Dietitian - Clinical Nutrition - Truro, Canada - Nova Scotia Health Authority
Description
Req ID:145908**
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location:
Northern
Zone, Colchester East Hants Health Centre**
Department:NFS Clinical Nutrition CEH**
Type of Employment:Permanent
Hourly PT
(60%
FTE) x 1
position(s)
**Status: CUPE
Healthcare
- Position
Posting Closing Date:15-Dec-22Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We're on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.
About the Opportunity:
The Dietitian is responsible and accountable to provide competent, safe and ethical professional practice to the patient/client, family, and community.
Responsible to provide leadership in team efforts to support the nutritional health of the patient, client/community through health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, support and rehabilitation.
The dietitian is responsible to participate in the Integrated Dietetic Internship program, including but not limited to Preceptoring Dietetic Interns.
As a member of the inter-professional team the dietitian contributes to client care through collaboration with health care team providers, sharing nutrition expertise, ensuring quality and continuity of care and supporting a range of health care services.
These services are provided within a holistic, client centered framework in accordance with our mission, vision, values, and strategic direction.
About You:
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
- Bachelor's degree with major concentration in Foods and Nutrition required
- Dietetic Internship Program required
- Current registration (or eligibility) with the Nova Scotia Dietetic Association (NSDA) is required
- Minimum one (1) working experience as a dietitian preferred
- Inpatient clinical nutrition experience an assets
- Competency in dysphagia management, enteral and parenteral nutrition
- Experience counselling patients in an outpatient setting
- Current WHMIS an asset
- Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to prioritize, problem solve, and work under pressure of time limitations
- Demonstrated participation in continuing education and upgrading of skills
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a multidisciplinary healthcare team
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
Hours:
- Permanent Part-Time 60%; 45 hours biweekly
Compensation and Incentives:
- $ $42.58 Hourly
Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile.
Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.
As per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.
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