Registered Dietician - Richfield - Friendship Retirement Community : Job Details

Friendship is seeking a Registered Dietician to join our dedicated team at Richfield in Salem, VA. The Registered Dietician will promote health and control disease through sound nutrition principles and medical nutrition therapy.Roles & Responsibilities:• Counsel residents and families regarding nutrition interventions• Participate in MDS completion and care planning for nutritional aspects of high risk residents (those requiring feeding tubes and/or dialysis)• Supervise clinical nutrition care plans of all residents in the facility• Complete or oversee all nutrition consults ordered by practitioners• Prepare and disseminate significant weight changes in the facility• In-service/educate facility staff on nutritional aspects of policies and procedures as needed or requested by the administration• Attend care plan and risk meetings• Mentor/precept CDM candidates per request• Monitor quality measures report for accuracy of data entry and to aid with assessing and identifying residents at nutritional risk• Comply with facility safety and health guidelines• Provide consultation to administration regarding planning, policy development and priority setting based on evaluations of nutrition and food service programs• Complete audits on nutritional and/or food service programs; including regular kitchen sanitation inspections• Consult with Executive Director of Dining on menus and compliance to state and federal regulations• Review policies and procedures related to nutrition, food service, and dining in preparation for state survey process• Prepare quality assurance report with information based on monthly significant weight changes. Attend the monthly QA meeting to discuss the weight change data.Qualifications:• Bachelor's degree required• Valid, Registered Dietician license, required• Experience in long term care facility preferred• This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, and crouching all day. The employee must frequently lift or move objects weighing over 50 poundsBenefits for Full Time Positions:• 401(k) retirement plan along with employer match• Health Insurance• Dental Insurance• Vision Insurance• Flexible Spending Account• Paid Time Off• Employee Assistance Program• Education Assistance• Company Paid Life Insurance• Voluntary insurance (additional life insurance, accident insurance, critical illness, short term disability)