Dietitian (#116-24)

at  Ontario Health atHome

Job Description:
Are you a registered Dietitian seeking a rewarding career that cares for others, in a professional practice that cares for you? You’re looking in the right place.
As a Dietitian (Status: Temporary, Full-Time from November 4, 2024 to November 14, 2025; Location: Sudbury), you are responsible for the provision of dietetic and nutritional services to patients in order to optimize nutritional intake, promote overall health and well-being, and individualized food plans to meet specific nutritional, dietary, and/or functional needs.
Whether you work in our office, in the community, or a health care facility – you will play a lead role in providing connected, accessible, patient-centered care – and be supported by our collaborative team that includes over 9,000 regulated health care and other professionals.
As a valued team member, your mission will be to help our patients be healthier at home, while you benefit from our supports for professional growth, personal wellness, and work-life balance.

WHY JOIN US?

If you’re interested in driving excellence in care and service delivery, and seeking an unparalleled opportunity to lead and learn, partner and connect, care and be cared for, this is your home.

• Respond to referrals from Care Coordinators to properly administer nutritional and dietetic services to patients.
• Assess patients to identify their nutritional needs and determine patient-centered treatment goals.
• Provide treatment/nutritional care program and develop resources to address patient dietary needs and work towards achieving therapeutic goals.
• Oversee patient progress and adjust treatment programs when needed, to ensure nutrition goals are addressed.
• Educate and counsel patients, their families, caregivers, and/or SDMs, regarding nutritional conditions/diseases, patient issues/concerns, and dietary strategies to improve function, compensate for difficulties, and promote nutritional health.
• Manage service deliveries in conjunction with the Care Coordinator, their families, caregivers, and/or SDMs using all available forms of communication.
• Link patients with other in-house services or outside organizations.
• Balance patient needs and choices with available resources, ensuring patients’ values and preferences are respected.
  Accurately document and chart patient’s assessment results, goals, treatment plans, and interventions.