Dietitian, Professional Practice Leader

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

Since opening our doors 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 **Temporary Full time Dietitian, Professional Practice Leader for a 1 year term** to work with our **Allied Health Services and Professional Practice Department.**

**Responsibilities**:

- Resource to clinical programs for matters involving discipline specific professional practice.
- Works collaboratively with clinical programs and other discipline leaders to facilitate the integration of professional standards and promote professional practice.
- Functions as a mentor and support for new and current staff to ensure that specialized and high quality clinical expertise is available for patient care.
- Provide a leadership role both within the Allied Health Services department and as an advocate for the Allied Health department goals and objectives.
- Coaching in Clinical Dietitian related matters, monitoring and making recommendations regarding clinical practice and supporting the profession’s growth and development.
- Clinical caseload assignment of fifty percent (50%) of the work schedule.

**Requirements**:

- Masters degree or bachelor degree in Food and Nutrition
- Current registration in good standing with the College of Dietitians of Ontario.
- Completion of an internship program and a member (or eligibility to become a member) of the Dieticians of Canada.
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant clinical experience in an acute care hospital setting (full time equivalent).
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills and effective problem solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize workload to meet varied assignments from both Professional Practice and Allied Health.
- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement processes adult learning principles and change management
- Recent experience utilizing leadership skills such acting as a mentor /preceptors others, teaching at the University level leading project.
- Experience with Interprofessional Collaborative Practice initiatives, projects or committees
- Computer skills and knowledge of M.S. Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent attendance and discipline free record required.

**Hours of work***:Monday to Friday

**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 live our values of
_Compassion_,
_Professionalism_ and
_Respect_. People who are committed to making a positive difference.

We are a Studer Group hospital, focused on building our evidence-based practice and hardwiring a culture that WOWs.

Why? Because at Humber River Hospital, we know it’s our people and our ability to innovate that allows us to consistently deliver a great patient experience and the best quality outcomes. After all, we are the hospital that believes exceptional care...healthier community.- This position will be filled in accordance to the Ontario Nurses Association (ONA) collective agreement._
- Humber River Hospital is committed to inclusion and diversity. We believe that diversity drives our culture of innovation. By bringing together a variety of different perspectives, it fuels our creative thinking, generates new ideas and creates solutions designed to address tomorrow's healthcare challenges today. We take pride in providing professional development and career advancement opportunities for our employees including minorities, women, veterans and individuals with physi