Registered Dietitian - Full-Time, 8AM-4PM

Select Medical • West Orange, NJ

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation is seeking a Full-Time Registered Dietitian to join their team. This role involves providing quality nutritional care to patients in an inpatient rehabilitation setting, focusing on individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas. The position offers a structured orientation program, opportunities for professional growth through a Clinical Advancement Program and mentorship, and a supportive work environment.

Requirements

• Current state licensure/certification, if required by state
• Current registration by the Commission on Dietetics Registration
• One (1) year of work experience in a facility setting with clinical responsibilities or equivalent

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrates interest in continuing education, academics, or specialized certification to further enhance professional skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality nutritional care to patients, such as the development, implementation, and monitoring of Medical Nutrition Therapies.
• Work collaboratively with the medical staff, patients, families, and food service department to ensure the patients’ nutrition care plans are implemented and departmental standards are maintained.
• Perform nutritional assessments and re-assessments, identifying goals, recommending nutrition interventions, monitoring, and evaluating patient progress.
• Develop and monitor enteral and/or parenteral nutrition support regimens.
• Work closely with the Speech Therapy Department to assist with the progression of textured modified diets to ensure patient safety and optimize oral intake.
• Clarify admission orders to ensure nutrition support, diet, and oral supplement orders are consistent with the facility’s established nutrition support formulary and diet manual.
• Consider religious, cultural, and ethnic factors in the development of nutrition care plans.
• Review yearly updates and approve the therapeutic diet manual annually.
• Educates clinical and food service staff on the location of the Nutrition Care Manual.
• Maintains a hard copy of the simplified diet manual for downtime.
• Keeps current with nutritional practices and theories.
• Maintains current professional registration requirements (i.e., Professional Portfolio, self-development, and continuing education).
• Demonstrates interest in continuing education, academics, or specialized certification to further enhance professional skills.
• Evaluate potential food/drug interactions, and/or herb/supplement interactions.
• Attend interdisciplinary team meetings and communicate progress and special needs.
• Participate in developing, planning, and standardizing menus.
• Perform meal rounds to ensure patients' meal trays are consistent with the prescribed diet and meet standards as to quality, quantity, temperature and appearance.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members.
• Generous PTO for full-time team members.
• Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan.
• Life and disability protection.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed