Registered Dietitian - Avamere Rehab of King City and Clackamas

Registered Dietitian

Shift: Total of 24HR between 2 locations

Location: Avamere Rehab of King City - 16485 SW Pacific Hwy Portland, OR 97224
and
Avamere Rehabilitation of Clackamas 220 E Hereford St, Gladstone, OR 97027 

 We offer a strong, exciting team environment with group decision-making culture! Whether you are fresh out of school, looking to improve your skills, or wanting to grow in your career, let Avamere help. Being a CNA is hard, fast paced, exciting and overall rewarding. You get the chance to make a difference every day in the lives of those you serve. If you have a passion for helping others, then look no further, we would love to have you join the Avamere Family.  We are located in the heart of King City.  We are not only a fun place to work but also stand true to our values.  If you are a passionate Registered Dietitian this is a great opportunity for you!

Job Summary:

The essential role of the dietitian is to provide medical nutrition therapy consistent with resident's goals and clinical status and provide regular consultation to the director of nutrition and food service through routine nutrition.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct nutrition assessments for all patients using the Nutrition Care Process, utilizing pertinent data to create patient-specific nutrition plans.
• Specializing care in accordance with age-specific populations, religious, ethnic, and cultural needs.
• Perform Nutrition-Focused Physical Examinations and nutrition interviews routinely. Assess appropriateness of therapeutic diets.
• Develop and/or evaluate enteral and parenteral nutrition prescriptions, making recommendations as needed.
• Evaluate effectiveness of nutrition interventions and adjust as clinically indicated to support outcome goals.
• Participate in facility Nutrition At Risk (NAR) meetings to assess higher risk individuals requiring regular interdisciplinary team evaluation.
• Consistent use of PCC (Point-Click-Care)
• Communication with clinical staffing.

Administrative Duties:

• Communicate regularly with the IDT through interdisciplinary meetings, and other forms of preferred communication.
• Schedule and announce departmental meeting times, dates, places, etc. as needed/identified.
• Perform administrative duties such as completing necessary forms and all other documents to ensure dietary department compliance with policy, state, and federal regulations.
• Work with food service director to assure food service staff are demonstrating safe, sanitary practices, and providing meals as prescribed.
• Review and approve of facility menus bi-yearly, assuring nutritional adequacy consistent with diet manual.
• Follow infection control procedures established at each facility.

Employee Perks:

• Tuition assistance
• Mentorship opportunities
• Career development
• Employee assistance program featuring counseling services, financial coaching, free legal services and more.
• Generous employee referral program
• Paid time off/sick leave (rolls over annually)
• 401K retirement plan with employer match
• Comprehensive benefits package with medical coverage, voluntary dental, vision, and life insurance, short-term disability, and AD&D coverage
• Access up to 50% of your net earned income before payday. 

All Full-Time Oregon team members will be able to participate in a PPO or HMO plan with deductibles as low as $800.00 with significantly reduced premium costs. Employees will be eligible to start using their benefits within their first month of hire – no 60+ day waiting period! Vision, Dental, STD, LTD, AD&D, and other benefits are available for enrollment as well.

Education and Credentials:

• Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or a closely related field and completion of a dietetic inte