Registered Dietitian

Job Duties

Sitter & Barfoot Veterans Care Center; named for two Medal of Honor recipients Colonel Van Barfoot and Colonel Carl Sitter provides the gold standard in quality care for Virginia’s Veterans.

This single-level facility features 200 single-occupancy rooms across four nursing units.

Sitter & Barfoot Veterans Care Center (SBVCC) is seeking a Registered Dietitian to assess the nutrition needs of our residents and utilize MDS 3.

0. The primary schedule is Monday-Friday 8 : 00 am - 4 : 30 pm. The Registered Dietitian will share the resident caseload with the Director of Clinical Nutrition.

The RD will be expected to perform the following duties :

Maintain the clinical nutrition care of all assigned residents

Evaluate and update diets to maintain quality and liberalization

Asses the nutritional needs of residents, approve nutritionally balanced menus, and plan as needed

Complete required assessments / documentation, monitoring, and charting on high-risk residents

Attend care plan meetings, and ensure conformance to nutritional and quality standards

Visit with residents regarding menus, food service, food preferences, and nutritional care, make recommendations to address nutrition issues

Provide nutritional consultation to residents as requested by the nursing department or physicians

Provide education to the residents, family members, and staff as needed

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in nutritional sciences, dietetics, human nutrition or related field

Additional Considerations

Registered Dietitian Credentials strongly preferred

CDM or Dietary Tech certification preferred

Experience creating care plans preferred

Experience with MDS 3.0 or Point Click Care preferred

1 year clinical experience in an acute or long term care setting strongly preferred

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and / or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to Your Application in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and / or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to Your Application in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Only online applications will be accepted.

Commonwealth of Virginia State agencies must provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, where appropriate.

Applicants requiring accommodations should direct inquiries to the human resource contact directly. Requests for reasonable accommodations will be reviewed and determined on a case-by-case basis.

Applicants who possess an Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Form) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Form) as issued under the Department of Human Resources Management (DHRM) Policy 1.

30 Layoff (Commonwealth of Virginia Employees Only), MUST attach these forms when submitting their state application and / or resume.

Successful completion of a Background Criminal History Check, reference and employment verifications, and Pre-Employment Drug Test are required.

TB Skin Testing will be completed upon hire.

SBVCC is a healthcare organization and must comply with the federal CMS Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care staff Vaccination Regulation;

requiring all employees to be vaccinated or receive an exemption as a condition of employment. Upon acceptance of a job offer, new hires will be asked to disclose their vaccination status and present proof of vaccination during the pre-employment process.

New hires who are not vaccinated for any reason or choose not to disclose their vaccination status, will need to request a medical or religious accommodation.

New hires who obtain an exemption from the vaccine mandate for medical or sincerely held religious beliefs will be subject to testing requirements *

Contact Information

Name : Human Resources

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In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process.

To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI).

Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS / DBVI to get their AHP Letter.