Dietician

Licensed Dietician- Full Time

227 Sand Hill Rd, Greensburg, PA 15601

Are you a highly skilled, compassionate Licensed Dietician looking for a Full Time position and the opportunity to improve the quality of life of residents at a large rehab and nursing facility? Twin Lakes Rehab and Healthcare Center has the perfect opportunity for YOU!

Benefits of the Licensed Dietician Position:

• One Location, No Daily Travel
• Competitive Pay
• Daily Pay Opion
• Industry leading orientation and training with on-going management support
• Employee recognition through various awards and recognition programs

Responsibilities of the Licensed Dietician:

• Completes and updates dietary assessments as part of the comprehensive resident assessment process. Assessments identify residents’ current needs for dietary services and those residents at nutritional risk.
• Assist in developing methods for determining quality and quantity of food served.
• Ensure that charted clinical assessments and progress notes are timely, with a descriptive plan for any nutrition interventions.
• Assist in planning regular and special diet menus as prescribed by the attending physician.
• Prepares standard recipes and daily production sheets from each menu cycle for dietary staff.
• Review therapeutic and regular diet plans and menus to assure they comply with the physician’s orders.
• Review the dietary requirements of each resident admitted to the Facility and assist the attending physician in planning for the resident’s prescribed diet plan.
• Ensure that menus are maintained filed in accordance with current industry standards of practice as well as established policies and procedures. Sign all extensions and menu changes.
• Participate in completing, coding, and revising of the Resident Assessment Instrument (MDS) to ensure the resident’s dietary needs are met.
• Using the Resident Assessment Instrument (MDS) and other authorized Facility assessments, develop a written dietary plan of care that identifies the dietary problems and needs of the resident and the goals to be accomplished for each dietary problem and need identified. Review goals for modifications, as necessary.
• Conducts regular meal observations, reviews records, and interviews staff and residents to ensure that all residents are receiving food in the amount, type consistency, and frequency to maintain usual weight and nutritional values. If food intake is inadequate or resident’s nutritional status is poor, adjust menus to meet caloric and nutrient intake needed of the resident. Works closely with nursing staff to identify and to resolve problems.
• Interviews residents, interested family members, legal representatives, and significant others to obtain and update information needed to develop individualized dietary plans of care, to accommodate individual needs and preferences and to protect and promote residents’ right. Encourage the resident and family to participate in the development and review of the resident’s assessment and plan of care.
• Identifies ways to accommodate resident’s choices, preferences, and customary routines in matters of eating and diet. Includes these approaches in plan of care and gives this information to direct care staff.
• Assist in the scheduling of assessments and care plans to be presented and discussed at each care plan meeting.
• Ensure that care plans identify any special equipment and utensils the resident may need (e.g., plate guard, enlarged silverware handles, etc.) to promote independence in eating.
• Be sure that substitute foods of similar nutritional value are provided to residents who refuse foods served.

Requirements of the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP):

• Must possess a current, unencumbered active license to practice as a dietitian in this state.
• Prefer at least two-years of experience in LTC
• Exceptional patient service skills and ability to demonstrate clinical excellence
• Must be knowledgeable of dietary practices and procedures as well as the laws, regulations and guidelines governing dietary functions in the Facility.
• Ability to relate and interact positively, effectively and appropriately with residents, family, professional and facility staff.
• Must successfully complete a post offer, pre-employment criminal background check and physical / drug screen.

A team centered culture that supports our values of S.H.A.R.E. (Service, Honesty, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) drive our daily activities with all we interact with.

Take pride in your career and join an organization where your talents will shine! Apply Today!

Twin Lakes Rehab and Healthcare Center is an equal opportunity employer and complies with applicable Federal, State and Local civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, and protected veteran status.