Dietitian Consultant

**Home**: Southbridge Care Homes, Cambridge ON

**Location**: Ontario

**Position**:Dietitian** Consultant (2 positions)**

**Responsibilities**:

- Oversight of Dietary functions for our homes with an emphasis on resident safety.
- Consults with Medical and other professional staff to determine nutritional needs and therapeutic diets for residents.
- Review and provide input regarding the seasonal menus and recipes to be used by all Southbridge Care Homes.
- Identifies unsafe conditions or practices and takes appropriate action to address them including educating the home level leadership team regarding risk.
- Ensure nutritional care and hydration program standards as per Fixing Long-Term Care Homes Act 2021 are met in collaboration with Dietary Manager or designate.
- Assist Executive Directors with recruitment, selection of new Dietary Managers at the home level.
- Provide onboarding and education to new Dietary Managers.
- Maintaining policies and procedures within all homes, and leading new initiatives and projects.
- Provide routine consultative support to all homes including auditing of kitchen and food storage areas, meal production sheets, dining service, and resident experience.
- All aspects of quality control of services and products provided/ produced by departmental staff.
- Maintaining records, statistics, and reports in accordance with internal and external policies and guidelines.
- Other duties as required or assigned.

**Qualifications**:

- Degree from a University with a Major in Food and Nutrition.
- Registered Dietitian; Membership with the College of Dietitians of Ontario in good standing.
- 3+ years management experience in a long-term care setting in a similar role.
- Exceptional ability to operate independently or as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to exercise tact and diplomacy in dealing with residents, other staff, and visitors.
- Knowledge of the Fixing Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2021 and the Retirement Homes Act
- Excellent interpersonal, project, time management and communication skills.
- Willingness to travel extensively throughout Ontario and a reliable vehicle.

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