Dietitian Consultant

Location : Ottawa Region

Position : Dietitian Consultant

Southbridge Care Homes owns and operates 26 Long-Term Care Homes and 9 Retirement Homes throughout many urban and rural areas of Ontario.

Southbridge Care Homes is seeking a Dietitian Consultant to deliver support and expertise to our portfolio of LTC and Retirement homes.

Reporting to the Vice President, Operations, the Dietary Consultant will have the opportunity to visit each Southbridge Care Home and provide consultative support on a routine basis.

The successful candidate will demonstrate flexibility, adaptability, and passion for senior care by delivering high-quality leadership support to our homes.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of Dietary functions for our homes with an emphasis on resident safety.
• Consults with Medical and other professional staff to determine nutritional needs and therapeutic diets for residents.
• Review and provide input regarding the seasonal menus and recipes to be used by all Southbridge Care Homes.
• Identifies unsafe conditions or practices and takes appropriate action to address them including educating the home level leadership team regarding risk.
• Ensure nutritional care and hydration program standards as per Fixing Long-Term Care Homes Act 2021 are met in collaboration with Dietary Manager or designate.
• Assist Executive Directors with recruitment, selection of new Dietary Managers at the home level.
• Provide onboarding and education to new Dietary Managers.
• Maintaining policies and procedures within all homes, and leading new initiatives and projects.
• Provide routine consultative support to all homes including auditing of kitchen and food storage areas, meal production sheets, dining service, and resident experience.
• All aspects of quality control of services and products provided / produced by departmental staff.
• Maintaining records, statistics, and reports in accordance with internal and external policies and guidelines.
• Other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications :

• Degree from a University with a Major in Food and Nutrition.
• Registered Dietitian; Membership with the College of Dietitians of Ontario in good standing.
• 3+ years management experience in a long-term care setting in a similar role.
• Exceptional ability to operate independently or as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to exercise tact and diplomacy in dealing with residents, other staff, and visitors.
• Knowledge of the Fixing Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2021 and the Retirement Homes Act
• Excellent interpersonal, project, time management and communication skills.
• Willingness to travel extensively throughout the Ottawa Ontario region

Southbridge Care Homes is committed to ensuring that all employment practices are inclusive. As an organization, we are committed to providing and arranging accommodation for candidates upon request.