Registered Dietitian

Goodwin Living is a mission-driven nonprofit senior living and healthcare organization based in Alexandria, Virginia. We support, honor and uplift older adults and the people who care for them by creating a workplace rooted in purpose, belonging and growth. Our culture has earned consistent recognition, including Top Workplace honors in the D.C. region since 2019, national recognition by USA Today and Nurse.com, and Top Virginia Employers for Intern Awards recognition since 2022. These honors are based on team member feedback and reflect what our team values most.

Responsible for providing clinical nutrition services, including nutrition assessment, modified diet formulation, self-management training and nutrition intervention to residents. Ensures resident satisfaction, quality care, regulatory agency compliance, and good public relations are achieved through the safe and efficient use of resources.

• Assesses the nutritional status of adult and/or geriatric resident through documentation in the medical record. Uses parameters such as anthropometric measurements, visual assessment and interpretation of laboratory values.
• Develops and revises a nutrition care plan based on information from the resident, medical record, family and health care team members.
• Adheres to facility confidentiality, HIPAA regulations, and patient rights policies.
• Completes all required documentation, reports and logs in a timely, professional and thorough manner including monthly weight loss report and quarterly dietary oversight (Assisted Living)
• Reviews facility menus for nutritional balance and provides information on calorie content as requested by Dining Services Director. Plans regular and modified menus based on current diet manual.
• Communicates effectively with all team members, residents and families through conferences, individual consultation and committee participation. This includes telephone, written, and electronic communication.
• Orients, mentors and trains staff and interns, as applicable.
• Advises department on resident care and food service issues.
• Participates in facility-wide and department Performance Improvement Program and on Performance Improvement teams to improve processes and resident care.
• Visits residents on an assigned nursing unit or area and helps ensure that every patient is visited by a member of the management or professional team at least once during their hospital stay

• Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university; minimum one year work experience as a dietitian preferred.

• Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of medical staff, healthcare professionals, managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

• Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra.

• Computer Skills:Possesses necessary skills to effectively operate hospital’s admission, discharge and transfer (ADT) system, and other computer-based systems, which manage patient-care records. Ability to operate a standard computer, including basic use of MS applications.

• Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret a variety of technical instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Registered Dietitian (Commission on Dietetic Registration). Must achieve Registered Dietitian credential within six (6) months of date of hire. State Licensure, as required

• Physical Demands: The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell.

At Goodwin Living, we can all find work with purpose! As a nonprofit senior living and healthcare organization based in Alexandria, Virginia, we are driven by our mission: to support, honor and uplift the lives of older adults and those who care for them. Our commitment to our team members is written directly into that statement. We create an enriching and supportive work environment that has inspired our team members to vote us into the Washington Post Top Workplace rankings since 2019, and they made us #1 in 2023!