of residents in accord with recommended dietary allowances and state and federal regulations.
- Conducts regular meal observations, reviews records, and interviews staff and residents to ensure that all residents are receiving food in the amount, type, consistency, and frequency to maintain usual weight and nutritional values.
Qualifications:
- Baccalaureate degree with major in relevant field.
- Current active registration by the Commission on Dietetic Registrations of the American Dietetic Association.
- One year professional food service experience in an institutional health care setting.
We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without consideration to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
Salary : $50,500 - $64,000
