PACE Southeast Michigan
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Registered Dietitian
role at
PACE Southeast Michigan . The Registered Dietitian (RDN) is responsible for assessing nutrition status and implementing appropriate interventions to ensure participants’ needs are met.
Responsibilities
Review nutritional needs prior to enrollment into the program.
Complete initial, semi-annual, and annual assessments. Participant comprehensive assessments may include evaluation of:
Diet recall
Current diet
Meal patterns
Assistance with meal preparation and grocery shopping
Anthropometric analysis
Weight monitoring
Appetite changes
Difficulty chewing and/or swallowing
Food allergies and preferences
Monitoring for food insecurity
Cultural and religious preferences
Past medical history
Evaluation of laboratory indicators
Need for nutritional supplements and/or frozen meals
Education follow‑up
Review and determine appropriate therapeutic diets.
Work and collaborate with participants and caregivers, as well as members of the Interdisciplinary Team, to develop the participant’s plan of care.
Evaluate participant’s motivation for changes toward positive outcomes; implement individualized interventions and adjust goals of care as needed.
Supervise the participants in the Day Health Center to ensure meals served are in compliance with the RDN’s diet recommendations. Communicate changes in dietary needs to the Interdisciplinary Team.
Collaborate with Day Health Center Staff and other members of the Interdisciplinary Team to identify participants with difficulty chewing and/or swallowing and refer to the appropriate team member for evaluation as needed.
Counsel and educate participants and their caregivers to enhance health and overall well‑being.
Organize and maintain updated frozen meal and nutritional supplement lists.
Approve and revise all cycle menus.
Coordinate care with outside healthcare professionals.
Maintain frequent contact and follow‑up with participants identified at high nutritional risk.
Identify clinical characteristics of malnutrition.
Calculate nutritional needs and coordinate care with Home Infusion Company for participants receiving enteral nutritional support.
Understand, comply with, and promote the Participant Bill of Rights and work to achieve high levels of participant satisfaction.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Professional level of knowledge required for completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition.
Completion of dietetic internship or equivalent practicum, plus registration as a Dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
At least one year of experience with aging adults.
Participation in annual, mandatory in‑service training and screening, including infection control, TB testing, safety training, and BLS training.
Professional level of analytical skills to analyze and solve problems and develop viable plans of intervention.
Ability to establish and maintain interpersonal and interdepartmental relationships.
Ability to apply principles of adult learning in planning and implementing educational activities; one‑to‑one teaching participants and family members at the center or at home, staff education formally or informally in settings such as in‑services and group activities with higher functioning participants.
Participation in and/or facilitation of quality improvement projects resulting from data analysis.
Ensures compliance with departmental and external standards in the provision of quality‑focused care by attending professional meetings/committees and reviewing national standards of practice.
Participation in various committees as assigned.
Must meet a standardized set of competencies before working independently.
Must be medically cleared for communicable diseases and have all immunizations up‑to‑date before engaging in direct participant contact.
Working Conditions
Variable conditions with exposure to communicable disease, due to patient environment.
Driving required within PACE of Southeast catchment area, with possible exposure to extreme temperatures, including heat and cold.
Frequent walking, bending, and lifting of forty (40) pounds or more may be needed in the performance of duties.
Other Information
Seniority level: Entry level
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Health Care Provider
Industries: Hospitals and Health Care, Individual and Family Services, and Hospitality
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Registered Dietitian
role at
PACE Southeast Michigan . The Registered Dietitian (RDN) is responsible for assessing nutrition status and implementing appropriate interventions to ensure participants’ needs are met.
Responsibilities
Review nutritional needs prior to enrollment into the program.
Complete initial, semi-annual, and annual assessments. Participant comprehensive assessments may include evaluation of:
Diet recall
Current diet
Meal patterns
Assistance with meal preparation and grocery shopping
Anthropometric analysis
Weight monitoring
Appetite changes
Difficulty chewing and/or swallowing
Food allergies and preferences
Monitoring for food insecurity
Cultural and religious preferences
Past medical history
Evaluation of laboratory indicators
Need for nutritional supplements and/or frozen meals
Education follow‑up
Review and determine appropriate therapeutic diets.
Work and collaborate with participants and caregivers, as well as members of the Interdisciplinary Team, to develop the participant’s plan of care.
Evaluate participant’s motivation for changes toward positive outcomes; implement individualized interventions and adjust goals of care as needed.
Supervise the participants in the Day Health Center to ensure meals served are in compliance with the RDN’s diet recommendations. Communicate changes in dietary needs to the Interdisciplinary Team.
Collaborate with Day Health Center Staff and other members of the Interdisciplinary Team to identify participants with difficulty chewing and/or swallowing and refer to the appropriate team member for evaluation as needed.
Counsel and educate participants and their caregivers to enhance health and overall well‑being.
Organize and maintain updated frozen meal and nutritional supplement lists.
Approve and revise all cycle menus.
Coordinate care with outside healthcare professionals.
Maintain frequent contact and follow‑up with participants identified at high nutritional risk.
Identify clinical characteristics of malnutrition.
Calculate nutritional needs and coordinate care with Home Infusion Company for participants receiving enteral nutritional support.
Understand, comply with, and promote the Participant Bill of Rights and work to achieve high levels of participant satisfaction.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Professional level of knowledge required for completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition.
Completion of dietetic internship or equivalent practicum, plus registration as a Dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
At least one year of experience with aging adults.
Participation in annual, mandatory in‑service training and screening, including infection control, TB testing, safety training, and BLS training.
Professional level of analytical skills to analyze and solve problems and develop viable plans of intervention.
Ability to establish and maintain interpersonal and interdepartmental relationships.
Ability to apply principles of adult learning in planning and implementing educational activities; one‑to‑one teaching participants and family members at the center or at home, staff education formally or informally in settings such as in‑services and group activities with higher functioning participants.
Participation in and/or facilitation of quality improvement projects resulting from data analysis.
Ensures compliance with departmental and external standards in the provision of quality‑focused care by attending professional meetings/committees and reviewing national standards of practice.
Participation in various committees as assigned.
Must meet a standardized set of competencies before working independently.
Must be medically cleared for communicable diseases and have all immunizations up‑to‑date before engaging in direct participant contact.
Working Conditions
Variable conditions with exposure to communicable disease, due to patient environment.
Driving required within PACE of Southeast catchment area, with possible exposure to extreme temperatures, including heat and cold.
Frequent walking, bending, and lifting of forty (40) pounds or more may be needed in the performance of duties.
Other Information
Seniority level: Entry level
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Health Care Provider
Industries: Hospitals and Health Care, Individual and Family Services, and Hospitality
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