Registered Dietician-Level 3

About NYC Health + Hospitals

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high-quality health care services without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons. At NYC Health + Hospitals- Post Acute Care. Our Skilled Nursing Facilities provide 24-hour care for individuals in need of short-term, long-term care, or hospice care. Our facilities are rated as a Best Nursing Home by US News and World Report.

We have positions available at the locations below!

NYC Health + Hospitals -Coler - 900 Main Street, New York, NY 10044 (Roosevelt Island)

NYC Health + Hospitals - McKinney - 594 Albany Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203 (Brooklyn)

Job Description :

• Organizes, plans, and directs the functions of the dietary service. Plans Dietitians’ schedules, ensuring adequate coverage. Ensures their full compliance with prescribed clinical standards.
• Plans staff orientation and in-service educational programs. Develops and coordinates an ongoing quality assurance program. Implements performance indicators and pursues corrective remedies to ensure strict adherence to established standards.
• Ensures that the agency diet manual is prepared, revised, and updated.
• Plans and conducts staff meetings to discuss issues pertinent to the agency’s clinical program.
• Assists the Director in the review, planning, and updating of menus for the general population, as well as for therapeutic and religious diets.
• In the absence of the director, assumes full responsibility.
• Plans and / or supervises staff orientation, in-service educational programs, and client or family education. May develop and coordinate an ongoing quality assurance program
• Reviews and modifies menu plans submitted by subordinate dietary staff.
• Supervises the selection and inventory control of foods, supplies, and equipment
• Supervises the selection and inventory control of foods, supplies, and equipment.

Minimum Qualifications :

Special Note for Dietitians assigned to Post-Acute Care (Long-Term Care) facility :

Under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Reform of Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities, as outlined in Section 483.60 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations all newly-hired Dietitians, Levels I-IV assigned to a Post-Acute Care (Long-Term Care) facility, are required to have New York State Certification, issued by the New York State Education Department (NYSED), as a Dietitian-Nutritionist at the time of hire. Dietitians, Levels I-IV hired prior to November 28, 2016, assigned to a Post-Acute Care (Long-Term Care) facility are required to obtain New York State Certification, issued by the NYSED, as a Dietitian-Nutritionist on or before November 28, 2021.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes :