The Dietitian Opportunity:
The Dietitian coordinates, assesses, and oversees comprehensive nutritional care
for residents and clients across skilled nursing and behavioral health settings.
This role collaborates closely with the interdisciplinary team (IDT), food
service leadership, residents, families, and staff to promote optimal
nutritional status, clinical outcomes, and quality of life. The Dietitian
provides education, consultation, and leadership to ensure nutrition services
meet regulatory requirements, evidence-based standards, and person-centered care
principles.
What You’ll Get:
• The starting pay range for this role is $33.00 - $35.93, based on education
and experience.
• This job is in-person. This is an occasional position with needs March 13-21,
and at least a week per month from May – July. This position will cover
vacations or leaves as needed.
• Benefits for full-time include PTO, paid holidays, health insurance, dental
insurance, vision insurance, on-site bistro and cafeteria, employee
assistance program, newly updated facility, and more.
• As a full-time employee of NCHC, you are eligible for the Wisconsin
Retirement System (WRS). The WRS is a hybrid defined benefit plan. It
contains elements of both a 401(k) or defined contribution plan and a defined
benefit plan. Participating staff contribute 7.2% and NCHC will match this at
100% each pay period!
What You Bring:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics or a closely related field.
• Current Registered Dietitian
• State of Wisconsin Dietitian certification, or ability to obtain upon hire.
• Maintains required continuing education units to sustain licensure and
registration
• More than 1 year of experience in a healthcare setting.
Preferred:
• Master’s degree in Dietetics.
• More than 1 year of experience in a long-term care or skilled nursing
facility setting.
In evaluating candidates for this position, North Central Health Care may
consider a combination of education, training, and experience which provides the
necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of this
position.
What a Dietitian does at NCHC:
Essential Duties:
• Conducts initial, quarterly, annual, and change-of-condition nutrition
assessments for residents and clients.
• Develops, implements, monitors, and updates individualized nutrition care
plans based on clinical status, diagnoses, preferences, and goals.
• Reviews laboratory values, weights, wounds, intake data, and clinical
indicators to identify nutrition risks and interventions.
• Provides nutrition consultation for behavioral health hospital patients based
on admission screening tools.
• Actively participates in IDT rounds, care conferences, Medicare and therapy
review meetings, and resident/food councils.
• Collaborates with physicians, nursing staff, speech therapy, social work,
activities, and food service to coordinate care and interventions.
• Communicates nutrition-related concerns, recommendations, and outcomes
clearly and timely.
• Observes meal service and dining environments to ensure appropriateness,
safety, and resident satisfaction.
• Assists with or observes feeding as needed to assess tolerance, swallowing
concerns, and functional ability.
• Collaborates with food service leadership on menu development, therapeutic
diets, food substitutions, and special requests.
• Evaluates menus for nutritional adequacy, regulatory compliance, resident
preferences, and cost-effectiveness.
• Provides nutrition education to residents, families, and staff related to
therapeutic diets, food safety, and nutrition concerns.
• Trains new employees and supports ongoing staff education related to meal
service and diet order execution.
• Assists with development, review, and maintenance of nutrition-related
policies and procedures.
• Ensures nutrition services comply with CMS, state regulations, accreditation
standards, and NCHC policies.
• Completes accurate, timely documentation in the electronic medical record.
• Participates in audits, quality improvement initiatives, and regulatory
surveys as assigned.
• Provides weekend or holiday coverage and facility support as assigned,
including audits and staff assistance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
Who We Are:
Nestled in the heart of Central Wisconsin, North Central Health Care (NCHC) is a
healthcare organization formed over fifty years ago as a partnership between
three Central Wisconsin counties - Langlade, Lincoln, and Marathon. NCHC employs
more than 600 professionals in diverse roles across a variety of care and work
environments. We provide passionate and high-quality care for individuals and
families within the fields of mental health treatment, addiction services, long
term care, short term care, physical therapy, crisis stabilization and so much
more. We have amazing employees who provide exceptional care and want to add to
our team. You can visit our website at www.norcen.org/careers
[http://www.norcen.org/careers] to learn more.
In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act, NCHC will provide
reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals and encourages both
prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the
employer. North Central Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer.