Registered Dietitian

Part-Time Registered Dietitian (RD)

Hope Center is hiring a Part-Time Registered Dietitian (RD) in Bronx, NY.

Job Description

• Assess and monitor the residents' nutritional status, provide recommendations to medical staff, and develop adequate care plans.
• Evaluate special needs of residents regarding nutrition support, skin breakdown, and significant weight issues.
• Coordinate procurement of nutrition support supplies and oral supplements with outside vendors as well as involved department heads.
• Monitor resident meal service to ensure diet modifications are followed.
• Educate residents, families, and staff in concepts of nutrition and diet modification.
• Routinely evaluate Dietary Care plans for effectiveness to ensure high quality of care.
• Meet weekly with interdisciplinary team to review and adjust residents' plan of care.
• Work closely with Speech-Language Pathologist to ensure appropriate mechanically altered diets are provided for residents with dysphagia.
• Review all menu changes to ensure they follow facility's policies/procedures and State/Federal guidelines.
• Update diet order and menu changes in computer menu software on a daily basis.
• Supervise and work closely with the dietary team to provide excellent resident care.
• Conduct audits of areas relevant to providing quality nutrition care on a routine basis.
• Ensure facility is in compliance with regulations and policies on weight monitoring.
• Communicate with interdisciplinary team on a daily basis to provide quality care to residents.

Requirements

• Must be a Registered Dietitian.
• Degree in Nutrition or Dietetics.
• Exceptional interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Knowledge of applicable state and federal guidelines.
• Computer literacy and proficiency with EMR software and computer-based menu systems.

Community Overview

Hope Center's mission is to provide the Hope Center community with the finest rehabilitation and skilled nursing services anywhere. Excellence is our goal, and good outcomes in recovery and rehabilitation are our daily measures of progress. We will maintain a comfortable, dignified environment where our residents can enjoy an engaged, healthy lifestyle that will be a constant steady source of peace of mind to their families. We will maintain our residents' bonds to their community by extending ourselves to our neighbors and to the society we serve. We pledge to be innovative in our processes and procedures and to continually set the standard of excellence among skilled nursing facilities, where residents find their physical, social, and spiritual needs met by caring, compassionate people. Hope Center is a proud member of the Centers Health Care Consortium.