Registered Dietician - LTC

Job Description

Job Description

Adecco Healthcare and Life Sciences is hiring for a Registered Dietician in Newark, NJ. Apply today if you meet the qualifications listed below!

Location: Newark, NJ (onsite)

Type: Direct Hire

Pay rate: $41/hour

Schedule: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm (no on call or weekends)

Position Summary:

In this role, the Dietician is responsible for assessing the nutritional care program of the residents in the facility. The Dietician will assist and prepare the menu for the different menu cycles of the year. The Dietitian will advise Administration and Food Service Department as needed on all clinical aspects of each resident diet and oversee issues in the kitchen including menu development, substitutions of food, supplement use and food temperatures, etc.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Routinely visits residents to discuss diets

• Ability to assess the nutritional status of residents inclusive of lab value interpretation, consumption patterns, weight maintenance, food/drug interaction, dietary compliance, resident independence and overall nutritional

• Ability to perform assessment on all new admissions and residents who are at risk for nutritional problems

• Assessment must include recommended intervention and appropriate dialogue to the Food Service Director, Nursing Director, and Administrator

• Ensure appropriate and accurate documentation of nutritional assessment in the resident’s MDS and in the dietician notes in the Electronic Medical Records with recommended intervention(s) and appropriate follow-up to nursing staff, Food Service Director, and Administrator.

• Demonstrate the ability to document nutritional assessments in residents MDS, dietitian notes and in the electronic medical records with recommended intervention(s). This may include reviewing the documentation of other departments regarding nutritional concerns. Also write and keeps current nutritional care plan on each resident that is deemed necessary to the IDCP team.

• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both orally and in writing

• Ability to submit monthly QA written report to Administrator and report to QAPI Committee on a quarterly basis.

• Maintain a two-way communication with facility Administrator, Food Service Director and Nursing Service Management

Why work for Adecco?

• Excellent Weekly Pay

• 401(k) Plan

• Skills Training

• Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits

Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and 401K plan. Our program provides employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. Available paid leave may include Paid Sick Leave, where required by law; any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law; and Holiday pay upon meeting eligibility criteria.

IMPORTANT: This position is being recruited for by Adecco’s Healthcare & Life Sciences division, not your local Adecco Branch Office. For opportunities available at Adecco Healthcare & Life Sciences go to -and-science

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit -privacy/. The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction record

Pay Details: $41.00 to $44.00 per hour

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Military connected talent encouraged to apply

To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to -us/candidate-privacy

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Massachusetts Candidates Only: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.