Dietitian-Permanent Part Time-(PT) St. Catharines

Job Description

Dietician
Mission:
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,
family members or substitute decision ...