Registered Dietitian (RD) - Part-time (PT) - Michener Hill

Registered Dietician Mission

The Registered Dietitian (RD) is responsible for providing resident nutrition/hydration care and documenting nutrition/hydration care in compliance with regulatory standards and Extendicare's policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess nutrition status for all residents on admission, annually, and whenever there is a significant change in status;
• Determine each resident's level of nutrition and hydration risk to prescribe/recommend needed interventions and follow-up care;
• Develop a nutrition plan of care for each newly admitted resident;
• Evaluate and modify, as needed, the nutrition plan of care for residents being followed by the RD, on an ongoing basis;
• Document resident nutrition care for residents followed by the RD;
• Provide nutrition/dietary counseling/education for residents and/or their caregivers, family members or substitute decision makers to support optimum re...