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Title: Diabetes Education Dietitian

Company: Weeneebayko Area Health Authority
Location: 19 Hospital Drive, Moose Factory, ON
Job Type: Full-time

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Provide nutrition care and diabetes education in northern Indigenous communities.

Requirements: Degree in Nutrition, CDRE, registration with the College of Dietitians of Ontario, and/or Certified Diabetes Educator.

Perks: Salary $81K–$97K, pension, benefits, relocation and housing provided, plus northern and travel bonuses.

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Title: Diabetes Education Dietitian
Company: Weeneebayko Area Health Authority
Location: 19 Hospital Drive, Moose Factory, ON
Full job description
Title: Diabetes Education Dietitian (2 Positions)

Division: Integrated Indigenous Health and Specialized Community Services

Affiliation: Public Service Alliance of Canada

Site: Moose Factory, ON &amp; Moosonee, ON with Coastal Visits

Reports to: Manager of Diabetes &amp; Clinical Nutrition

Status: Permanent Full-time

The Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) is seeking an experience candidate to fill the key role of Diabetes Education Dietitian.

Life at WAHA

A beacon of healing, wellness, and innovation, WAHA connects remote communities with the care they deserve. With spellbinding views surrounding each site, team members bask in the tranquility of the land, juxtaposed against a bustling workplace busy addressing the complex needs of the region. Here, we work with purpose, knowing each action matters. Patients are neighbours, family, and colleagues. Each day brings a challenge- the good kind that stretches you, helps you grow, and makes you feel vital. These hurdles birth opportunities to problem solve, develop new skills, and explore new roles. Here, we step into a version of ourselves once forgotten, overshadowed by the daily grind, and rediscover a deep connection with ourselves, the land, and each other. Here, we experience work with wonder. #WeAreWAHA

What We Do

There has never been a more exciting time to be at WAHA. We are an integrated health system providing the full continuum of care to the six communities of the western James Bay coast with over 500 employees, physicians, and partners in care. As a health authority, you will work in a unique setting where you have the opportunity to care for patients in all phases of their life journey, in all areas of their health experience. From Primary, Acute, and Mental Health, Dental, Specialty Clinics, Population Health and the WAHA Paramedic Service, the opportunities for growth are boundless. We provide community-based programming in all six of our communities, have six paramedic bases, three hospitals, four emergency departments, one community health centre and a total of 72 beds. Our guiding goal is to be a centre of excellence in Indigenous and remote healthcare. To make this goal a reality, we have formed partnerships with other centres of excellence to remove barriers and eliminate the inequity of health services access that have long impacted the patients that we serve.

At WAHA, we are leading the way in health transformation. Come and immerse yourself in the local Cree culture, work with dedicated and passionate colleagues, and live in beautiful northern communities with amazing community members. Our mission is to provide optimum healthcare as close to home as possible. You can be part of this rewarding experience. Come and find your adventure in the north.

Who You Are

Skill in the application of the professional sciences of food, nutrition and management
Have knowledge regarding the Canadian Diabetes Association Guidelines for the Nutritional Management of Diabetes, and Clinical Practice Guidelines
Ability to develop normal and therapeutic diets
Ability to adapt normal and therapeutic diets to the group’s and to the individual’s cultural, religious, economic needs and preferences.
Ability to integrate nutrition services into the health delivery system including the preventive program
What You’ll Do

Conduct professional nutritional assessments, evaluations, counselling as it pertains to diabetes management
Conduct clinics and provides education in a variety of formats: one -on-one consultations, group sessions and community based educational presentations via in-person either in clinic, in community or home visits, or by way of virtual settings (telephone, OTN, video conferencing)
Diabetes education (at-risk, pre-diabetes, diabetes, pediatric diabetes, gestational diabetes)
Attends multidisciplinary meetings as an Allied Health member
Leads presentations and workshops centered around nutrition (prevention, cooking demonstrations, etc)
What You Bring

An accredited 4-year or equivalent degree with appropriate courses in sciences and human nutrition, administration and humanities
Completion of Dietetic Internship or equivalent supervised practical training
Successful completion of the Canadian Dietetic Registration Examination
Member of College of Dietitians of Ontario (or eligible for membership)
Certified Diabetes Educator (willingness to obtain certification within a prescribed time frame)
Membership in the Diabetes Educator Section of the Canadian Diabetes Association
Ability to communicate in local native Cree language is an asset
Why Choose Us

Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan
Group health, welfare, and Employee and Family Assistance Program Benefits
Relocation paid by the organization
Housing provided by the organization
Annual retention bonus, a northern living allowance, and vacation travel bonus (all pensionable earnings)
Be part of an organization leading health transformation in the remote north
Ability to work with a purpose, connected to an amazing community and culture, with opportunities to learn and grow

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