Registered Dietician - Taconic Rehabilitation and Nursing : Job Details

Registered DieticianSTARTING RATE: $36.00/hr. ($36.00 - $38.00 per hour, depending on experience)SHIFT: Part Time 24 hours per week or Per-Diem optionsBENEFITS:

• Weekly Paychecks
• Same-Day Pay Options
• Health, Dental, Life Insurance
• Retirement/401k

JOB SUMMARY: Works with the Food Service Director, Diet Technician and other dietary personnel to ensure that proper nutritional care is maintained. Communicates and establishes a rapport with other disciplines within the facility. Frequently interact with the residents on a 1:1 basis.ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Prepares/oversees an initial nutritional assessment of all admitted residents.

• Participates in assuring that menus for regular and therapeutic diets are nutritionally adequate and in accordance with the approved facility diet manual.

• Works in conjunction with the diet technician to coordinate: weights, meal pattern, nourishments and meal supplement intake and consistency appropriateness, intake study requirements and results, documentation requirements, transfer/discharge summaries, tube feed reviews. Reviews, evaluates and charts (as needed) pertinent lab values.

• Continually counsels and educates the patients, residents, family members, and facility personnel on proper therapeutic and basic nutrition in conjunction with diet technician.

• Monitors patient/resident meal, nourishment and supplement intake and consistency appropriateness.

• Make appropriate referrals to OT, Speech Therapist, Dentist, Nursing.

• Works in conjunction with the Food Service Director to assure that:
• Policy and procedures are current and reviewed and reviewed annually
• Dietetic education programs are planned to keep the dietary and nursing departments updated and informed as required by Education Department.
• The facility diet manual is current and approved.
• Temporary and permanent dietary changes are nutritionally adequate.

• Attends interdisciplinary meetings as requested.

• Reviews minutes of facility and dietary department meetings to keep informed of current events within the facility.

• Maintains registration requirements in accordance with New York State.

• Provides a copy of registration to the facility upon hire and with subsequent renewal.

• Attends various meetings, including weekly comprehensive care planning sessions. Also attends seminars outside the facility that are pertinent to job performance and credentials.

• Evaluates diet histories and reviews nourishment and supplement records.

REQUIRED SKILLS & ABILITIES:QUALIFICATIONS:EDUCATION:Minimum: Associates degree in Dietetics/NutritionPreferred: Bachelor degree in Dietetics/NutritionEXPERIENCE:Minimum: Ten full-time equivalent years of education and supervised experience (1600 hours of experience/one year of credit for every 30 semester hours or education) Preferred: Completion of your Bachelor Educational program experience requirements.LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION: Valid NYS Dietician licenseABOUT US:Taconic Health Care is a portfolio of three health care facilities in New York state, including: Taconic Rehabilitation and Nursing at Beacon in Beacon; Taconic Rehabilitation and Nursing at Hopewell in Fishkill; and Taconic Rehabilitation and Nursing at Ulster. We're proud to be a family of high-quality health care providers that also includes Absolut Care, The McGuire Group and VestraCare.Our team is comprised of charismatic, smile-bringing, life-saving, compassionate caregivers who love to make a difference in the lives of our residents. Together, we have the privilege of caring for and learning from more than 2,800 extraordinary legends while providing them with superior levels of nursing and rehabilitative services.Our collective stories; our legends are what help define our organization and the outstanding care we provide. We are Legends Caring for Legends, and we invite you to join our team!EOE Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)