Dietician - Temporary Full Time - Ottawa, Canada - Queensway Carleton Hospital

Queensway Carleton Hospital

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Ottawa, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Full time

Description

General Posting Information

POSITION:

Dietitian
DEPARTMENT:
Food and Clinical Nutrition Services
CONDITIONS:
Temporary Full-time for approximately nine (9) months
HOURS:
Approximately 75.0 Biweekly Hours
SHIFTS:
Days

7.5 hours per shift

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WAGE RANGE:

Scale Minimum Maximum

OPSE12 $34.79/hr $48.21/hr
RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Clinical Dietitian is accountable and must meet specific goals and objectives to ensure that adequate and appropriate nutrition care is provided to patients and clients.
Assess, plan, coordinate, implement and monitor the nutrition care of patients and clients in a specified clinical area and ensure appropriate nutrition education.
Develop nutrition care plan, counsel and educate patients/clients individually or in groups. Liaise with outside agencies/departments/organizations for appropriate nutritional monitoring upon discharge.
Act as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team in designated clinics and medical services, communicating with physicians and other allied health professionals regarding patient care; discharge planning; patient transitioning to home/home care.
Be responsible for orientation and training of new staff members in specified clinical areas including, but not limited to dietetic interns and diet technicians/food service supervisors.
Contribute to and support departmental/hospital quality assurance program.
Contribute to and support departmental/hospital operation.
Maintain current standards of professional practice.
Demonstrate QCH values: collaboration, accountability, innovation, respect

REQUIREMENTS:

Membership with the College of Dietitians of Ontario is required
Strong background in hospital and departmental methods, policies, procedures, accreditation standards, quality assurance standards and nutrition care standards
In depth scientific knowledge in the area of nutrition science including nutrition support, research, and interpretation and assessment of complex medical and lab data.
Requires initiative, resourcefulness, creativity and imagination when developing teaching materials, utilizing different methods of instruction and counselling for patients/clients, other medical staff, and stakeholders
Requires excellent communication, interpersonal, and counselling skills to communicate effectively with physicians, professional/nonprofessional hospital staff, patients/clients and their families, and all other stakeholders
Demonstrate ability to work with mínimal supervision, have excellent time management, and is flexible to efficiently and effectively coordinate the activities of team member(s), clinical diet technicians/food service supervisors and dietetic interns and meet daily patient care load responsibilities
Requires the technological skills to operate office equipment/software such as but not limited to: personal computer, calculators, audiovisual equipment, nutritional software packages, databases, Meditech, CBORD, wordprocessing, presentation software, and the internet for research purposes.
Thank you for your continued interest in the Queensway Carleton Hospital. We are committed to providing an environment which is respectful to all. If you have a disability which requires an accommodation during any stage of our recruitment process, please let us know how we can assist_