Registered Dietitian
About The Position
The Dietitian provides quality nutritional care for Woods Services clients via entrance, yearly, and other assessments as required. This role involves recommending dietary adjustments to physicians, monitoring client meal acceptance, performing nutritional counseling, attending therapeutic diet team meetings, and ensuring adherence to nutritional care standards. The position also includes planning and conducting orientation and in-service programs, monitoring food service for quality and compliance, updating employees on diet information, assisting with special diet menu planning, and supervising food production and service when needed.
Requirements
- Registered Dietitian (RD), Licensed Dietitian nutritionist (LDN), and a member of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
- Registered Dietitian with one year of experience as a dietitian in a health care facility.
- In-depth knowledge of special diets essential.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
Nice To Haves
- In-depth knowledge of the nutritional requirements of Developmental Disabilities preferred.
- Computer proficiency desired.
Responsibilities
- Recommends adjustments to client’s diets to the physician as needed.
- Monitors client acceptance of meals and suggests appropriate substitutions.
- Performs nutritional counseling on a group or individual basis whenever required.
- Attends team meetings for therapeutic diets as needed.
- Provides coverage as needed in the absence of the Clinical Dietitian.
- Maintains standards for client’s nutritional care with the dietetics teams.
- Liaison to medical/nursing/residential day programs with Clinical Dietitian.
- Plans and conducts orientation and in-service programs for personnel.
- Monitors food service for conformance with quality standards of dietary compliance, sanitation, safety, and security by routine mealtime visits to residential units and school cafeterias.
- Ensure WS employees have updated diet information.
- Assists in menu planning of special diets and prepares menus for distribution where indicated.
- Supervises FNS food production and service when needed.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Life and Disability Insurance
- PTO - Paid time off
- On-site medical center
- 403b retirement plan
- Continuing education programs
- Tuition-assistance program
- Career growth opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
