Dietitian I

**Your Opportunity**:
This is an opportunity for a Dietitian to join the interprofessional Eating Feeding Swallowing Team at the Camrose Professional Building on a temporary 0.4 FTE basis. The Dietitian is primarily responsible for the direct nutrition care of infants and children with complex medical conditions resulting in eating, feeding and/or swallowing problems. Nutrition care will include optimizing growth and development using nutrition assessment as well as the development, implementation and evaluation of nutrition care plans using established standards of care, practice protocols, and guidelines in the area of enteral support, oral supplementation, and diet progressions. Collaboration with all members of the team is required to ensure appropriate nutrition care is provided. Responsibilities may include participation on zone and/or provincial Nutrition Services committees as required for meeting Zone/Provincial Child Health Strategy and Standards targets.

**Description**:
As a Dietitian I, you may provide nutrition expertise to patients (clients, residents) in various AHS facilities and community settings to achieve nutrition and health outcomes. You may be responsible for nutrition assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of nutrition care plans. You may plan and provide public health nutrition services and education programs to promote healthy living and disease prevention for clients/groups in facilities or community settings. Nutrition education is provided to students and other healthcare professionals to support delivery of evidence based nutrition information.
- Classification: Dietitian I
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Peds Rehab - Eating, Feeding, Swallowing
- Primary Location: Camrose Professional Centre
- Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 0.40
- Posting End Date: 02-FEB-2024
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits
- Date Available: 12-FEB-2024
- Temporary End Date: 27-DEC-2024
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 4
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $39.48
- Maximum Salary: $52.50
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

**Required Qualifications**:
Bachelor of Science with a major in Foods and Nutrition. Completion of an internship program or practicum training program accredited by the Dietitians of Canada. Active or eligible for registration with the College of Dietitians of Alberta (CDA).

**Additional Required Qualifications**:
**Preferred Qualifications**:
Current knowledge and experience using interdisciplinary feeding assessments to address complex pediatric eating, feeding and swallowing difficulties.