Dietitian - Primary Health Care

2 weeks ago

Kentville, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time

**Req ID**:177982**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Western** **Zone, **Valley Regional Hospital**
**Department**:PHC WZ AK CDW Diabetes Centre VRH**
**Type of Employment**:Casual** **Hourly FT long-assignment** **(**100%** **FTE) x **1** **position(s)**
**Status**:CUPE** **Healthcare** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:30-Apr-24**

Nova 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**:
Reporting to the Health Services Manager, Chronic Disease Management and Wellness, the incumbent will provide expert knowledge and skills on a wide range of issues from advocacy to assessment to case management. As a member of primary health care (PHC), Diabetes Centre team and chronic disease management team, the PHC Dietitian provides a range of PHC services. 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. Principles of patient-centered care, behaviour change, and self-management are core to all programming and services.

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.

The incumbent will provide health assessment, interventions and appropriate follow up in accordance with acts, regulations, policies, standards, guidelines, mission and objectives of the Registered Dietitians of Canada, the Nova Scotia Dietetic Association, the Department of Health and Wellness - Province of Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Health Authority.

**About You**:
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

- Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition at a recognized university
- Dietetic internship (a 1 year integrated or post graduate program)
- Current Membership in Nova Scotia College of Dietitians and Nutritionists required
- Annual continuing education to maintain Nova Scotia license
- Two years clinical dietitian diabetes related experience required
- One year of related experience required working in a Primary Health Care setting/community-based team/community setting and experience with people living with a chronic condition; with individual and group education/facilitation utilizing adult education, self-management supports, and motivational enhancement principles preferred
- Adult Insulin adjustment certification with DCPNS required. Additional insulin adjustment certifications with DCPNS preferred.
- Experience with diabetes pediatric care preferred.
- Willing to complete requirements to enact associated care directives, including insulin dose adjustments
- Understanding of population health, health promotion strategies, and behaviour change principles
- Demonstrates person-centred / family-focused, diversity relevant approaches to care
- Well-developed interpersonal, teamwork, oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrates flexibility, adaptability and willingness to change
- Demonstrates innovation in program planning, implementation and evaluation, and quality improvement, planning skills

**About you cont.**:

- Preferred experience in partnership development; stakeholder collaboration, and community development
- Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
- Membership in Dietitians of Canada preferred
- Current CPR/BLS certification is required
- Designation as a Certified Diabetes Educator required
- Experience with group education
- Demonstrated time management and organizational skills
- Familiarity with principles of Motivational Interviewing/Behaviour change counseling
- Exhibits creative problem-solving ability; Ability to work collaboratively with other disciplines and committees to achieve excellence in patient care
- Ability to work well independently as well as within a multidisciplinary team environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Effective resea

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