Job Description

Our Village of Riverside Glen, located in Guelph, Ontario has an exciting opportunity for a REGISTERED DIETICIAN to join their LONG-TERM CARE village team.

This position will be approximately 13 days (106 hours) per month.

At Schlegel Villages you can be YOU while being part of OUR Family.

How Schlegel Villages supports our Team Members:

• Ongoing training and personal growth opportunities
• Benefits and access to our Employee Family Assistance Program
• Vacation
• Discounts at Village Services
• Team appreciation events
• Access to The Wilfred Schlegel Hope Fund
• Retirement Savings
• Village Uniforms

To be successful as our new Registered Dietician you will

• Complete Resident Nutrition Risk Assessments for all new admissions
• Monitor and follow residents who are identified at high nutritional risk
• Determine person responsible for monitoring residents at moderate and low nutritional risk
• Recommend specific nutritional interventions and provide information to the Care Team about implementing recommendations, monitoring and follow-up as required
• Collaborate with the resident’s attending physician regarding the nutritional plan of care and associated assessment needs, i.e.: lab results, vitamin supplementation, diet changes, etc.
• Participate as a member of the Interdisciplinary Team in the development and evaluation of nutrition care plans which includes an assessment, resident centred goals and nutritional care plan to meet the individual needs of the resident and evaluate the outcome of the nutrition care interventions
• Review all resident weights on a monthly basis with the Care Team and initiate appropriate interventions and documentation as necessary
• Reviews and/or update resident diet cards, nourishment lists, diet census sheet and dining seating plans as requested by the Director of Food Services
• Possess experience in clinical nutrition and geriatrics
• Knowledge of RAI-MDS and LTC experience is essential
• Have an Undergraduate Degree in Food and Nutrition, or equivalent, from an approved University.
• Successfully completed an accredited Dietetic Internship
• Current registration with the College of Dietitians and Dietitians of Canada

As a Registered Dietician joining our Village, you will:

Support and embrace our resident-centred social culture and be proud to deliver the highest quality of service to our residents. You will work as a key member of our Village and kitchen team to support residents’ individual needs, and advocate for residents to make informed decisions relating to their dining experience.

We want to hire the best people, provide the best training and education, and support them with the best leadership. Our commitment to these objectives creates a culture and environment of positive engagement on our journey to change the culture of aging.

You can be you while being a part of our family.

At Schlegel Villages we are redefining elder care through innovation, village design and culture change, but we know the key to our village success, and our residents’ satisfaction, is YOU and our teams.

We aspire to provide all members of our communities, including team members, with a life enriching experience. We are family owned and operated and we take our mission seriously: “to provide holistic health care in a home environment, located within an internal neighbourhood design that promotes a caring community with emphasis on optimal health and life purpose for each resident”.

We’d love to talk to you about what makes us different.

Schlegel Villages is pleased to accommodate individual needs in accordance with the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA), within our recruitment process. If you require accommodation at any time throughout the recruitment process, please speak with the hiring leader.