Registered Dietitian

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🌾 Iowa – Remote

🌾 Iowa – Remote

💵 $51 / hour

⏱ Part Time

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Kahl Home

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1955

🤝 Non-profit

🧘 Wellness

Non-profit • Wellness

Kahl Home is a Catholic, non-profit senior living and skilled nursing community operated under the direction of the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm. The facility offers assisted living, long-term/intermediate care, skilled nursing and post-acute short-term rehab, memory care, and respite services, with an individualized, holistic approach and active life-enrichment programs. Kahl Home emphasizes compassionate, faith-based care and community involvement and has been recognized locally as a top nursing home.

📋 Description

• Work effectively with the Clinical team to provide comprehensive nutrition support for our acute, and long-term care residents. • Develop and make recommendations to the Food Service Director to implement dietary and food service policies and procedures to meet residents’ needs. • Develop menus to meet residents’ dietary needs. • Assess and document nutritional needs of residents in accordance with the comprehensive assessment and care plan. • Review and plan all regular and therapeutic diets and menus. • Approve all permanent menu substitutions. • Counsel residents regarding dietary likes and dislikes, appetite, food habits and therapeutic menus. • Assess and document residents’ food allergies and cultural backgrounds that may affect food consumption. • Evaluate and make recommendations regarding the serving time of meals, sanitation and food handling procedures. • Evaluate and make recommendations regarding food service equipment. • Evaluate food for nutritional adequacy, method of preparation, taste, appearance, serving temperature and portion size. • Assist Food Service Director in adjusting recipes for desired yield. • Plan and conduct in-service training programs for food service employees, nurses and nursing assistants.

🎯 Requirements

• Active Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) registration through the Commission of Dietetic Registration of the American Dietetic Association. • MS or BS degree plus completion of a dietetic internship program. • At least one year of experience in Long Term Care. • Knowledge of current best practices in medical nutrition therapy. • Strong knowledge of State and Federal regulatory guidelines, MDS and standards impacting Clinical Nutrition department in Long Term Care. • Excellent client services, organization and communication skills are essential. • Excellent computer skills with knowledge of Point Click Care.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive Compensation • Next-Day Pay Option • Student Loan Forgiveness Guidance • Employee Assistance Program with Discount Marketplace