Clinical Dietitian I, Diabetes Centre - Surrey, Canada - Fraser Health

Fraser Health

Verified Company

Surrey, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

Salary range:
The salary range for this position is CAD $ $50.

87 / hour Why Fraser Health?:

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for nearly two million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka'pamux Nations, and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities.

Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 45,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers dedicated to serving our patients, families, and communities: Better health, best in health care.

Learn more.

Effective October 26, 2021, all new hires to Fraser Health will need to have full COVID 19 vaccination (have received a full series of a World Health Organization "WHO" approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines).

Please note this applies to all postings, and individual medical exemptions must be approved by the Provincial Health Officer.

Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including four weeks of vacation to start, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.

Connect with us

Connect with us on our Careers social channels where you'll learn about exciting opportunities, get career tips from our recruiters, and meet some of your future team members You can also visit us on Indeed and Glassdoor.

Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter

Detailed Overview:

Clinically reporting to the Clinical Chief Dietitian, the Dietitian provides therapeutic and nutritional care to clients with diabetes in the Diabetes Centre to achieve optimal health.

This includes assessing client's needs through developing, planning and implementing nutritional goals and care plans; evaluating and modifying existing plans to achieve optimal blood glucose levels; targeting weight and lipid levels to reduce/prevent cardiovascular complications and other diabetic-related complications; providing consultation to clients and other health providers regarding diabetes education, nutrition; participates in the development of nutritional related guidelines, policies and procedures, education and program planning and standards for the Diabetes Centre in consultation with Manager, Health Services or designate.

Responsibilities:

Assesses clients referred to the Diabetes Centre utilizing standards and guidelines, physical nutrition assessment including documenting a client's diet history, recording initial weight for baseline purposes, reviewing laboratory results, obtaining a medical history and discussing other related socioeconomic and lifestyle factors which may affect the nutritional care plan; identifies relevant and clinical techniques and secondary complications in order to determine the most effective clientcare plan.
Develops and implements client focused nutritional goals and care plans including short and long term goals; utilizes appropriate standards and guidelines while incorporating a client's lifestyle stages, socioeconomic and other lifestyle factors; incorporates other health care providers and disciplines in the client's nutritional plans.
Monitors clients to ascertain if the nutritional care plan is meeting the established nutritional goals by consulting with the client, family members and other health care team members regarding the client's response to nutritional care plan and making recommendations to the team and/or client for changes or adjustments to the client's overall diabetes management.
Prepares lesson plans and provides nutrition, lifestyle, self care counselling and followup on topics of nutrition in diabetes using a variety of written educational material and resources, audiovisual aids and nutritional props in a oneonone and group setting.
Documents nutrition care plan and recommendations according to established format and policy, timelines and legal requirements; charts recommendations in the client medical record including suggested changes in diabetes management.
Develops, implements, evaluates and provides leadership on nutrition guidelines, education materials, teaching plans and revises the materials through reviewing current practice guidelines, nutrition literature review, networking with others in different Diabetes Centres, attending diabetes related meeting, workshops and/or conferences and providing written recommendations, as requested.
Attends interdisciplinary team meetings regarding client reviews and ongoing program evaluation through providing input on care management issues, program effectiveness and administrative decisions.
Provides formal and informal consultations to staff/community dietitians, other health care team members and students