Registered Dietitian

Registered Dietitian (RD / CDN)Salary: $ 28.60 / hr - $ 37.92 / hrOverview: Make a Meaningful Impact Through Nutrition & Resident WellnessPractice Clinical Nutrition Where Your Expertise Has Visible ImpactParkway Health and Rehabilitation Center is seeking a compassionate and clinically strong Registered Dietitian to join our interdisciplinary team within our skilled nursing and rehabilitation community.This role is an opportunity to directly impact the health, recovery, comfort, and quality of life of our residents through individualized nutritional care planning, clinical collaboration, and resident-centered support.If you are passionate about geriatric nutrition, enjoy building relationships with residents and care teams, and thrive in a collaborative healthcare environment - we encourage you to apply.A Clinically Diverse Nutrition PracticeElderwood provides long-term care, memory care, and comprehensive subacute rehabilitation for individuals recovering from illness, injury, surgery, orthopedic procedures, and cardiac conditions.The facility supports residents and short-stay patients with needs that may include:Enteral nutritionDialysis coordination and renal considerationsComplex wounds and wound-vac therapyOstomy carePost-surgical and orthopedic rehabilitationCardiac rehabilitationOncology supportMemory carePalliative careSignificant weight changes and risk of malnutritionAs the Registered Dietitian, you will serve as a clinical resource to nursing, medical providers, rehabilitation professionals, speech-language pathology, dining services, residents, and families. Your recommendations will be connected to the resident's broader clinical goals—not separated from them.Make Nutrition Part of the Clinical PlanAt Elderwood, nutrition is connected to recovery, wound healing, strength, comfort, and quality of life. If you want to practice as an active member of an interdisciplinary clinical team and see the ongoing effect of your expertise, we would like to meet you. Apply today to join Elderwood as a Registered Dietitian.ResponsibilitiesWhat You'll Own as a Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN/CDN):Clinical nutrition and resident careComplete comprehensive nutrition assessments and reassessmentsIdentify residents at risk for malnutrition, unintended weight change, dehydration, impaired wound healing, or other nutrition-related concernsDevelop, implement, monitor, and revise individualized nutrition care plansMake evidence-based recommendations based on diagnoses, laboratory information, medications, intake, weight trends, treatment goals, and resident preferencesMonitor residents receiving enteral nutrition and recommend adjustments as clinically indicatedSupport nutrition planning for residents receiving dialysis or complex wound careProvide nutrition counseling and education to residents and familiesDocument assessments, interventions, recommendations, and outcomes accurately in the electronic medical recordInterdisciplinary collaborationParticipate actively in care-plan meetings, clinical reviews, and interdisciplinary discussionsPartner with nursing and medical providers regarding changes in condition, weight trends, laboratory information, hydration, supplements, and nutrition interventionsCollaborate with rehabilitation and speech-language professionals to support recovery, function, intake, and safe nutrition plansWork with dining services to translate clinical recommendations and resident preferences into appropriate meal serviceServe as an accessible nutrition resource for facility leaders and care teamsQuality, education, and regulatory readinessMonitor nutrition-related quality indicators, trends, and outcomesConduct audits and contribute to performance-improvement initiativesSupport compliance with CMS, New York State Department of Health, and applicable nutrition-services requirementsHelp maintain survey readiness through accurate documentation and consistent clinical practicesProvide nutrition education and in-service training to employeesSupport and mentor dietetic interns or Diet Technicians when applicableQualificationsWhat You'll Need as a Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN/CDN):RequiredBachelor's degree in nutrition, dietetics, or a related fieldCurrent Registered Dietitian or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist credential through the Commission on Dietetic RegistrationNew York State Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist credential or other applicable state credentialStrong clinical-assessment, critical-thinking, documentation, counseling, and communication skillsAbility to collaborate effectively with residents, families, nursing employees, medical providers, rehabilitation professionals, and dining servicesAbility to use electronic medical records and applicable nutrition softwareAbility to read, write, speak, and understand English at the level necessary for safe care and effective workplace communicationPreferredClinical nutrition experience in skilled nursing, rehabilitation, long-term care, geriatrics, dialysis, acute care, or another medically complex settingExperience with enteral nutrition, renal considerations, wound healing, unintended weight change, or malnutritionFamiliarity with CMS and New York State nutrition-services requirementsRegistered Dietitians coming from hospitals, dialysis, rehabilitation, outpatient clinical care, or other healthcare settings are encouraged to apply. Previous long-term-care experience is valuable, but it will not prevent a clinically capable RD from being considered.EOE StatementWE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.