STLC Registered Dietitian

Job Title: Registered Dietitian

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary Range: See Salary Scale

Education: Bachelor’s degree from ADA accredited institution with a major in nutrition. Master’s Degree plus approved work experience preferred.

Experience: 1 years’ experience working with the frail elderly population.

Number and Type of Employees Supervised (optional): None

Licensure, Registry or Certification Required: ADA registered.

Special Training: Requires ability to teach; analytical thinking; and ability to provide care to geriatric participants; knowledge of clinical dietetics. Only act within the scope of his or her authority to practice. Meet a standardized set of competencies for the specific position description established by Senior TLC and approved by CMS before working independently.

Immunizations: Be medically cleared for communicable diseases and have all immunizations up to date before engaging in direct participant contact

Ages of Patients Rendered Care:

Neonate/Infant Early Childhood Adolescent Adult Geriatric All Age Groups

• Performs nutritional assessments and reassessments as indicated by nutrition standards.
• Provides nutrition education to participants/caregivers as indicated and according to ADA standards.
• Works collaboratively with other team members.
• Assists with coordination of 24-hour care delivery.
• Documents participant changes appropriately in the medical record and communicates participant changes to team members as needed.
• Updates participants’ care plans appropriately throughout the reassessment period.
• Participates, collaborates, and contributes as a member of the Interdisciplinary team (IDT). Emphasizes teamwork and collaboration in all clinic and Interdisciplinary interactions.
• Supports his/her Interdisciplinary Team and promotes unity among the team while interacting with the team, other co-workers, and/or participants. Supports team members and functions as a team player while providing that support and adheres to the “do no harm” team contract statement.
• Participates in participant care planning including the implementation of SMART goals/interventions for the participants’ care plans and enters all care plan information in a timely manner as per organizational protocols.
• Accepts teammates’ differences in professional assessment findings, as they relate to participant care, and supports teams’ decisions while promoting a united team for the participants’ continuity of care and for staff development.
• Supports team members and functions as a team player while providing that support and adheres to the “do no harm” team contract statement.
• Supports Senior TLC’s mission to encourage and support the quality of life of seniors wishing to continue living in the community; its vision to be the preferred provider of individualized care for seniors in the community; and its values of respect, integrity, accountability, compatible goals, and compassionate care.
• Other duties as assigned.