Registered Dietitian-PT

Carespring Health Care Management • Miami Township, OH

3d • $34 - $38 • Onsite

About The Position

Carespring is seeking a part-time Registered Dietitian to float among its skilled nursing facilities and assist the dietitians at each building. The position requires flexibility to travel between facilities in the Cincinnati region, with the posting also describing coverage from Northern Kentucky to the Dayton area. The role functions in an administrative, scientific, and educational capacity, providing resident care through clinical nutrition management and individualized food service designed to meet residents’ needs. The dietitian reports to the facility Administrator and communicates closely with the corporate dietitian.

The listed salary is $34–$38, based on licensure and experience. Carespring describes its facilities as clean and state of the art, with supplies available to support quality care. The posting also cites competitive wages and low-cost, high-quality medical and dental insurance.

Requirements

• Must be licensed in the state in which the dietitian practices.
• Detail-oriented, with the ability to ensure processes are completed on time.
• Flexibility to travel between facilities in the stated coverage area.

Responsibilities

• Perform clinical assessments, update patient care plans, and complete appropriate MDS-related sections.
• Maintain working knowledge of the Medicare PDPM system to help ensure the facility captures patient-related needs.
• Document in the facility electronic medical record (PointClickCare) and use facility meal-planning software to ensure patient meal needs are represented in dietary software.
• Collaborate with the facility chef and dietary department to promote optimal food service operations.
• Attend meal services, help resolve meal-service issues, complete meal rounds to monitor resident meal intake, and assist with food-service in-service training as needed.
• Help maintain dietary cost control by balancing nutritional care with supplements and other interventions, and self-monitor supplement usage via Supplement PPD.
• Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and the interdisciplinary team on diet liberalization, including use of regular diets, real foods, and personal choice where appropriate.
• Work with physicians and physician extenders to communicate nutritional recommendations, weight changes, and other concerns.
• Communicate nutrition issues to other disciplines and the facility Administrator, and inform residents and legal representatives of new orders, diet changes, and weight-loss notifications as warranted.
• Represent nutrition as a professional and leadership role, solve nutrition and dietary problems, work with the food service manager on food-service issues, manage time effectively, maintain reliable attendance, and build rapport with other disciplines while functioning independently.

Benefits

• Competitive wages.
• Low-cost, high-quality medical insurance.
• Low-cost, high-quality dental insurance.
• Work in a clean, state-of-the-art facility with access to supplies needed to provide quality care.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed