Nutrition Care Specialist

Company: Carthage Center
Location: Fort Drum
Posted on: November 2, 2024

Job Description:

Job Title: Registered Dietician

Carthage Center is seeking an experienced Registered Dietician (RD) to join our team at our Skilled Nursing Facility. As a key member of our interdisciplinary team, you will be responsible for assessing and monitoring residents' nutritional status, providing recommendations to medical staff, and developing adequate care plans. Your expertise in nutrition support, skin breakdown, and weight issues will be invaluable in ensuring our residents receive high-quality care.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assess and monitor residents' nutritional status and provide recommendations to medical staff.
• 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 and 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 an 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 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 the facility is in compliance with regulations and policies on weight monitoring.
• Communicate with an interdisciplinary team on a daily basis to provide quality care to residents.
  Requirements:
  • Must be a Registered Dietitian.
  • Must have nursing home experience.
  • Exceptional interpersonal and leadership skills.
  • Knowledge of applicable state and federal guidelines.
  • Computer literacy and proficiency with EMR software and computer-based menu systems.
    About Us:
    Carthage Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is a 90-bed rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility located in the outskirts of the historic village of Carthage. Our goal is to provide a comfortable, dignified environment where our residents can enjoy an engaged, healthy lifestyle. We strive to maintain our residents' bonds to their community by extending ourselves to our neighbors and the society we serve. We are a proud member of the Centers Health Care Consortium. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer -M/F/D/V

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