Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) - Long-Term Care Consultant

Job Description

Job Description

Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) – Long-Term Care Consultant

Clinical Nutrition Consulting Services, LLC (CNCS) is seeking Registered Dietitians (RD/RDN) to join our growing clinical nutrition consulting team.

CNCS provides clinical nutrition and regulatory consulting services to long-term care, skilled nursing, post-acute, rehabilitation, and affiliated healthcare organizations. We are seeking Dietitians who are clinically strong, organized, dependable, and comfortable working independently while collaborating with facility leadership and interdisciplinary healthcare teams.

Opportunities are available for full-time, part-time, and PRN/contract positions , with assignments ranging from one facility to multiple sites based on employment status, geographic location, availability, and contracted service hours.

What You’ll Do

As a CNCS Registered Dietitian, you will manage the clinical nutrition needs of residents within your assigned facility or facilities while supporting regulatory compliance, quality improvement, and survey readiness.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Complete comprehensive nutrition assessments, reassessments, and timely clinical documentation.
• Identify, evaluate, and monitor residents at nutritional risk, including significant weight changes, malnutrition risk, wounds, dialysis, enteral nutrition, poor intake, altered diets, and other high-risk conditions.
• Develop individualized nutrition interventions and measurable resident-centered care plans.
• Monitor weight trends, food and fluid intake, supplement utilization, laboratory data, wound healing, and resident response to nutrition interventions.
• Lead or actively participate in Nutrition at Risk (NAR) meetings and other interdisciplinary clinical meetings.
• Collaborate with nursing, physicians/providers, MDS, speech therapy, rehabilitation, dietary services, and facility leadership.
• Complete nutrition-related MDS responsibilities, care plans, progress notes, follow-up assessments, and other required clinical documentation.
• Provide recommendations for therapeutic diets, oral nutrition supplements, fortified foods, enteral nutrition, texture modifications, and other appropriate nutrition interventions.
• Provide nutrition education and counseling to residents, families, staff, and interdisciplinary team members.
• Support dietary operations through clinical oversight, audits, menu review, tray accuracy, sanitation observations, and other contracted services.
• Participate in QAPI, quality assurance activities, survey preparation, Plans of Correction, and corrective action initiatives when applicable.
• Maintain clinical practices and documentation consistent with CMS requirements, applicable state regulations, professional standards, facility policies, and CNCS expectations.
• Complete assigned CNCS reports, audits, meetings, and contractual service requirements.
• Manage assigned contract hours effectively and proactively communicate clinical concerns, regulatory risks, and facility needs.

What a Typical Day May Look Like

• Your day may begin by reviewing new admissions, significant weight changes, residents at nutritional risk, physician orders, laboratory results, wounds, intake concerns, and residents requiring clinical follow-up.

• You may then complete resident assessments and interviews, review medical records and weight trends, evaluate food and fluid intake, develop or modify nutrition interventions, update care plans, and document recommendations in the facility’s electronic health record.

• Throughout the day, you will collaborate with nursing, dietary services, MDS, therapy, providers, and facility leadership. Depending on the facility schedule, you may also lead or participate in a Nutrition at Risk meeting, care plan meeting, QAPI review, clinical risk meeting, or survey-readiness activity.

• Before completing your scheduled services, you will ensure priority clinical concerns have been addressed, required documentation is current, appropriate follow-up has been established, and significant concerns have been communicated to the appropriate facility and CNCS leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Current Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN/RD) credential through the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR).
• Current dietitian license in the applicable state(s) of practice where licensure is required.
• Bachelor's degree or higher meeting applicable professional credentialing requirements.
• Strong clinical assessment and documentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage assigned caseloads and contract hours.
• Strong organizational, time-management, and professional communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with interdisciplinary healthcare teams.
• Proficiency with electronic documentation/EHR systems and standard business technology.
• Ability and willingness to travel to assigned facilities as required.

Preferred Experience

Long-term care or skilled nursing experience is preferred, but we will consider strong clinical candidates who are interested in developing expertise in long-term care.

Experience in any of the following is especially valuable:

• Long-term care, skilled nursing, post-acute, or rehabilitation
• Nutrition Care Process (NCP)
• MDS and interdisciplinary care planning
• Significant weight-change management
• Malnutrition identification and intervention
• Enteral nutrition
• Wound-related nutrition management
• Nutrition at Risk meetings
• CMS survey preparation and regulatory compliance
• QAPI and quality improvement
• PointClickCare or similar EHR systems

Who You’ll Report To

CNCS Registered Dietitians function as clinical consultants within their assigned facilities and are accountable to Clinical Nutrition Consulting Services, LLC leadership .

The position ultimately reports to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and may receive clinical, quality assurance, operational, and account support from designated CNCS leadership.

Within each assigned facility, the Dietitian works collaboratively with the Administrator, Director of Nursing, Food and Nutrition Services leadership, MDS team, providers, therapy departments, and other members of the interdisciplinary team.

How Success Is Measured

At CNCS, success is not measured simply by completing assigned hours. Performance is evaluated based on the quality, timeliness, consistency, and effectiveness of the clinical services provided.

Success includes:

• Accurate and timely nutrition assessments and documentation
• Appropriate clinical interventions and follow-up
• Effective management of residents at nutritional risk
• Survey-ready and regulatory-compliant documentation
• Completion of assigned contractual responsibilities and deliverables
• Consistent participation in NAR, care planning, QAPI, and interdisciplinary processes
• Timely communication and escalation of significant clinical or regulatory concerns
• Completion of required audits, reports, and corrective actions
• Effective management of assigned contract hours and caseload
• Professional and collaborative relationships with facility leadership and interdisciplinary teams
• Reliable attendance, scheduling, communication, and follow-through
• Resident-centered nutrition care that respects individual preferences, goals, and rights

Single-Site & Multi-Site Opportunities

CNCS offers assignments based on facility needs, geographic location, contracted hours, and employment status.

Opportunities may include:

1. Single-Site Consulting: Primary responsibility for one facility based on contracted clinical nutrition hours.
2. Multi-Site Consulting: Responsibility for multiple facilities within a geographic area, with scheduled service hours assigned to each account.
3. PRN/Coverage Consulting: Coverage for PTO, leaves of absence, vacancies, temporary staffing needs, surveys, or other short-term clinical needs.

Why CNCS?

• At Clinical Nutrition Consulting Services, LLC, our goal is to provide more than routine dietitian coverage.
• We strive to serve as a trusted clinical, quality, and regulatory partner to the healthcare organizations we support.
• We value Dietitians who are clinically strong, accountable, proactive, organized, collaborative, and committed to resident-centered care.

If you are looking for a consulting opportunity where your clinical expertise can directly influence resident outcomes, interdisciplinary care, quality improvement, and regulatory compliance, we invite you to apply and learn more about opportunities with CNCS.

Clinical Nutrition Consulting Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Clinical Nutrition Consulting Services, LLC (CNCS) is a clinical nutrition consulting company specializing in providing Registered Dietitians and nutrition professionals to long-term care, skilled nursing, post-acute, rehabilitation, and other healthcare organizations. We partner with healthcare facilities to provide high-quality clinical nutrition services, regulatory support, quality assurance, and resident-centered care.

At CNCS, we believe Dietitians should be able to build a meaningful clinical career while maintaining flexibility and a healthy work-life balance. Our positions are designed around a hybrid consulting model, combining weekly, bi-monthly, or monthly onsite service at assigned accounts, based on each facility's contracted service needs, with the flexibility to complete eligible documentation, follow-up, administrative responsibilities, and other office-based support remotely.

This approach allows our Dietitians to maintain an important clinical presence within the facilities they serve while also providing the independence and flexibility to manage portions of their workload remotely.

Company Description

Clinical Nutrition Consulting Services, LLC (CNCS) is a clinical nutrition consulting company specializing in providing Registered Dietitians and nutrition professionals to long-term care, skilled nursing, post-acute, rehabilitation, and other healthcare organizations. We partner with healthcare facilities to provide high-quality clinical nutrition services, regulatory support, quality assurance, and resident-centered care.At CNCS, we believe Dietitians should be able to build a meaningful clinical career while maintaining flexibility and a healthy work-life balance. Our positions are designed around a hybrid consulting model, combining weekly, bi-monthly, or monthly onsite service at assigned accounts, based on each facility's contracted service needs, with the flexibility to complete eligible documentation, follow-up, administrative responsibilities, and other office-based support remotely.This approach allows our Dietitians to maintain an important clinical presence within the facilities they serve while also providing the independence and flexibility to manage portions of their workload remotely.