CDN)

Elderwood•City of Niagara Falls, NY

1d•$38•Onsite

About The Position

Elderwood at Wheatfield is seeking a Registered Dietitian to guide clinical nutrition services within our skilled nursing and rehabilitation community. This is an opportunity to practice across a diverse post-acute and long-term-care population. You will assess nutritional risk, develop individualized interventions, collaborate directly with the interdisciplinary team, and follow residents over time to see the effect of your recommendations. Your work will influence wound healing, rehabilitation progress, weight stabilization, enteral nutrition, chronic-disease management, dialysis coordination, comfort, and quality of life. You will also have the opportunity to build sustained relationships with residents and families. Elderwood at Wheatfield provides long-term care, memory care, and comprehensive subacute rehabilitation for individuals recovering from illness, injury, surgery, orthopedic procedures, and cardiac conditions. The facility supports residents and short-stay patients with needs that may include: Enteral nutrition, Dialysis coordination and renal considerations, Complex wounds and wound-vac therapy, Ostomy care, Post-surgical and orthopedic rehabilitation, Cardiac rehabilitation, Oncology support, Memory care, Palliative care, Significant weight changes and risk of malnutrition. As the Registered Dietitian, you will serve as a clinical resource to nursing, medical providers, rehabilitation professionals, speech-language pathology, dining services, residents, and families. Your recommendations will be connected to the resident’s broader clinical goals—not separated from them. Elderwood at Wheatfield offers a convenient opportunity for Registered Dietitians throughout Wheatfield, Tonawanda, North Tonawanda, Kenmore, Sanborn, Pendleton, Cambria, Niagara Falls, West Amherst, and surrounding Northtowns communities. At Elderwood, nutrition is connected to recovery, wound healing, strength, comfort, and quality of life. If you want to practice as an active member of an interdisciplinary clinical team and see the ongoing effect of your expertise, we would like to meet you. Apply today to join Elderwood at Wheatfield as a Registered Dietitian.

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

Responsibilities

Clinical nutrition and resident care
Complete comprehensive nutrition assessments and reassessments
Identify residents at risk for malnutrition, unintended weight change, dehydration, impaired wound healing, or other nutrition-related concerns
Develop, implement, monitor, and revise individualized nutrition care plans
Make evidence-based recommendations based on 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
Document assessments, interventions, recommendations, and outcomes accurately in the electronic medical record
Interdisciplinary collaboration
Participate actively in care-plan meetings, clinical reviews, and interdisciplinary discussions
Partner 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
Quality, education, and regulatory readiness
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