Clinical Dietitian

**Req ID**:145631**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Central** **Zone, **Victoria Building - QEII**
**Department**:OPCZ Endocrinology Clinic**
**Type of Employment**:Temporary** **Hourly FT short-assignment** **(**100%** **FTE) x **1** **position(s)**
**Status: NSGEU** **Healthcare** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:5-Dec-22**

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

**About the Opportunity**:
Reporting to the Manager of Nutrition & Food Services, the Clinical Dietitian is responsible and accountable to provide competent, safe and ethical professional practice to the patient/client, family, and community. The Clinical Dietitian, as a Medical Nutrition Therapy specialist, is the member of the interdisciplinary health professional team responsible for the nutritional management and education of patients. The Dietitian initiates cost effective medical nutrition therapy following the nutrition care process including nutrition assessment, identification of nutrition diagnosis, nutrition intervention and ongoing monitoring and evaluation. In the ambulatory care setting, the clinical dietitian is responsible for providing patients/clients with effective, evidence based best practice strategies to self-manage their nutrition care thereby decreasing risk and associated complications and hospital admissions. The Dietitian is responsible for sharing nutrition expertise, ensuring quality and continuity of care and supporting a range of health care services. These services are provided within a holistic, client centered framework in accordance with our mission, vision, values, and strategic direction. The Clinical Dietitian promotes a collaborative health care team approach in the provision of person-centered care to clients within General Surgery, Vascular Surgery and Plastics/Burns services.

**About You**:
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

- Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition/Dietetics required
- Completion of an accredited dietetic internship recognized by the Partnership for Dietetic Education and Practice required
- Licensure by Nova Scotia Dietetic Association required
- Three (3) to five (5) years' recent related experience in acute care is preferred
- Specialty Practice Certifications such as Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE), and Certified Nutrition Support Dietitian (CNSD) considered an asset
- Competency in dysphagia management, enteral, and parenteral nutrition preferred
- Experience with a variety of counselling strategies and behaviours modification
- Competency in oral and enteral nutrition support
- Demonstrated judgement and decision-making skills
- Demonstrated communication and conflict resolution skills
- Strong client focus and ability to build solid client/practitioner relationships
- Demonstrated collaboration and teamwork skills
- Commitment to continuous improvement and innovation
- Demonstrated leadership abilities
- Demonstrated planning, organization, and time management skills
- Commitment to promoting a culture that supports safety, ethical practices and organizational health
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

**Hours**:

- Short Assignment, Full Time; 75 hours bi-weekly
- Approximately (4) four months

**Compensation and Incentives**:
$32.30 - $42.58 hourly

**Once You've Applied**

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

As per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.

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