Dietitian Diabetes Education

Position Profile:
**Humber River Hospital. Lighting New Ways In Healthcare.**

Since opening our doors in 2015 as North America’s first fully digital hospital and we remain unwavering in our belief that we can change the hospital where we work, the community where we live, and the world of healthcare beyond our borders. Serving a community of 850,000 residents in North West Toronto, Equity Inclusivity and active participation in the North West Toronto Ontario Health Team are key initiatives important to our Team. At Humber River Hospital, we use a custom combination of technology and clinical expertise to rebuild elements of care. We make technology work for staff and physicians; giving them more time to spend with patients, to eliminate inefficiencies, and to reduce the chance of errors. Humber River Hospital is formally affiliated with both the University of Toronto and Queen’s University and committed to becoming a community academic hospital. Clinical Excellence, Optimizing Care through Technology and Community Connection frame our Research Strategy.

At Humber River Hospital, we’re not hoping for a renaissance, we are making it happen. As part of our dynamic team, you can lead the way, as we continue our journey towards high reliability care

Right now we are looking for a
** Registered Dietitian** to work with our
**Diabetes Education Centre.**

**Responsibilities**:

- As a member of the health care team, this position assumes the responsibility for assessment, planning, implementation, care coordination and evaluation of patients who referred for diabetes care and management.
- Contributes to the development of evidence based professional practice model of care.
- Flexibility in caseload and program assignment.
- Able to manage patient caseload in a busy acute care setting.
- Clinical supervision of clinical nutrition students/interns.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Food and Nutrition.
- Sc. in Nutrition or related field preferred
- Completion of an accredited dietetic internship program and a member (or eligibility to become a member) of the Dietitians of Canada.
- Must be a member in good standing with the College of Dietitians of Ontario.
- Certification or evidence of pursuing certification as a Diabetes Educator.
- Excellent knowledge of clinical nutrition principles and trends.
- Experience in program development and evaluation.
- Knowledge of community resources and experience in community outreach preferred.
- Minimum three (3) years experience in diabetes care and management.
- Excellent organizational skills, with an ability to set priorities and work effectively in a fast paced environment.
- Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills, including an ability to encourage, support and motivate patients and/or their families from a multi-cultural community
- Demonstrated initiative in improving work skills and processes.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to cultivate and maintain mutually supportive working relationships with other members of the health care team
- Current knowledge and sensitivity to patient multicultural needs.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, etc.
- Excellent attendance and discipline free record required.

**Location**:Humber River Hospital - all sites

**Hours of work**:Monday to Friday, some evenings

**Employee Group**:
***OPSEU 590

**Why Humber? Why Now?**

Humber River Hospital is on an exciting transformation journey of redefining patient care, as we leverage the most advanced technologies to enhance all aspects of delivering high-quality, safe care. We continue to build a people-centered workplace with excellent staff and physician engagement by hiring passionate, diverse and inclusive healthcare professionals. People who care and encompass our values of
_Compassion_,
_Professionalism_ and
_Respect_. People who are committed to making a positive difference.

We are a
**Huron Consulting** hospital, focused on building our evidence-based leadership practice and hardwiring a culture that WOWs.

Humber River Hospital is a member of the
** Toronto Academic Health Science Network **(TAHSN), which is a dynamic network of academic health organizations providing leading edge research, teaching and clinical care.

We have collaborated with TAHSN member institutions in addressing the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our membership in TAHSN supports our strategic pillar of advancing Humber River Hospital as a community academic hospital.

Humber River Hospital was the recipient of the
**2021**
**Excellence in Patient Safety Award **by the Canadian College of Health Leaders. This award recognizes teams that are committed to improving patient safety within a healthcare environment, through leadership, innovation, culture, and best practises.

Why? Because at Humber River Hospital, we know it is our people and our ability to innovate that allows us to consistently deliver a great patient ex