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- Employment type
- Full-time
- Experience level
- Mid-level · 2+ years
- Minimum education
- Bachelor’s degree
- Apply by
- Jan 28, 2027
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 40 hours per week
- Seniority
- Not Applicable
- Application method
- Apply on LinkedIn (LinkedIn sign-in required)
Job summary
Assess clients’ nutritional needs and recommend interventions, while developing and managing local healthy-eating education programs and community activities. Provide clinical guidance and training to staff and caregivers, report service statistics, and maintain current clinical knowledge and practice standards.
Job details
DIETITIAN/NUTRITIONIST Description Person who evaluates a person’s nutritional status and determines and implements intervention strategies aimed at adapting nutrition based on the person’s needs to maintain or restore health. She/he participates in clinical teaching. The Community Miyupimaatisiiun (Health) Center (CMC) provides frontline and community health services to the local population. The nutritionist for this position is called upon to: • Assess clients' nutritional needs and make recommendations; • Develop, implement and manage local healthy eating education programs that meet customer needs; • Provide statistics according to the services rendered; • Provide support, training or advice within their scope of practice to other staff members, health care providers or caregivers; • Promote good organizational functioning and, indirectly, quality services to the population; • Perform other related tasks usually assigned to a nutritionist at the request of his supervisor; • Participate in the development and implementation of community activities to promote healthy eating habits; • Continue to update their clinical knowledge and apply ODNQ practice guidelines and standards. REQUIREMENTS Education: • Must hold a bachelor's degree in dietetics or nutrition. Must be a member of the Ordre professionnel des diététistes-nutritionnistes du Québec (Quebec Order of Dietitians and Nutritionists). Experience: • Clinical experience as a nutritionist in various fields and programs is an asset; • Experience as a clinician in Eeyou Istchee territory is an asset. Knowledge and Abilities: • Excellent knowledge of professional standards, clinical practice guidelines and legislation; • Excellent ability to apply evidence-based practice to clinical situations; • Respect for Eeyou/Eenou culture, values, traditions and teachings in the implementation of programs and services; • Good understanding of health issues as they relate to paramedical services; • Ability to popularize theoretical and practical knowledge in a context of consultation and support to other health professionals; • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; • Autonomy, discretion and empathy; • Aptitude for teamwork LANGUAGE • Fluent in English; • Fluency in Cree or French is an asset. OTHER • Open to relocation within the community; • Various social benefits related to remoteness; • Annual training. DIÉTÉTISTE/NUTRITIONNISTE Description Personne qui évalue l'état nutritionnel, détermine et assure la mise en œuvre d'une stratégie d'intervention visant à adapter l'alimentation en fonction des besoins pour maintenir ou rétablir la santé. Elle participe à l’enseignement clinique. Le centre Miyupimaatisiiun (de santé) communautaire (CMC) offre des services de première ligne et de santé communautaire à la population locale. La nutritionniste pour ce poste est appelée à : • Évaluer les besoins nutritionnels des clients et faire des recommandations; • Élaborer, mettre en œuvre et gérer des programmes locaux d’éducation à la saine alimentation qui répondent aux besoins des clients; • Fournir des statistiques selon les services rendus; • Fournir un soutien, une formation ou des conseils dans le cadre de ses fonctions à d’autres membres du personnel, prestataires de soins de santé ou à ceux qui soutiennent la qualité de vie des clients; • Favoriser le bon fonctionnement organisationnel et, indirectement, des services de qualité à la population; • Exécuter d'autres tâches connexes habituellement assignées à une nutritionniste à la demande de son superviseur; • Participer à l’élaboration et à la mise en œuvre d’activités communautaire de promotion des saines habitudes alimentaires; • Poursuivre la mise à jour de ses connaissances cliniques et appliquer les lignes directrices et les normes de pratiques de l’ODNQ. EXIGENCES Formation : • Doit détenir un baccalauréat en diététique ou en nutrition; • Doit être membre de l'Ordre professionnel des diététistes-nutritionnistes du Québec. Expérience : • Expérience clinique en tant que nutritionniste dans divers domaines et programmes constitue un atout; • Expérience en tant que clinicienne sur le territoire Eeyou Istchee constitue un atout. Connaissances et aptitudes : • Excellente connaissance des normes professionnelles, des lignes directrices de pratique clinique et des lois; • Excellentes capacités à appliquer la pratique fondée sur des données probantes aux situations cliniques; • Respect de la culture, des valeurs, des traditions et des enseignements Eeyou/Eenou dans la mise en œuvre de programmes et de services; • Bonne compréhension des problèmes de santé dans la mesure où ils concernent les services paramédicaux; • Aptitude à vulgariser des connaissances théoriques et pratiques dans un contexte de consultation et de soutien aux autres professionnels de la santé; • Excellentes aptitudes à la communication verbale et écrite; • Autonomie, discrétion et empathie; • Aptitude au travail d’équipe. LANGUE • Maîtrise de l’anglais; • Maîtrise de la langue crie ou du français – un atout. AUTRE • Prêt à déménager au sein de la communauté; • Divers avantages sociaux liés à l’éloignement; • Formation annuelle.
What you’ll do
Assess clients’ nutritional needs and recommend interventions, while developing and managing local healthy-eating education programs and community activities. Provide clinical guidance and training to staff and caregivers, report service statistics, and maintain current clinical knowledge and practice standards.
Requirements
A bachelor’s degree in dietetics or nutrition and membership in the Quebec Order of Dietitians and Nutritionists are required. Clinical experience is an asset; candidates should have strong evidence-based clinical skills, knowledge of professional standards and legislation, cultural respect, communication skills, empathy, autonomy, and teamwork abilities.
Benefits
- Remote-area social benefits
- Annual training
Listed skills
- Teamwork · Preferred
Other relevant skills
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- Nutritional Assessment
- Nutrition Counseling
- Healthy Eating Education
- Program Development
- Program Implementation
- Clinical Practice
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Clinical Teaching
- Professional Standards
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Health Statistics
- Staff Training and Support
- Community Health Promotion
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Teamwork
- Cultural Respect
Job areas
- Healthcare
- Education
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