Who we are:

A program created by the Maryland Department of Health which includes a coalition of healthcare and aging service advocates, leaders and community organizations. This program's mission is to serve frail older adults in the West Baltimore community to lead connected, meaningful lives.

How to apply:

1. We use Scismic to help us screen applicants. Create a profile on Scismic (https://scismic.com/jobs/Registered-Dietitian?source=really) for the initial screening.

2. If qualified, you will be invited to upload a tailored resume and answer a few questions in place of a cover letter.

3. Your profile, resume, and questions are sent to the hiring manager, who will contact you directly if they choose to move forward with your application. Apply now.

Who you are:
We are seeking a Registered Dietitian to help the organization achieve its mission and carry out the program’s clinical model of care. If you are community-minded and interested in helping the elderly in West Baltimore, please apply!

$5000 sign-on bonus included!

The Registered Dietitian role offers a unique opportunity for a new elderly-focused program in West Baltimore which consists of a framework of supportive, innovative, and expert leadership team and company. Together with our coalition of strong partners within the community, the Registered Dietitian will help our team to have a transformative impact on a particularly under-served community in West Baltimore.

Seven core principles drive our approach to care. These include:

• Create and Sustain Meaningful Lives: The organization's model aims to help elders create and sustain meaningful lives — from social relationships, spirituality, cultural life, work, or service. They support elders with cognitive and physical disability to sustain meaning in their daily lives. They form close community partnerships to help elders engage outside our centers.
• Respect the Right to Independence: The organization aims always to follow our participants’ wishes. Wherever possible, participants maintain control over all decisions — from medical procedures to what to eat for dinner.
• Pay Attention to What Is Working Well: Thegoal is to multiply the days each participant is glad to be alive. Participants are encouraged of positive experiences of daily life, supporting the things that matter most to them.
• Provide the Right Amount of Medical Care: Elders often have many diagnoses, medications and specialists, involving complex care decisions. The team helps participants understand their choices. They deliver thoughtful, appropriate and personalized care, doing what our participants want — nothing more and nothing less.
• Guide All the Care Provided: The team always follow and guide our participants’ care — in their homes, at our center, in the hospital, and everywhere.
• Live with Our Communities, Not Just in Them: The organization's work in communities where aging in place is valued and integrated care is a shared mission. The team builds deep relationships with community organizations (see video) beginning long before we open our doors. We aim to reach beyond the walls of the center to bring community members in and participants out for person-to-person connection.
• Employ Technology Thoughtfully, Not Aggressively: The team uses technology because it can enrich the lives of participants, improving care and connecting family members with their loved ones and their care providers. But technology is only used to complement — never replace — direct human interaction.

To help us achieve this mission, we are looking for an experienced Registered Dietitian who will assess the nutritional status and needs of participants of the program.

What you get to do:

• Works independently to assess the nutritional status and needs of participants of the program
• Member of the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) and participates in the assessment and review process of participants in determining their nutritional needs
• Counsels participants and their families in order to provide nutritional and diet information relating to known medical conditions
• Reviews and interprets physician prescribed diets, calculates special diets, makes recommendations for nutritional care plans
• Confers with physicians and nursing personnel to clarify orders, make recommendations for appropriate dietary treatments, and general exchanging of information and evaluates participant’s response to diet therapy
• Works and collaborates with the participant and the family as well as all members of the interdisciplinary team in developing the participants’ plan of care
• Evaluates participant outcomes and or progress toward achieving the objectives/goals of the care plan and communicates this information among other members of the IDT
• Directs and supervises the participant luncheon meal ensuring that participants are fed proper meals and those that need close monitoring or supervision during meal time are adequately cared for
• Monitors and maintains accurate records of food and refrigerator temperatures to maintain the safety standards of the FDA
• Supervises the dispensing of frozen meals, bag lunches, or nutritional supplements to the transportation department for home delivery
• Approves and revises all cycle menus, recipes and foods through our programAs for the Registered Dietitian position the salary range is $85-$90K and we really are still looking for someone that is community based as they will occasionally need to make home visits. The position is in-person 5 days a week and will supervise the kitchen aid as well.

• Maintains and promotes infection control practices in the kitchen area and holds staff members accountable to these practices

What will help you succeed:
The organization is committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization. For the Registered Dietitian role, we are looking for the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition or related. Must be legally authorized to practice in Maryland
• Completion of dietetic internship or equivalent practicum, plus registration as a Dietitian by the American Dietetic Association is required
• One year(s) of experience with a frail or elderly population preferred
• Must submit to and pass a pre-employment drug/alcohol screening and criminal background check
• Up-to-date vaccinations, including COVID vaccine, required

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $85,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Healthcare setting:

• Acute care
• Long term care
• Skilled nursing facility

Medical specialties:

• Dietetics

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

• Baltimore, MD 21201: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person