Diabetes Education Dietitian FT MF & MSNE

at  Weeneebayko Area Health Authority

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:

T: 705-658-4544
W: www.waha.ca
Title: Diabetes Education Dietitian
Division: Diabetes Education Program
Site: Moose Factory, Moosonee with Coastal Visits
Reports to: Manager of Diabetes & Clinical Manager
Status: Permanent Full-time
The Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) is seeking an experience candidate to fill the key role of Diabetes
Education Dietitian.
Who We Are
Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) is the leading health care provider on the western James Bay coast.
WAHA comprises of hospitals in Moose Factory, Fort Albany, and Attawapiskat, with a Health Centre in Moosonee.
WAHA also provides regional outpatient programs, as well as Paramedicine services in Moose Factory, Moosonee,
Fort Albany, Kashechewan, Attawapiskat, and Peawanuck. The span of services, complexity of care needs in the
region, and the depth of health integration has made WAHA a leader and a model of health care services in Northern
Ontario. WAHA consists of 450 employees, a Physician team, many students, as well as community stakeholders. It
is affiliated with Queens University and offers many educational opportunities for current and prospective team
members.

Who You Are

• Skill in the application of the professional sciences of food, nutrition and management
• Have knowledge regarding the Canadian Diabetes Association Guidelines for the Nutritional Management of

Diabetes, and Clinical Practice Guidelines

• Ability to develop normal and therapeutic diets
• Ability to adapt normal and therapeutic diets to the group’s and to the individual’s cultural, religious,

economic needs and preferences.

• Ability to integrate nutrition services into the health delivery system including the preventive program

What You’ll Do

• Conduct professional nutritional assessments, evaluations, counselling as it pertains to diabetes

management

• Conduct clinics and provides education in a variety of formats: one -on-one consultations, group sessions and

community based educational presentations via in-person either in clinic, in community or home visits, or by

way of virtual settings (telephone, OTN, video conferencing)

• Diabetes education (at-risk, pre-diabetes, diabetes, pediatric diabetes, gestational diabetes)
• Attends multidisciplinary meetings as an Allied Health member
• Leads presentations and workshops centered around nutrition (prevention, cooking demonstrations, etc)

What You Bring

• An accredited 4-year or equivalent degree with appropriate courses in sciences and human nutrition,

administration and humanities

• Completion of Dietetic Internship or equivalent supervised practical training
• Successful completion of the Canadian Dietetic Registration Examination
• Member of College of Dietitians of Ontario (or eligible for membership)
• Certified Diabetes Educator (willingness to obtain certification within a prescribed time frame)
• Membership in the Diabetes Educator Section of the Canadian Diabetes Association
• Ability to communicate in local native Cree language is an asset

Join our Team
The successful candidate must provide a valid Criminal Record Check within a specified time frame.
Please apply in writing, providing three recent work references, quoting Competition #2024-268 by no later than
Monday, November 18th, 2024 at 12:00 noon to:
Human Resources
Weeneebayko Area Health Authority
P.O. Box 664

Moose Factory, ON P0L 1W0

• Resumes can be emailed to jobs@waha.ca or faxed to 705-658-4917
• For more information contact the HR team by email above
• Only those selected for an interview will be contacted
• Please be advised that in order to be eligible for employment at Weeneebayko Area Health Authority, all new hires must

have received the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination of COVID-19 vaccines approved by Health Canada
Weeneebayko Area Health Authority is an inclusive employer. Accommodations are available in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights code
and Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.
Posted November 4, 202

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