Clinical Dietitian

**BWH Required Skills**:
The successful applicant will work in compliance with all relevant and applicable legislation and Hospital Policies and Procedures, will practice the Bluewater Health Standards of Performance Excellence and will fulfill their role within the Attendance Support Program parameters. The successful applicant will also possess effective communication and interpersonal skills, will have the ability to work independently and as part of a team, and will have strong attention to detail and accuracy.

Each member of Bluewater Health is called to embrace patient and family-centred care in its fullest form. This includes using techniques and strategies to communicate “I care and I respect you,” providing information in a way patients and families can understand, listening to patients and families to learn what an exemplary healthcare experience means to them, and seeking their perspective throughout their stay and during improvement initiatives.

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition or recognized equivalent required
- Successful completion of dietetic internship program accredited by Dietitians of Canada required
- Current registration in good standing with the College of Dietitians of Ontario required
- Current certification as a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) and Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC) preferred
- Current membership in Dietitians of Canada preferred

**Principal Duties**:

- Triage and arrange appropriate referrals
- Patient Nutrition Assessments
- Evaluate patient lab results pertinent to nutrition intervention
- Calculate nutrition requirements
- Identify education needs and assess readiness to change of patients and family members
- Develop appropriate teaching plans, provide education, and evaluate learning
- Participate in patient care interdisciplinary team meetings
- Routine communication with administration, food services, allied health, and physicians.
- Employ information technology appropriately for patient care (i.e. statistical tracking)
- Document patients’ nutrition care in patients’ records
- Stay current and aware of opportunities to implement new, evidenced-based methods of patient assessment and treatment
- Participates in unit/department and Hospital Quality Improvement initiatives
- Completes continuing education requirements as necessary
- Other related duties as assigned

**Statement**:
We thank you in advance for your interest in Bluewater Health, however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with Bluewater Health policy, offers of employment to prospective employees are conditional upon the successful completion and disclosure of a Police Records/Vulnerable Sector Check.