Clinical Dietician

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Voted by Newsweek in 2024 as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity

Make Lives Better Including Your Own.

Offering $7500 Sign-on Bonus!

Why join BKD Overland Park

• Growth Opportunity
• Extensive tenure with in its associates and leadership team, many exceed 10, 20, 30 years here in our community and with this comes consistency, dependability and familiarity
• The close proximity of our community close to the Overland Park Arboretum, Deanna Rose Farmstead, Museum at Prairie Fire, and the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art.
• Being Part of the Largest Senior Living Operator that is home to close to 60,000 Seniors

If you want to work in an environment where you can become your best possible self, join us! You’ll earn more than a paycheck; you can find opportunities to grow your career through professional development, as well as ongoing programs catered to your overall health and wellness.

Full suite of health insurance, life insurance and retirement plans are available and vary by employment status. Additional benefits offered include, but are not limited to :

Veterans, transitioning active duty military personnel, and military spouses are encouraged to apply.

To support our associates in their journey to become a U.S. citizen, Brookdale offers to advance fees for naturalization (Form N-400) application costs, up to $725, less applicable taxes and withholding, for qualified associates who have been with us for at least a year.

Responsibilities

Under limited supervision, coordinates nutritional care of residents by completing nutritional assessments, developing and implementing care plans and documenting dietary information about residents. Ensures diet plan is consistent with regional direction.

This job description represents an overview of the responsibilities for the above referenced position. It is not intended to represent a comprehensive list of responsibilities. An associate should perform all duties as assigned by his / her supervisor.

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Qualifications

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics, Nutrition Science or a related field and two years of experience in nutritional counseling.

Certifications, Licenses, and Other Special Requirements

Must be currently licensed as a Registered Dietician. Must have a valid driver's license and a current 3-year driving abstract with no more than one moving violation as a condition of employment.

Management / Decision Making

Applies existing guidelines and procedures to make varied decisions within a department. Uses sound judgment and experience to solve moderately complex problems based on precedent, example, reasonableness or a combination of these.

Knowledge and Skills

Possesses extensive knowledge of a distinct skill or function and a thorough understanding of the organization and work environment. Has working knowledge of a functional discipline. Thorough knowledge of principles and practices of nutrition including the nutritional problems of a variety of age, cultural, social and economic groups; principles of program planning, implementation and evaluation.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

Brookdale is an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace.