Dietician

Overview

Registered Dietitian - Full Time - Extendicare Starwood. The Registered Dietitian (RD) is responsible for providing resident nutrition/hydration care and documenting nutrition/hydration care in compliance with regulatory standards and Extendicare's policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• To assess nutrition status for all residents on admission, annually and whenever there is a significant change in status;
• To determine each resident's level of nutrition and hydration risk in order to prescribe/recommend needed interventions and follow-up care;
• To develop a nutrition plan of care for each newly admitted resident;
• To evaluate and modify, as needed, the nutrition plan of care for residents being followed by the RD, on an ongoing basis;
• To document resident nutrition care for residents followed by the RD;
• To provide nutrition/dietary counseling/education for residents and/or their caregivers, f...