Clinical Service Leader - Clinical Nutrition

Clinical Service Leader - Clinical Nutrition

Under the general direction of the Manager Health Services – Clinical Nutrition (or Designate), the incumbent is responsible for:

1. Overseeing the daily clinical service delivery and environmental/operational issues in a designated service area to ensure optimum patient/resident/client care in a safe therapeutic environment.
2. Providing guidance to clinical dietitians and support staff within the designated service area through leadership, mentoring, education, evaluation and research.
3. Contributing to the delivery of quality clinical nutrition services by examining, developing, refining and evaluating the body of knowledge and clinical practices and assisting in program planning and development.
4. Actively participates/completes, in consultation with Manager Health Services, recruitment, performance improvement plans, and learning plans.
5. Coordinating clinical work schedules, workload and service rotations.
6. Maintaining a clinical workload, involving nutrition assessment, intervention and follow up within the designated areas according to established standards of care.

We have a unique ability to work together to make health care better. If you want to make a difference and contribute to supporting the health of your family, friends and neighbours, please apply today.

Interested candidates should select the "Apply" icon below to upload their cover letter, resume and copy of licenses/certification.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.

Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.