Registered Dietitian - American Senior Communities

Description

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Registered Dietitians play an important role in enhancing the overall health and quality of life for our residents through the assessment of nutritional status and collaboration with other healthcare professionals to develop an individualized nutritional plan of care.

Key Responsibilities of a Registered Dietitian include:

• Uses clinical knowledge and experience to perform assessments to identify residents’ current needs for nutrition services and those residents at nutritional risk.
• Interviews residents, family members, legal representatives, and significant others to obtain and update information needed to develop individualized plans of care.
• Works cooperatively with members of the interdisciplinary and clinical teams.
• Conducts regular meal observations and interviews staff and residents to ensure that all residents are receiving food in the amount, type, consistency, and frequency to maintain adequate nutritional parameters.

Qualifications:

• Required: Must have and maintain current dietitian registration from the Commission on Dietetics Registration.
• Required: All Registered Dietitians will hold a current certification and/or license in the state(s) in which they are practicing.
• Preferred: Nutrition documentation experience.

What’s in it for you?

As a Registered Dietitian at ASC, you will have the opportunity to build ongoing relationships with residents and their families, which will allow you to witness the positive outcomes of your efforts while providing a sense of fulfillment in the work that you are doing. You will also benefit from the support of a Clinical Dietitian Assistant to streamline tasks and elevate the quality of care for our residents.

After 90 days of employment, we offer alternative schedules for our Registered Dietitians, with the potential for remote work. 

Benefits and perks may include:

• Top competitive market wages
• Paid Time Off (PTO), holiday pay and opportunities to earn additional PTO
• Medical, vision & dental insurance with Telehealth option and flex spending accounts
• 401(k) retirement plan options
• Paid training, skills certification & career development support
• Continued education opportunities with company-sponsored scholarship programs
• Tuition assistance and certification reimbursement
• Lucrative employee referral bonus program
• Employee assistance program & wellness support
• Retail, food & entertainment discounts, and so much more

*Full-Time and Part-Time Benefits may vary, terms and conditions apply

About American Senior Communities

Bring your heart to work! Caring people make the difference at American Senior Communities!

Compassion, Accountability, Relationships and Excellence are the core values for American Senior Communities. These words not only form an acronym for C.A.R.E., they are our guiding principles and create the framework for all our relationships with customers, team members and community at large.

American Senior Communities has proudly delivered patient centered care since the year 2000, with a long history of excellent outcomes. Each of our 80+ American Senior Community is part of the neighborhood in which it exists. Our leaders and staff live in surrounding areas and know the community well. As partners in senior care, we are not just doing a job, but following a calling.

We are Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran and other protected categories.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)