Dietitian

Dietitian

The dietitian provides overall nutrition care to residents for Aramark SeniorLIFE+ onsite in Clearwater or St. Pete on a part-time basis. Nationwide, Aramark SeniorLIFE+ dietitians ensure that the nutritional needs of the residents are met, and that all documentation is complete and accurate. Plans and administers activities related to resident nutrition care, complying with the standards established by Aramark SeniorLIFE+, regulatory agencies, and clients. Establishes and maintains effective multidisciplinary relationships to provide a unified approach to resident care. Where applicable, possible multi-location assignments that are within reasonable driving distance of one another may be offered. In the future, areas of the US with a larger urban footprint may bring the opportunity of a traveling RDN role, reporting to the regional clinical nutrition manager for scheduling, reporting, and oversight.

Job responsibilities include maintaining dietetic registration, conducting resident nutrition assessments, managing nutrition intervention plans, conducting regular meal observations, providing nutrition counseling, delivering strong operational performance, working cooperatively with interdisciplinary team members, providing person-centered care, maintaining clinical productivity standards, and attending care plan and risk or weight/wound meetings as appropriate.

Qualifications include a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution, obtaining and maintaining registration and required continuing education credits with the Commission on Dietetic Registration, obtaining and maintaining state licensure including continuing education credits as required by state law, and previous experience working with older adults in a skilled nursing or long-term care community is preferred.