Nutritionist
Company Overview:
Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada provides ultra-specialized short-term orthopedic care to children in Quebec, other Canadian provinces, the United States and around the world. Affiliated with the Réseau universitaire intégré de santé et service sociaux McGill (RUISSS), the hospital promotes excellence and innovation in care, teaching and research.Working at Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada means working in a patient and family centered care environment where there are many opportunities for professional development. You will work in an innovative, creative and multidisciplinary environment focused on improving the quality of life of children and their families.
With its committed and dedicated staff, Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada has been helping children reach their full potential for over 90 years.
Job Overview:
Type of position: Temporary part-time (3 days per week for 1 year)
Salary: 27,62$ - 48.94$ per hour according to years of experience. Salaries are set from ranges 1 to 18 according to the number of years of work experience and education relevant to the job on the candidate's CV. It is therefore important to indicate the months and years in which each work experience began and ended.
Reporting to the Head of Social Services, Psychology and Nutrition, the nutritionist assesses nutritional status, determines and implements an intervention strategy aimed at adapting diet to needs in order to maintain or restore health. They are also involved in clinical teaching.
Responsibilities:
- Evaluates the client's nutritional status;
- Determines an intervention strategy aimed at adapting nutrition to the client’s needs;
- Works with outpatients (85%) and inpatients (15%);
- Intervenes with pediatric orthopedic and sports medicine patients suffering from various neuromusculoskeletal conditions or sports injuries, and presenting a variety of nutritional problems: food selectivity, oral motor difficulties, poor weight gain, accelerated weight gain, nutritional deficiencies, malnutrition, digestive disorders, disordered eating/eating disorders and the athlete's triad;
- Conducts individual consultations with patients and their families, and may be called upon to perform joint interventions with other health professionals;
- Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team (nurse practitioner, nurse clinician, psychologist, social worker, physiotherapist, occupational therapist and physician).
- Collaborates with departments involved in food supply and advises them as needed; Provides occasional replacements for the dietetic technician.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in dietetics or nutrition;
- Member of the Ordre des diététistes-nutritionnistes du Québec.
- Fluency in French written and spoken; capacity to communicate in English is required in order to support or collaborate with English-speaking clients and/or stakeholders.
- Knowledge of pediatric clientele aged 5-18 (an asset)
- Knowledge of intervention principles for eating disorders (an asset)
- Knowledge of sports nutrition (an asset)
- Autonomy and initiative
- Customer-oriented
- Sense of priorities
- Collaboration and partnership
- Transparent communication and interpersonal skills
In addition, you will enjoy free parking (under certain conditions) or a discount for using public transport (Opus card), support for work-life balance, an affordable cafeteria, a gym, a corporate discount program and a social club.
Working at Shriners Hospital for Children - Canada means working in a family-oriented environment, offering opportunities for learning, professional development and the chance to make a difference.
Interested in working with us? Apply now!
The use of the masculine gender in this document is intended solely to lighten the text. The Shriners Hospital for Children - Canada is an equal opportunity employer and invites applications from women, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and Aboriginal people.