Clinical Dietitian

We are seeking a highly skilled Clinical Dietitian to join our team at Sault Area Hospital. As a key member of our interdisciplinary care team, you will be responsible for assessing and implementing evidence-based nutrition interventions in an acute care environment.

• Screen and identify patients requiring intervention in assigned patient areas using established nutrition care standards.
• Respond to and prioritize high-risk nutrition referrals received from physicians and inter-professional team members, families, and patients.
• Utilize scientific evidence, physical assessment, medication/nutrient interactions, biochemistry, medical nutrition history, and chart review to assess patients' nutritional needs.
• Develop, order, coordinate, and evaluate/monitor the implementation of high-risk nutritional care plans.
• Educate patients, families, and inter-disciplinary team members.
• Accurately document all patient nutrition care appropriately in patients' medical charts.
• Participate in the development of hospital policies and procedures specific to directing patient nutritional care.
• Provide continuing education to inter-professional team members, promoting a leadership role as a primary resource for accurate, evidence-based nutrition information.
• Liaise with support/community groups and institutions as required for the purpose of transfer of patient care to ensure seamless continuum of patient-centered care.
• Function as a professional role model, demonstrating good interpersonal skills and a commitment to self-growth and development.
• Maintain current knowledge of best practices and benchmarks for the delivery of services, appropriate research, literature, accreditation requirements, policy, and legislative requirements, and implementing improvements/changes as appropriate.
• Act as a preceptor/mentor to dietetic interns and other students.

• Registration with the College of Dietitians of Ontario in good standing.
• Experience in enteral and parenteral nutrition.
• Experience working with medical directives.
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently as a team member in a fast-paced environment in stressful situations.
• Customer service, interpersonal, and telephone skills.
• Computer literacy in a Microsoft environment, flexibility to work within different computer program environments.
• Ability to maintain successful working relationships with the interdisciplinary team to achieve positive patient outcomes.
• Ability to organize time effectively to perform the duties of the position.
• Ability to meet and interact with people in a pleasant, professional, responsible, and reassuring manner.
• Human relations skills, including empathy, sensitivity, understanding of human and organizational behavior, motivational techniques, and counseling skills.
• Ability to read, write, and communicate to perform the duties of the position.
• Translating and assimilating scientific, medical, and nutritional information into practical individualized treatment plans.
• Ability to identify nutritional disease states, such as malnutrition, iron deficiency anemia, zinc deficiency, etc., through assessment of patient's diet, skin, physical traits, lab work, medical history, medication, and disease knowledge, etc., and prescribe nutritional therapy to correct the problem.
• Develop new and highly specialized methods to treat/manage complex nutritional needs of patients who have numerous co-morbidities.
• Behaviour consistent with Hospital Mission, Values, and Standards of Performance.