JOB SUMMARY
Position: Dietitian
Company: Sienna Senior Living
Job Location: Mariposa Gardens, Osoyoos, BC
Job type: Part-time contract
WORK PERFORMED
- Planning, organizing, directing and evaluating residents’ nutritional care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
- Providing nutritional care including assessments, reassessments and develops appropriate nutrition interventions in consultation with the interdisciplinary team.
- Developing Therapeutic menus for special diets not included in the Therapeutic menu extensions.
- Identifying risk related to nutrition care, dietary services and hydration.
- Implementing interventions to mitigate and manage nutrition and hydration risk.
- Providing nutrition/dietary counseling or education for residents and/or their caregivers, family members or substitute decision makers for the purpose of supporting optimum resident nutrition care.
- Performing other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree from an accredited Food and Nutrition university program.
- Member of College of Dietitians of Ontario/British Columbia.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a Long Term Care.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care dietary and nutrition regulations.
- Demonstrated knowledge of appropriate interventions in nutritional care for Long Term Care setting needs including but not limited to dementia, dysphagia, tube feeding, weight management, wound treatment, diabetes, renal disease, food allergies and intolerances.
- All applicants must successfully pass the prescribed Criminal Records Check. Applicable to British Columbia applicants.
