Registered Dietitian -Full-Time - Oregon City, Gladstone, & Keizer, Oregon

Registered Dietician (RD)

Full-Time

Relocation Assistance Available

This position does cover multiple facilities

Oregon City, Gladstone, and Keizer, Oregon

Avamere Rehab of Clackamas, 220 E Hereford St, Gladstone, OR 97027

Avamere Rehab of Oregon City, 1400 Division St, Oregon City, OR 97045

Avamere Court at Keizer, 5210 River Road N, Keizer OR 97303

Apply online at TeamAvamere.com

At Avamere, we believe in taking care of our employees.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:


* Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.

Low individual and family deductible.


* 401 (k) Plan: After 90 days of employment, with matching program.


* Paid Time Off (PTO): Accrue up to 4 weeks PTO per year, 6 holidays and accrued sick leave.


* EAP Canopy with unlimited telehealth mental health visits.


* Continuing Education and Higher Education Reimbursement.


* Generous employee referral bonus program.


* Flexible Spending Accounts & CERA: Medical FSA, Dependent Care FSA and CERA (Commuter Expense Reimbursement Account).


* Professional Development: Opportunities for growth and development within the company.


* Voluntary Benefits: Life insurance, disability coverage, supplemental hospital, accident and critical illness coverage, Legal Services, Pet Insurance, discount programs and more.

Essential Duties and Job Responsibilities


* Conduct nutrition assessments for all patients using the Nutrition Care Process (assessment, diagnosis, intervention, monitor, evaluation), utilizing pertinent data to create patient-specific nutrition plans.

Specializing care in accordance with age-specific populations, religion, 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.


* Evaluation 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.


* Communicate regularly with the IDT through interdisciplinary meetings and other forms of communication.

Schedule and announce departmental meeting times, dates, places, etc.

as needed.


* Perform administrative duties such as completing necessary forms, reports, nutrition quality assurance audits, etc.

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.


* Provide nutrition-related in-services as requested.


* Review and approve facility menus bi-yearly, assuring nutritional adequacy consistent with dietary manual.

Approve of substitutions...