Registered Dietician

Description

Job Title: Registered Dietitian

Location: The Residence at Kenilworth Washington, DC 20019

Hours: Full Time

Job Summary:

Seeking a Registered Dietician to join The Residence of Kenilworth Park team and support our residents. As a member of our Dietary Team, the Dietician provides caring and compassionate services to our residents through nutrition education and assessment of individual nutritional needs.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Perform nutrition assessments, annual and quarterly reviews, interim assessments for residents with compromised nutritional status.

• Participate in care plan development, meal observation, and resident/family, visitation.
• Provide nutrition education: Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans, diet modifications, and food selection and preparation. Counsel individuals and groups on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits, and nutrition monitoring to improve their quality of life.
• Care Planning: Assess nutritional needs, diet restrictions and current health plans to develop and implement dietary-care plans and provide nutritional counseling. Consult with physicians and health care personnel to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions of patient or client. Attend resident care planning meetings as needed; be an active member of the Interdisciplinary Team and participate in pertinent meeting as needed.
• Clinical focus: Assess resident weight changes and provide a written report to Nursing Services on a monthly basis: Upon notification from the Nursing staff of weight change, the Registered Dietitian shall assess weight change/significant weight change and implement appropriate interventions; attend weight risk meetings.
• Staff Education: Conduct in-service Education for the facility staff, participate in new employee orientation.
• Serve as a resource to the Foodservice Department.
• · Be familiar with and follow protocols, policies and practices established by HallKeen Assisted Living, the Food Service Director, ServSafe, Board of Health and any others as applicable.
• · Perform other duties as requested or assigned.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

Must have a valid State of Maryland Registered Dietitian License

Required Behavior:

· Able to build positive and strong relationships with employees, coworkers, Residents, families and guests.

· Able to handle multiple tasks and priorities

Benefits:

Full time position offers a competitive benefit program to include Medical, Dental, Vision, Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, Short-Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, Home and Auto Discount program, Vendor Discount Program, 401(k) with matching contribution, Accrued Vacation, Sick, and Personal time and Paid Holiday Benefit. Employee referral bonus, and resident referral bonus.