Registered Dietitian
- Full-time
- Brockton, MA
- posted July 02, 2025
Clinical Dietitian
competitive
ASAP
Duties include but not limited to:
• Performs and documents timely initial and annual nutrition assessments which include entry of diet order, height and weight, pertinent lab results, dietary history, dietary preferences, medical conditions and medications affecting nutrition status and eating habits in the clinic setting or at home or community sites as needed.
• Develops individual nutrition plan for participants and ensures the plan is effectively communicated to participant, IDT, Dietary Aides, family members and other caregivers for implementation.
• Effectively communicates concerns or issues arising from Nutrition Assessment to IDT.
• Ensures that the Nutrition Plan is appropriately implemented by providing participant, family members or other care givers with both general and customized nutrition education materials and one-on-one guidance when needed and providing guidance to Dietary Aides, Center Aides and Home Health Aides to ensure compliance with the Nutrition Plan.
• Recommends and arranges for provision of home delivered meals to participants as needed.
• Assists the Nutrition Manager by ensuring the Dietary Aides are performing all necessary functions including ensuring hot and cold foods are held and served at appropriate temperatures; ensures that all kitchen equipment is regularly reviewed for proper operating condition, ensures that logs and labeling are in accordance with regulations and protocols; ensures that kitchen usage and maintenance is in compliance with OSHA, DPH, PACE and CMS regulations.
• Utilizes objective information available in EMR in combination with subjective information regarding food intake to complete comprehensive and accurate initial and annual nutrition assessments.
• Assists in presenting the Annual Safety training for ESP staff on food handling, temperatures, feeding of participants, sanitation of the kitchen to Dietary Aides, Center Aides and Home Health Aides.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college with major studies in Food and Nutrition or Dietetics, Master’s degree preferred
• Current License in the state of Massachusetts as Registered Dietitian, current BLS (Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers) Certification
• Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office 365 including Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams
• One year of professional experience providing nutrition counseling and assessments
• One year of experience working in geriatrics required
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Must be able to travel to and from multiple patients’ homes and the work site in a timely manner
• Must be able to successfully obtain Serve Safe certification (Food Handlers or Serve Safe Manager) within 3 months of employment and Mass Allergen Certificate within 3 months of employment