JOB SUMMARY
Position: Dietitian I
Company: PHSA
Job Location: BC Children’s Hospital - Vancouver, BC
Job type: Part-time
Salary: $33.13–$41.43 an hour
Requisition: # 140303E
WORK PERFORMED
- Conduct nutrition screening and assessment of patients/clients/residents utilizing established standards and guidelines, perform physical nutrition assessments such as subjective global assessment, and identifies and obtains relevant data.
- Develop and implement patient/client/resident-centered nutritional goals and care plans, based on assessment and utilizing appropriate standards as set by the College of Dietitians of British Columbia, and incorporating individual patient/client/resident’s needs e.g. cultural, religious, learning, social, and economic factors. Provide recommendations based on assessment and treatment modalities to health care team regarding nutrition support regime (oral and/or enteral).
- Monitor patients/clients/residents to determine if the nutrition care plan is meeting the established nutritional goals such as promotion of optimal health, growth and development. Consult with the patient/client/resident, families and/or caregivers, the physician, and other health care team members regarding the patient/client/resident’s response to the nutrition care plan and adjusts diet orders and nutrition support regime as required.
- Document nutrition assessments, care plans and recommendations at each stage of the nutrition care process according to established format, policy, timelines and legal requirements in the health care record and/or via reports. Maintain and update patient/client/resident files and/or databases according to discipline and program guidelines. Complete and maintain appropriate records for activities including workload statistics as required.
- Attend inter-professional rounds or patient/client/resident care conferences to provide input regarding patients’/clients’/residents’ nutritional status, response to the nutrition care plan, recommended modifications to the plan, and discharge planning needs.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Current full registration with the College of Dietitians of British Columbia (CDBC).
- Graduate of an accredited Dietetic Internship Program, or equivalent education, training and experience as approved by the College of Dietitians of BC.
- Registration with the College of Dietitians of British Columbia with Restricted Activity A.
- Eligible for registration with College of Dietitians of British Columbia with Restricted Activity B and C.
- One-year recent related experience working with the designated patient/client/resident population in the relevant clinical services area within BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
