Dietician

GEM Health Care Group Limited; Nova Scotia; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in senior care is seeking a dedicated Dietitian to join their compassionate team. This role involves ensuring optimal nutritional care for residents, conducting assessments, and facilitating communication among staff and residents. The Dietitian will play a vital role in enhancing the quality of life for seniors by providing personalized diet counseling and promoting nutritional education. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of seniors and thrive in a collaborative environment, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a family-run business that has been a leader in health care transformation since 1979.

Benefits

On-site parking

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience as a Registered Dietitian preferred.
• Licensed Dietician required for the position.

Responsibilities

• Ensure optimum nutritional care for residents through assessments and monitoring.
• Facilitate communication between staff and residents regarding dietary needs.

Skills

Nutritional Assessment

Diet Counseling

Communication Skills

Knowledge of Canada Food Guide

Confidentiality Maintenance

Education

Registered Dietitian

Licensed Dietician

Job description

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The Opportunity

Highway 304, NS

Hospitality and Food Service

Experienced

Contract

The Dietitian functions as a member of the resident care and dietary team and assumes responsibility for the resident's nutritional status and nutritional education for residents and staff.

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What you'll do

Responsibilities

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Administrative

• Ensures the delivery of optimum and appropriate nutritional standards of care to the residents by the dietary and nursing departments.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and conducts work in accordance with the Long Term Care philosophy, mission, policies and procedures.
• Responsible for the nutritional assessment of new residents within one month of admission, residents at risk and reviews as needs change.
• Responsible for monitoring weight changes.
• Responsible for care plan assessments and reviews, charting and reports on consult request.
• Responsible for making recommendations regarding food production, service and menu planning following Canada Food Guide, nutritional care of residents, new kitchen equipment, investigating improvements through appraisal and research.
• Responsible for reviewing menus for special diets and assisting Director of Support Services with emergency contingencies.
• Responsible for monitoring daily food intake of residents.
• Responsible for conducting preliminary swallowing assessments as required and processing a referral to the Speech Language Pathologist.
• Responsible for evaluating the need for adaptive feeding aids and processing a referral to the Occupational Therapist.
• Responsible for maintaining confidentiality concerning residents, employee and organizational data and facility information.
  
  

Communication

• Attends Resident Care Conferences as requested.
• Responsible for facilitating personal and professional growth through utilization of current literature, seminars, workshops and conferences.
• Responsible for meeting regularly with the Director of Support Services, Nursing Services Manager and R.N.s/L.P.N.s to discuss changes in needs of residents and their nutritional care.
• Responsible for meeting regularly with the Director of Support Services to discuss menus and any resident/staff dietary concerns.
• Responsible for consulting with the physicians regarding the status of residents.
• Reports concerns to the Administrator or designate.
  
  

Education

• Responsible for diet counseling of individual residents.
• Responsible for organizing in-services on nutrition for staff, promoting continuing education and presenting in services.
  
  

Other Responsibilities

• Maintenance of confidentiality concerning resident, employee and organizational data and facility information.
• Advises the facility when changes in work schedule shall occur.
• Participates in relevant continuing education and applies principles that have been learned.
• Attends meetings as required.
• Participates on the Interdisciplinary Health Care Team.
• Reports any safety issues to appropriate Manager/Supervisor.
  
  

What you'll need

Qualifications

Experience: Registered Dietitian: 3 years (preferred)

Licence/Certification: Licensed Dietician (required)

We're looking for

Core Skills

ACE Pensions Reports Responsible Support

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A Little Bit About Us

GEM Health Care Group

GEM Health Care Group is a Nova Scotian, family run business which has been enhancing the lives of seniors in the communities where they operate since 1979.

We continue to remain a leader in transforming how health care is delivered to seniors in Nova Scotia and we strive to provide the best care, service, and quality of life for our residents in a safe, dignified, home-like environment.

GEM currently operates various levels of seniors' care facilities throughout Nova Scotia, Ontario, and in Hollywood, Florida.

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Job Type: Fixed term contract

Pay: $43.00 per hour

Benefits: On-site parking

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