What are the responsibilities and job description for the Full-Time Registered Dietician position at Oaknoll Retirement Residence?
Description
Oaknoll has an exciting new opening for a Registered Dietician! At Oaknoll, our Registered Dietician works with a wide range of our interdisciplinary team to ensure our team is meeting our residents' nutritional needs, as well as enabling caring, resident-lead meal planning to help CREATE home for our residents. Oaknoll is a not-for-profit community that provides resident-centered care and services through our CREATE culture.
CREATE is an acronym for our values: caring, respect, enthusiasm, awareness, teamwork, and encouragement. We believe that people should experience joyful, active, and connected lives as they age. We believe people should have the opportunity to receive competent, caring, and compassionate health care when they need it. We believe our community is both special and unique because of the people who live here, the people who work here, and the relationships that they build together. We strive to make the lives of our residents and our staff meaningful and fulfilling. If you want to share in these values and the relationships that they allow us to build, we are looking for YOU!
Oaknoll is currently seeking a full-time Registered Dietician to join our team. An outstanding candidate will demonstrate an understanding of resident-centered care/service and have experience in geriatric nutrition and theraputic diets. The primary responsibilities of the Registered Dietician will include but are not limited to: Maintaining knowledge of state and federal regulations as they pertain to nutrition and dining in long-term care settings. Assessing complex nutritional needs and developing appropriate interventions. Conducting comprehensive nutritional assessments for residents upon admission, after any significant change in condition, and regularly as required, developing individualized nutrition plans based on residents' medical conditions, nutritional needs, preferences, goals, and physician orders. Monitor residents for changes in weight, diet, and other nutrition-related risks and recommend appropriate interventions. Participating in an interdisciplinary care planning team and communicating recommendations to residents, families, physicians, and all other members of the care planning team.
Why choose Oaknoll? Not only are we a community focused not-for-profit, but we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: competitive pay, paid time off, retirement plan with company contributions, 40% off employee meals, free use of our gyms and pool, weekly access to a Nurse Practitioner free of charge, onsite parking, tuition reimbursement, scholarship program, and student loan repayment assistance, along with medical, dental, vision, life, FSAs, and voluntary short-term and long-term disability insurances for eligible employees.
Come check us out and learn why Oaknoll is right for you!
About Oaknoll
Oaknoll Retirement Residence is an independent, not-for-profit, continuing care retirement community in Iowa City, IA. We provide resident-centered service, driven by our values of caring, respect, enthusiasm, awareness, teamwork, and encouragement. We're proud of our excellent reputation as a premier place to live and work. There's a strong sense of family at Oaknoll, so coming to work is like coming home.
Oaknoll Retirement Residence is an Equal Opportunity Employer that welcomes and encourages all applicants to apply regardless of age, race, sex, religion, color, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, or other reason prohibited by law.
Requirements
- Candidates must have a bachelor's degree or higher in Nutrition or Dietetics.
- Candidates hold a Registered Dietician credential through the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing.
- Candidates must maintain all required continuing education and registration and license renewal requirements.
- Previous experience working in long-term care or skilled nursing, with a knowledge of theraputic diets, geriatric nutrition, weight management, nutrition support, and safe food handling practices preferred.