Registered Dietitian (RD) - Sign On Bonus

About the role

Facility: Kith Haven. Provides oversight of the operation of the Dietary Department to include staffing, food ordering, and preparation, food delivery and clean-up in accordance with facility policies, physician orders, resident care plans and appropriate regulations and clinical assessments of residents to assure nutritional needs are met.

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.
• 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.
• For Registered Dietitians with one location, they provide timely and accurate completion of nutritional portion of MDS, CAA, Resident Care Planning, and Progress Notes as well as Nutritional Assessment, Nutritional Data Card, Diet Card and other requirements as per facility policy and procedures to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations.
• For Registered Dietitians with multiple locations, this function may vary.
• 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