Dietitian

Registered Dietitian

The Registered Dietitian provides clinical nutrition services for residents in Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living while supporting wellness and nutrition education initiatives for Independent Living residents. This role promotes resident health, safety, and quality of life through evidence-based nutrition care, regulatory compliance, and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams.

Key responsibilities include conducting comprehensive nutrition assessments and developing individualized nutrition care plans, providing medical nutrition therapy, nutrition counseling, and education to residents, families, and staff, monitoring residents' nutritional status and documenting assessments, interventions, and outcomes in the electronic health record, participating in interdisciplinary care planning and resident rounds, reviewing and recommending therapeutic diets and diet modifications in accordance with physician orders and facility policies, ensuring menus meet nutritional standards and support resident needs across all levels of care, supporting compliance with CMS, state, and organizational regulations and quality standards, serving as a nutrition resource for residents, families, leadership, and care teams, and maintaining professional licensure, credentialing, and continuing education requirements.

Qualifications include a master's degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or a related field, Registered Dietitian (RD) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) credential required, minimum two years of experience preferred, with experience in long-term care, assisted living, or geriatric nutrition strongly preferred, strong communication, organizational, customer service, and interpersonal skills, experience working with interdisciplinary healthcare teams preferred, and specialty certifications (e.g., CSG, CDCES) are a plus.

Guided by our mission of Inspiring a Spirit of Community and Well-Being, we are committed to delivering exceptional resident-centered care through our SHINE values: Service Before Self, Hospitality with Heart, Inspiring Excellence, Nothing Less than the Best, and Enjoy Your Journey.

Employee benefits and perks include growth opportunities, a safe environment, on-site training, an engaging atmosphere, health insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, paid time off, dental insurance, 401(k) matching, vision insurance, flexible schedule, pet insurance, access to our Wellness Center, and more.

Work environment is a general office environment with normal lighting levels, temperature ranges, air quality, ventilation, and low noise levels. Physical demands include lifting, carrying, pushing or otherwise manipulating inventory and office materials weighing up to 15lbs. Always use proper lifting and moving protocols and techniques. Work hazards include potential exposure to blood-borne pathogens from residents and various cleaning and sanitizing chemicals. Minimal risk when standard safety precautions are followed.

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