Dietician

We are currently seeking a Registered Dietitian to work within Kingston Area. As a Registered Dietitian, you will work within our talented interdisciplinary team, in our in-home program. Must be willing to travel around the Kingston area and sometimes outside, and ensures compliance with internal and external standards of practice.

DUTIES AND 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 to a wide variety of clients with varying needs
• Provide assessments, interventions, client education, and consultation to home and school, as required
• Work closely with the team and other resources to develop new programs to meet identified client needs
• Network with internal and external stakeholders to promote new and existing programs
• 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
• Demonstrate knowledge of Standards of Practiceguidelines of Provincial regulating body.
• Liaise with other Case Managers,funders or Government & hospital programsas required.
• Liaise with Provincial regulating body as required.
• Adhere to Bayshore Policies and Procedures.
• Participate in qualityactivities and continuous improvement initiatives in keeping with the company's Quality Management System.
• Participates in proactiveHealth& Safetyactivities while performing all duties. Is responsible to notify immediate Supervisor of any Health& Safetyrisks or concerns
• Actively participates in and demonstrates support for continuous quality improvement initiatives
• Positive work and attendance performance essential
• Maintains confidentiality of clientand corporate information and discusses same only with appropriate Bayshore personnel.

Complete other tasks as requested

• Document and report all tasks/information according to Bayshore policy
• Be passionate about your profession and committed to ongoing professional development
• Bring knowledge and/or experience with Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) (an asset)
• Have community experience (an asset)
• 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 licence 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.Consult, collaborate and communicate with members of the client’s treatment team
• Communicate with vendors, or other relevant individuals following consent and privacy legislation
• Communicate and collaborate effectively and respectfully with others
• Submit all clinical client reports within the pre-determined timeframes
• Return completed charts promptly after client is discharged from services
• Demonstrated agility in decision making; ability to think critically in order to respond to a rapidly changing environment
• Ability to assess risk, and effectively utilize staff resources throughout all sites to support patient acuity and skill level of staff members while considering the global needs of all patients
• Ability to listen, engage, collaborate, negotiate, facilitate and entertain creative solutions in order to enhance patient flow organizationally and mobilize teams to achieve throughput
• Maintains positive and collaborative working relationships within the interdisciplinary health care team
• Demonstrated ability to be self-directed and thrive in a dynamic environment
• Able to remain calm under pressure; role model composure