Annual Salary: $68,220 - $98,800

Job summary:

Registered Dietitian plans and supervises nutritional care of residents in accordance with the Physician?s diagnosis, diet prescription, and requirements of State Title 22 regulations for Skilled Nursing Facility. Works closely with the Director of Health Services. Functions as a member of the multidisciplinary health care team to develop, coordinate, implement, and evaluate resident?s nutritional care plan. Attend Care Plan meetings every Tuesday 12:30PM to 2:00PM. Prepares summary and attend quarterly and annual Quality Assurance Meetings.

This position entails additional duties, such as menu calculations done in the computer ? menus are calculated weekly or can be done in batches if original template is complete from the Exec. Chef.

Work-schedule is every Tuesday, 8 hours, to be available for the Tuesday Care Plan.

Essential duties and responsibilities: Include the following; other duties may be assigned.

Responsible for participating in weekly interdisciplinary Resident Care Conferences, attends quarterly Health Center Quality Assurance Meetings.

Responsible for preparing resident chart notes as directed from the Care Plan Nurse.

Responsible for answering dietary clinical questions from residents.

Responsible for conducting tray-line, dietary in-service and cooks? meetings bi-monthly.

Responsible for planning, conducting and summarizing bi-monthly Tray-line and Hillcrest cooks? meetings.

Responsible for providing individual diet counseling for Health Center residents and all other Manor residents.

Responsible for charting in Medical Records which includes completing initial nutritional assessments, writing interdisciplinary patient care plans, charting on diet changes/status changes and writing quarterly and weekly progress notes.

Responsible for visiting residents at mealtime to monitor resident?s acceptance and tolerance of meals provided.

Responsible for dietary in-services for Health Center Tray-line staff.

Follow safety policies and exhibit safety habits and practices sanitary standards per department policy.

Use equipment and materials in a safe and acceptable manner, follow established safety procedures, use appropriate safeguards, and observe common sense rules of safety in all on-the-job activities including the Injury and Illness Prevention Program.

Conduct self in a manner that reflects credit on Carmel Valley Manor and encourages others to do the same.

Demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene, including, but not limited to using proper hand washing techniques, observing "no smoking" policy except as designated, wearing hairnet or hat in food production area and maintaining a neat appearance.