Registered Dietician

Mission

To allow frail elderly people to age in the location of their choosing and continue to lead-connected, meaningful lives

The Registered Dietician role offers a unique opportunity to help build the first PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) program in the District of Columbia within the framework of a supportive, innovative, and expert leadership team and company. Together with our coalition of strong partners within the community, the Registered Dietician will help our team to have a transformative impact on a particularly under-served community in Wards 7 and 8.

• Develops and implements nutritional care plans for participants.
• Completes initial and annual assessments for all participants and semiannual reassessments for each participant with an open dietary problem.
• Provides nutrition education and counseling to participants, family and/or caregivers based on individual plans of care in accordance with Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics standards.
• Maintains required certifications/registrations.
• Determines and monitors therapeutic diets, special dietary modifications and communicates concerns with interdisciplinary teams.
• Coordinates with the Interdisciplinary Team to develop a comprehensive plan of care for each participant.
• Assists participants with community food resources including, congregate meal sites and commodity foods.
• Functions as a liaison to Kitchen services, oversees dining service needs, monitors meal service, special diet adherence, and addresses nutritional concerns with serving staff.
• Assist in implementing nutrition policies and procedures and conducts sanitation/food safety checks in the dining service environment.
• Assists with the compliance and administration of the food program, including staff training, menu review, and monitoring of meal service.
• Develop and maintain relationships with contractors and staff in contracted facilities to foster communication around nutrition care and interventions.
• Provide nutrition education to staff and community as requested.
• Monitors weights, medical diagnosis, changes in chewing, swallowing, hydration, mood changes, intake, other health and environment changes and reports changes to interdisciplinary team members.
• Participate in care team meetings, participant care conferences and family meetings.
• Manage nutrition supplement products provided by PACE:
  Assess need for supplements, write orders, monitor effectiveness, manage inventory and coordinate delivery of products to participants.
• Assists in training of new staff.
• Participates in work area development, in-service training, and department meetings.
• Demonstrates dependability, punctuality, good communication skills, and work area readiness.
• Interacts in a courteous, pleasant and friendly manner with co-workers, participants, families, Edenbridge PACE staff and staff at contracted facilities.
• Communicates regularly with vendors.
• Monitors expenditures with commitment to good stewardship of the organization’s resources.
• Communicates clearly and concisely with sensitivity to the needs of others.
• Considers the impact of decisions on other departments and the company as a whole, while demonstrating effective partnership management skills.
• Handles potentially infectious specimens with appropriate biohazard precautions, and practices Universal Precautions.
• Maintains courteous, helpful, and professional behavior on the job. Displays a willingness and ability to be responsive in a warm and caring manner to all customer groups. Consistently cooperates and supports organization in problem solving issues.
• Home care visits as necessary
• Additional responsibilities will be added at managers discretion, as career growth opportunities and responsibilities are constantly arising in our flexible and start-up environment

Edenbridge Health is committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization. For our Registered Dietician role, we are looking for the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition or related. Must be legally authorized to practice in Washington DC
• Completion of a dietetic internship or equivalent practicum, plus registration as a Dietician 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 criminal background check