Registered Dietitian

Prairie Mountain Health is seeking a highly skilled Registered Dietitian to join our team in promoting cardiovascular health and implementing the Manitoba Diabetes Strategy. As a key member of our health promotion team, you will collaborate with partners to develop and implement strategies to prevent diabetes and cardiovascular disease in our region.

• Collaborate with partners to implement the Manitoba Diabetes Strategy and promote cardiovascular health.
• Assess and identify priority needs related to health promotion and prevention of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the region.
• Lead the planning, implementation, and evaluation of health promotion strategies related to diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
• Contribute facilitation, communication, and resource skills to strengthen existing resources for prevention of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

• Collaborate with partners to offer education for individuals, families, groups, communities, and health providers regarding prevention of disease, management of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and avoidance of complications.
• Lead teaching and facilitation roles through individual assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the nutrition care plan with clients and their significant others.
• Utilize current resources to provide accurate information and maximize client interest, participation, and learning.

• Lead an interdisciplinary Diabetes and Cardiovascular health care team to address education, risk reduction, diabetes and cardiovascular disease management, and prevention of complications.

• Incorporate best practices information, Community Health Needs Assessment data, and accreditation requirements in planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Integrate current national guidelines into practice.
• Employ processes of Continuous Quality Improvement.
• Monitor and evaluate process and outcome indicators.
• Identify the required minimum data set.
• Collect data consistently, evaluate the data, and how the data is used.
• Participate in research as appropriate.

• Work with Community Partners to develop or enhance support networks.
• Advocate for and influence health policy for diabetes and cardiovascular health awareness, education, and environment supports.

• Apply communication theory and skills effectively.
• Nurture partnerships by sharing and using information, and evaluation.
• Maintain effective working relationships with clients, colleagues, supervisor, and partners.
• Facilitate/participate in collaborative decision-making with clients, colleagues, and other professionals.
• Respond appropriately to clients of diverse backgrounds.

• Report programmatically to Primary Health Care.
• Submit calendars, monthly reports, and statistics.
• Follow policy and collective agreement regarding hours of work and overtime.
• Perform administrative duties according to regional policy and the collective agreement.
• Document appropriately.
• Participate in ongoing community health needs assessment, strategic planning, program development, implementation, and evaluation.