Registered Dietician

Bayshore•Barrie, ON

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Registered Dietitian (RD) plays a vital role in promoting optimal nutritional health and wellness for patients within a healthcare environment. This position involves assessing nutritional needs, developing individualized care plans, and providing evidence-based dietary counseling to support medical treatment and recovery. The RD collaborates closely with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive patient care. Person-and family-centered care (PFCC) is an approach to care that recognizes the importance of family in a patient’s life and the importance of their active involvement in planning and making decisions on health care, services and treatment, and health system reform. This approach to care provides respectful, compassionate, culturally safe, and responsive care that meets the needs, values, beliefs, and preferences of the patient, their family, and others identified as significant to their life from diverse backgrounds and settings.

Requirements

Bachelor degree in Applied Human Nutrition or Bachelor of Science and successful completion of dietetic internship
Be registered as a member in good standing with the College of Dietitians of Ontario
CPR/ First Aid certification from the last year from a WSIB certified organization
Recent TB testing and Vulnerable Sector Check required upon hire
Thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment
Be dedicated to providing the highest quality of client care
Have strong skills in critical thinking, decision-making and analysis
Have excellent time management and organizational skills and be able to work Independently
Be comfortable working collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team
Have excellent oral and written communication skills
Be empathetic with an effective ability to build rapport with patients
Hold a valid driver’s license and have access to a reliable vehicle.
Be able to work both independently and as part of a team, and to facilitate our clients’ needs by exceeding their goals.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge and/or experience with Enteral Feeding
Community experience

Responsibilities

Provide nutrition service to clients that incorporates all components of the therapy process model
Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver excellent client outcomes
Provide assessment and treatment virtually or in-person as required to a wide variety of older adult clients with varying needs including malnutrition, chronic disease management, enteral nutrition, texture modified diets etc.
Provision of health teaching, hand-outs, and consultation to patient and caregivers, including potential residential home staff
Work closely with the team and other resources to develop new programs to meet identified client needs
Perform regular, timely charting, reporting and communication
Record workload measurement data
Attend staff meetings and case conference meetings, as required
Comply with continuous quality improvement initiatives of Bayshore Home Health
Developing a flexible, responsive system to meet changing and competing demands