Registered Dietitian

Elderwood•Mattapan, MA

19d

About The Position

Mattapan Health & Rehabilitation Center is seeking a compassionate, clinically strong Registered Dietitian to support resident health, recovery, comfort, and quality of life in its 85-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation community. The role serves short-term rehabilitation and long-term care residents and provides individualized nutrition care planning, clinical collaboration, resident and family education, and ongoing clinical support. The Registered Dietitian is an important clinical resource within the community and contributes to safe, effective, resident-centered care and quality outcomes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in nutrition, dietetics, or a related field.
Current Registered Dietitian or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist credential through the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
New York State Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist credential or other applicable state credential.
Strong clinical-assessment, critical-thinking, documentation, counseling, and communication skills.
Ability to collaborate effectively with residents, families, nursing employees, medical providers, rehabilitation professionals, and dining services.
Ability to use electronic medical records and applicable nutrition software.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English at the level necessary for safe care and effective workplace communication.

Nice To Haves

Clinical nutrition experience in skilled nursing, rehabilitation, long-term care, geriatrics, dialysis, acute care, or another medically complex setting.
Experience with enteral nutrition, renal considerations, wound healing, unintended weight change, or malnutrition.
Familiarity with CMS and New York State nutrition-services requirements.
Previous long-term-care experience is valuable; clinically capable Registered Dietitians from hospitals, dialysis, rehabilitation, outpatient clinical care, or other healthcare settings are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Conduct comprehensive nutrition assessments and reassessments for short-term rehabilitation and long-term care residents.
Identify residents at risk for malnutrition, unintended weight change, dehydration, impaired wound healing, and other nutrition-related concerns.
Develop, implement, monitor, and revise individualized nutrition care plans.
Make evidence-based recommendations using diagnoses, laboratory information, medications, intake, weight trends, treatment goals, and resident preferences.
Monitor residents receiving enteral nutrition and recommend adjustments as clinically indicated.
Support nutrition planning for residents receiving dialysis or complex wound care.
Provide nutrition counseling and education to residents and families.
Accurately document assessments, interventions, recommendations, and outcomes in the electronic medical record.
Participate in care-plan meetings, clinical reviews, and interdisciplinary discussions.
Coordinate with nursing and medical providers regarding changes in condition, weight trends, laboratory information, hydration, supplements, and nutrition interventions.
Collaborate with rehabilitation and speech-language professionals to support recovery, function, intake, and safe nutrition plans.
Work with dining services to translate clinical recommendations and resident preferences into appropriate meal service.
Serve as an accessible nutrition resource for facility leaders and care teams.
Monitor nutrition-related quality indicators, trends, and outcomes; conduct audits and contribute to performance-improvement initiatives.
Support compliance with CMS, New York State Department of Health, and applicable nutrition-services requirements.
Help maintain survey readiness through accurate documentation and consistent clinical practices.
Provide nutrition education and in-service training to employees.
Support and mentor dietetic interns or Diet Technicians when applicable.