Clinical Dietitian

Job Description

Aramark SeniorLIFE+ is seeking a Clinical Dietitian to join us at our senior living facility in Park Ridge, IL. The ideal candidate would have a passion for providing nutritional services to the elderly.

Benefits:

• No weekend work required.
• Set 40 hour workweek with flexible start times.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Payment of CDR fees, membership to a DPG, and state licensure fees.
• Comprehensive benefit packages including medical, dental, vision, and 401K with company match.

• Perform medical nutrition therapy assessments on residents in order to address acute and chronic conditions.
• Educate residents on therapeutic diets and nutrition interventions to improve outcomes and quality of life.
• Work collaboratively with nursing, dietary manager, speech language pathologist, physicians and nurse practitioners to deliver appropriate individualized nutritional therapy including therapeutic diets, oral nutrition supplements and texture-modified diets.
• Monitor and assess residents with weight changes, enteral feeding, dialysis and wounds.
• Participate in resident review meetings to address high-risk residents.
• Conducts patient nutrition assessment on a population of varying levels of acuity patients
• Manages the development and implementation plan for nutrition intervention in accordance with the Nutrition Care Process
• Provides nutrition counseling for individuals, taking into consideration any adaptations to teaching methods necessary to meet patient learning needs
• Utilizes assessment and evaluation techniques that consider the varied needs of age-specific populations as well as cultural, religious, and ethnic concerns
• Provides appropriate follow-ups in accordance with the patient?s treatment goals, referring patients for outpatient counseling, community, or home health services as appropriate
• Works cooperatively with medical staff as well as food and nutrition services staff to ensure conformance to prescribed nutrition care orders
• Provides education that ensures compliance with food safety, sanitation, and overall workplace safety standards
• Provides appropriate and timely documentation that summarizes the nutrition care plan in a patient?s medical record, including nutrition assessment, diagnosis, plan, implementation, and progress towards goals
• Demonstrates accountability for the proper use of patients? protected health information

• Bachelor's degree required, Master's preferred in Dietetics or related field
• Registered Dietitian (RD) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) credential
• Illinois state licensure as a Dietitian
• Familiarity with PointClickCare and MDS process is a plus