Dietitian

Birchwood Rehabilitation and Heathcare Center is now seeking a dynamic, full time Dietation. Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center an 121-bed skilled nursing facility with private and semi-private rooms located in Nanticoke, PA. Our focus is quality care in a supportive and friendly environment. Our facility offers a wide range of amenities, specializing in short-stay rehabilitation and long-term care. At Birchwood, we believe in focusing on key initiatives to improve the quality of life, medical care, and outcomes for everyone. If you are looking to join a caring and supportive team, we would love to meet you!

QUALIFICATION STANDARDS:

1. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Must demonstrate ability to plan, organize, develop and direct the overall operation of the Dietary Department in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations governing the Facility.  Must assure that quality nutritional services are provided on a daily basis and that the Dietary Department is maintained in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner. 

2. Education:  Bachelor of Science Degree in Dietetics or Foods and Nutrition.

Continuing education to meet requirements for registration as set forth by the American Dietetic Association (15 hours per year) and to meet state licensure requirements.

3. Experience:  Recommended two (2) years’ experience as a professional Dietician in long term care with some administrative responsibility, or one (1) year of experience as a registered consulting Dietician to one or more long term care facilities.

4. Certificate/Licenses

- Must maintain an active state license and membership in the State Dietetic Association and District Dietetic Association.  

- Must maintain an active membership and registration in the American Dietetic Association.

- Must have a valid Pennsylvania driver’s license.

JOB DESCRIPTION

1.  Assist in the planning, developing, organizing, implementing, evaluating, and directing of the Dietary Department.

2.     Assist in managing the staff in the Dietary Department. This includes, but is not limited to, recruitment, interviewing, selection, orientation, as well as counseling, and disciplining as necessary.

 3.   Adjust menus to Facility preferences in compliance with applicable regulations.

4.      Maintain recipes for all menu items. 

5.    Maintain standards of performance for the Dietary Department operation.  Ensure preparation of menu items in compliance with OBRA and Title 22 regulations and with therapeutic diet orders.

6.    Ensure there is adequate food and supplies for resident meals.

7.   Interact with other departments to ensure safe and superior food service, delivery, and nutritional care of residents.

8. Ensure food service work areas including food storage rooms, preparation areas, etc. are maintained in a clean and sanitary manner.

9.  Assist the Infection Control Coordinator in identifying, evaluation, and classifying routine job related food service functions to ensure that tasks involving potential exposure to blood/body fluids are properly identified and recorded.

10.  Assist in visiting residents upon admission and routinely to obtain food preferences, determine nutritional needs, plan of care, and minimize nutritional complications.

11.  Reviews residents’ labs, intake and output, weekly weights when ordered.  Follows up on changes in residents’ condition, medication changes, falls, and abnormal labs.  Completes quarterly, annual, and significant change MDS assessments.

12.  Reviews therapeutic and regular diet plans and menus to assure compliance with physician’s orders. 

13.  Recommends the least restrictive diet possible to meet the needs of the residents.

14.  Maintain timely resident charting per regulations.

15.  Assist in the discharge planning process in regard to the resident’s dietary services.

16.  Provide input in regard to the Dietary Department’s Operational and Capital budgets and assist in maintaining the 

Dietary Department’s costs to budget.

17.  Participate in the Facility’s annual DOH survey, including developing and implementing plans of corrections for any noted deficiencies in the Dietary Department.

18.  Attend Resident Care Conferences and other meetings as necessary.

19    Serve on various committees as required such as, but not limited to, Quality Assurance and Infection Control.