Registered Dietitian (RD) (Asheville)

Are you passionate about food and nutrition and insuring seniors have delicious, healthy meals? As a Registered Dietitian (RD), you have the opportunity to provide clinical assessments for guests, plan diets to meet nutritional needs, and oversee the operations of the culinary department.
This role is a split role between our Laurels of Greentree and Laurels of Summit Ridge facilities.

Laurel Health Care Company offers one of the leading employee benefit packages in the industry. This includes:

• Comprehensive health insurance - medical, dental and vision
• 401K with matching funds
• DailyPay, a voluntary benefit that allows associates at our facilities the ability to access their pay when they need it.
• Paid time off (beginning after six months of employment) and paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Tuition reimbursement and student loan forgiveness
• Free CNA/STNA certification
• Zero cost uniforms

Responsibilities

• Oversees the purchase of food and supplies within budget and maintains a supply to adequately cover each meal.
• Provides technical guidance and administrative direction over diet planning, menu formulation, preparation and service of regular and therapeutic diets.
• Assures meals are nutritious, palatable, and crafted in a timely and consistent manner while adhering to menus and diet orders.
• Interviews guests and family members, as necessary, to obtain diet history.
• Provides timely and accurate completion of dietary portion of the clinical record.
• Participates in regularly scheduled conferences, including department head meetings and interdisciplinary care plan meetings.

Qualifications

• Must be registered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• Serve Safe certification
• One (1) to two (2) years management/supervisory experience preferred.
• Bachelor's Degree in Dietetics

We are a national organization of skilled nursing, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living providers dedicated to achieving the highest standards of care in five states including Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, and Indiana.

We serve our residents with compassion, concern, and excellence, believing that every one of them is a unique person who deserves our best each day that we care for them. If you have a passion for improving the lives of those around you and working with others who feel the same way.

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