Clinical Dietitian Ii - St. John's, Canada - Eastern Health

Eastern Health
Eastern Health
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St. John's, Canada

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Description

Location:
Primary Care Clinic - St. John's East

Clinical Dietitian II

(Subject to Classification Review)

Family Care Team East

Primary Health Care/Chronic Disease Prevention and Management Program

Permanent, Full-Time

24455POS

Hours
75 bi-weekly (8-hour shifts; days, evenings, weekends; rotating)

Salary

Competition Number

Posted Date
18 May 2023

Closing Date
25 May 2023


About Us

Eastern Health is the largest, integrated health authority in Newfoundland and Labrador employing approximately 13,000 dedicated employees and serving a population of more than 300,000 people.

The authority offers the full continuum of health and community services including public health, long-term care, community services, hospital care and unique provincial programs and services.

At Eastern Health, we pride ourselves on providing the highest quality care and service possible to the people in our communities, in our region, and in the province.

To do that, we employ qualified, competent and caring individuals who are dedicated to their professions and to our vision of Healthy People, Healthy Communities.


Job Summary

The Primary Health Care Program is seeking an advanced professional Clinical Dietitian to fulfill a sole charge dietitian role for its Family Care Team (FCT).

The mission of the FCT is to provide patient-centered, evidence-based, compassionate, comprehensive, sustainable healthcare with excellence in quality, service, and access.

The Clinical Dietitian II is responsible for the provision of nutrition care (i.e. screening, assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation) to clients of the FCT and the planning, implementation, coordination and evaluation of nutrition services for the FCT. The FCT provides primary health care to residents who do not have a primary care provider.

The principles of the FCT align with the patient health home model of care; using a collaborative health care team approach, from various health disciplines, in the provision of primary health care services to these unattached patients.


Nutrition services will include (but is not limited to) health promotion, disease prevention, nutrition counselling (group and individual) and chronic disease management.

In this role, the Dietitian will support the development, implementation and evaluation of nutrition practice, program and quality improvement initiatives within the FCT; participate in evidence informed practice, education and community capacity building; and play a lead role in the development of primary health care initiatives using a nutrition lens.

This position functions with a high degree of independence and initiative.

The successful incumbent will report to the Regional Manager of the Family Care Team East, Primary Health Care Program and will maintain accountability to the Regional Professional Practice Consultant for Dietitians for integrity and professional practice issues.


Job Demands
Occasionally lifts objects up to 25 lbs.
Regularly requires alertness to the health and safety of others (i.e. tube fed patients, clients with swallowing issues, etc. Advice provided to clients impacts the health and safety of a client in regard to reactions to food allergies or blood glucose levels).
Regularly there are time pressures and deadlines and often there is lack of control over work pace.

Regularly requires a high level of attentiveness for exact results and precision for renal calculations, tube feeding and calculating nutrition prescriptions.


Job Qualifications

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nutrition/Dietetics or equivalent from an accredited university program and successful completion of an accredited dietetic internship program is required.

Registration with the Newfoundland and Labrador College of Dietitians is required.

Thorough knowledge of nutritional health promotion strategies; nutritional interventions to prevent and manage acute and chronic disease; clinical nutrition care processes; behavior change theory; primary care nutrition risk screening strategies and pathways; clinical nutrition presentations requiring referral to secondary health care services; and the broader health system and community supports.

Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, with inter-professional team members, patients/residents/clients and their families in a one-to-one and group environment.
Demonstrated effective written communication skills required for client documentation, report writing and professional communications
Demonstrated ability to effectively translate and communicate knowledge in the specialized area of nutrition/dietetics practice to others.
Demonstrated ability to assume professional responsibility for safe, ethical and effective practice.
Demonstrated supervisory and leadership skills.
Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor and train Dietitians and Dietetic Interns.
Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationshi
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