Dietetic Technician, Clinical Nutrition Centrewide

2 weeks ago

Halifax, Canada IWK Health Centre Full time

**Company**: IWK Health**:
**Req ID**:163201
**Department/Program**:Clinical Nutrition, Corporate Services
**Location**: Halifax
**Type of Employment**:Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
**Start Date**: ASAP
**Union Status**: NSGEU Hlthcare, Healthcare Bargaining Unit
**Compensation**: $23.6868**:

- **$27.8588 /hour
**Closing Date**: 28 August 2023 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

**The Opportunity**:
Reporting to the Manager of Centre-wide Nutrition Services and accountable to the clinical coordinator, the diet technician is a member of the clinical nutrition team providing technical support to the clinical dietitians in the nutrition management of patients. The diet technician supports the Health Centre’s mission and vision by ensuring that patients receive the highest possible quality nutrition care and service, according to Health Centre guidelines. Duties include but are not limited to processing Dial for Dining requests for patients on therapeutic diets; providing guidance and suggestions to patients on therapeutic diets; checking and updating census sheets for therapeutic diets; performing computerized nutrient analysis for calorie counts upon dietitian request; providing straight forward nutrition education; reinforcing dietitian teaching under the supervision of the dietitian; and other related duties as assigned. The diet technician collaborates with clinical nutrition, food services, and external partners such as formula distributors.

**Hours of Work**:
Rotational, 7 days per week. 4 - 11 hour shifts covering 0700 to 1830

**Your Qualifications**:

- Food Service Supervisor certification and/or completion of a post-secondary technical program related to food and nutrition and/or a Degree in Food and Nutrition required
- Computer literacy and data entry skills required
- Demonstrated competency in Math
- Computer experience in nutrient analysis
- Experience with Meditech Med-Dietary software
- Excellent organizational skills
- Demonstrated ability to be self-directed, work well independently and as part of a collaborative, interdisciplinary team
- Attentive to detail
- Flexible to meet workload demands.
- Demonstrated understanding of family-centered care
- Demonstrated excellence in communication (both verbal and written)
- Commitment to continual learning and willingness to share knowledge and support the development of co-workers
- Medical terminology knowledge is an asset
- Competencies in other languages are an asset.

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials. Additionally, as per Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 Vaccine mandate, any offer of employment will be conditional upon submitting proof of full vaccination status. Medical exceptions or any other kind of requested exception based upon the Health Centre’s obligations pursuant to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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