Dietician - Kingston, Canada - Bayshore HealthCare

Bayshore HealthCare

Verified Company

Kingston, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

We are currently seeking a Registered Dietitian to work within Kingston Area. As a Registered Dietitian, you will work within our talented interdisciplinary team, in our in-home program. Must be willing to travel around the Kingston area and sometimes outside, and ensures compliance with internal and external standards of practice.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide nutrition service to clients that incorporates all components of the therapy process model
Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver excellent client outcomes
Provide assessment and treatment to a wide variety of clients with varying needs
Provide assessments, interventions, client education, and consultation to home and school, as required
Work closely with the team and other resources to develop new programs to meet identified client needs
Network with internal and external stakeholders to promote new and existing programs
Perform regular, timely charting, reporting and communication
Record workload measurement data
Attend staff meetings and case conference meetings, as required
Comply with continuous quality improvement initiatives of Bayshore Home Health
Developing a flexible, responsive system to meet changing and competing demands
Demonstrate knowledge of Standards of Practiceguidelines of Provincial regulating body.
Liaise with other Case Managers,funders or Government & hospital programsas required.
Liaise with Provincial regulating body as required.
Adhere to Bayshore Policies and Procedures.
Participate in qualityactivities and continuous improvement initiatives in keeping with the company's Quality Management System.
Participates in proactiveHealth& Safetyactivities while performing all duties. Is responsible to notify immediate Supervisor of any Health& Safetyrisks or concerns
Actively participates in and demonstrates support for continuous quality improvement initiatives
Positive work and attendance performance essential
Maintains confidentiality of clientand corporate information and discusses same only with appropriate Bayshore personnel.

Complete other tasks as requested

Job Qualification

Document and report all tasks/information according to Bayshore policy
Be passionate about your profession and committed to ongoing professional development
Bring knowledge and/or experience with Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) (an asset)
Have community experience (an asset)
Thrive in a fastpaced, changing environment
Be dedicated to providing the highest quality of client care
Have strong skills in critical thinking, decisionmaking and analysis
Have excellent time management and organizational skills and be able to work Independently
Be comfortable working collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team
Have excellent oral and written communication skills
Be empathetic with an effective ability to build rapport with patients
Hold a valid driver's licence and have access to a reliable vehicle.
Be able to work both independently and as part of a team, and to facilitate our clients' needs by exceeding their goals.

Consult, collaborate and communicate with members of the client's treatment team

Communicate with vendors, or other relevant individuals following consent and privacy legislation
Communicate and collaborate effectively and respectfully with others
Submit all clinical client reports within the predetermined timeframes
Return completed charts promptly after client is discharged from services
Demonstrated agility in decision making; ability to think critically in order to respond to a rapidly changing environment
Ability to assess risk, and effectively utilize staff resources throughout all sites to support patient acuity and skill level of staff members while considering the global needs of all patients
Ability to listen, engage, collaborate, negotiate, facilitate and entertain creative solutions in order to enhance patient flow organizationally and mobilize teams to achieve throughput
Maintains positive and collaborative working relationships within the interdisciplinary health care team
Demonstrated ability to be selfdirected and thrive in a dynamic environment
Able to remain calm under pressure; role model composure