About This Role
This role involves providing individualized dietary and nutrition counseling and advice, supporting chronic disease management, and contributing to health promotion initiatives within a family health team. The Registered Dietitian will collaborate with medical physicians and the broader care team, engaging in both one-on-one patient care and group education.
Responsibilities
- Provide registered dietitian services
- Conduct dietary consultations
- Counsel clients on a dietary management plan for their medical conditions
- Counsel clients on supplements
- Communicate effectively with patients to ensure proper treatment and therapy
- Design and manage various lifestyle management programs within the registered dietitian scope of practice
- Manage various chronic disease and preventative medical visits within the scope of practice of a registered dietitian
- Interact with patients in person, by telephone, or online when communicating information regarding clinic, organization, programs, and products
- Make presentations on health-related matters to patients and the public
- Produce reports required for patient care, organizational reporting, and quality improvement
- Write nutrition and diet-related articles for the organization's website and publications
- Convey messages accurately and appropriately from medical professionals, staff, and patients
- Participate in the organization's Intake, Triage, and Chronic Disease management programs and services
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records on the clinic/organization’s record systems (including but not limited to the electronic medical record, databases etc.) within reasonable timelines consistent with the College of Dietitians of Ontario
- Communicate with difficult patients and family with a calm, personable, and reassuring manner
- Tidy clinic rooms before seeing patients
- Post information and updates on clinic sanctioned social media and websites regarding the clinic and health according to established Policies, Procedures and Guidelines
- Abide by the clinic/organization Policies, Procedures and Guidelines, and Code of Conduct
- Attend staff meetings
- Be willing and able to be trained, to expand scope of work, and to train others
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Nutrition or equivalent
- Completion of a Dietitians of Canada–accredited internship/practicum program or equivalent, preferably with a community focus
- Registered and in good standing with the College of Dietitians of Ontario; eligibility for membership with the College of Dietitians of Ontario and Dietitians of Canada
- Minimum three years of relevant experience, or at least two years as a Registered Dietitian in a community-based health organization