(PERMANENT FULL TIME) CLINICAL DIETITIAN - CLINICAL NUTRITION

Job summary

Position Summary Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences has an opportunity for a highly motivated and organized Clinical Dietitian to join the Clinical Nutrition Team. Responsibilities include planning and implementing therapeutic and special diets for inpatients, providing group-based nutrition programs for patients, providing guidance to staff, and completing feeding assessments as part of the Dysphasia Management Team. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES In a tertiary care mental health facility, the incumbent is responsible for: • Screening and assessing nutritional requirements for inpa…

Job details

Position Summary Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences has an opportunity for a highly motivated and organized Clinical Dietitian to join the Clinical Nutrition Team. Responsibilities include planning and implementing therapeutic and special diets for inpatients, providing group-based nutrition programs for patients, providing guidance to staff, and completing feeding assessments as part of the Dysphasia Management Team. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES In a tertiary care mental health facility, the incumbent is responsible for: • Screening and assessing nutritional requirements for inpatients, developing and implementing appropriate care plans; counselling patients and caregivers; prescribing therapeutic diets for patients; developing, evaluating and executing nutrition education programs for groups and individuals in a variety of hospital settings • Working in collaboration with Food Services Manager, supervisors, diet clerks and technicians to implement nutrition care plans • Working in collaboration with professional staff to provide dysphagia management as part of the Dysphagia Management team • Coordinating nutrition month activities • Act as a resource on various interdisciplinary teams including nursing staff, clinical informatics, family resource center, etc. Adherence to appropriate documentation requirements for all nutritional care provided • Administrative tasks/committee membership as assigned • Maintain patient workload measurement data • Responsible to recognize and report patient, staff, and environment safety issues, identify and implement preventative and corrective actions, within the scope of this role. • Participate in preceptorship of dietetic interns and other students as needed Requirements QUALIFICATIONS • Registered Dietitian in good standing with the College of Dietitians of Ontario • CDE preferred • Experience in dysphagia, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome an asset • Experience with clients with mental health diagnoses • Knowledge of principles, theories and current practices/techniques of professional clinical nutrition including specific issues related to mental health to provide a full range of nutritional services to a large mental health facility. • Ability to interpret nutrition and medical information and to utilize professional judgement to plan and deliver therapeutic diets. • Knowledgeable of computer applications such as: Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Meditech (Electronic Medical Record) and a working knowledge of CBORD food services application. • Job requires written communication skills to maintain documentation in patient charts in accordance with the College of Dietitians of Ontario, prepare presentations, and nutrition information pamphlets/handouts • Work in collaboration with the Physician in Chief for Medical Services as per the medical directive allowing Dietitians to order, modify, and discontinue therapeutic diets and supplements. • Compliance with all applicable legislation and hospital policies Job Posting Closing: July 14th 2026 . Please note any job applications after the closing date will not be considered. Number of vacancy 1 Hourly Wage: $44.12 - $ 51.91

What you’ll do

The Clinical Dietitian is responsible for screening nutritional requirements, implementing therapeutic diets, and providing nutrition education for inpatients in a mental health facility. They also collaborate with the Dysphagia Management team and provide guidance to interdisciplinary staff.

Requirements

Candidates must be a Registered Dietitian in good standing with the College of Dietitians of Ontario. Experience in dysphagia, diabetes, and mental health diagnoses is considered an asset.

Listed skills

• Collaboration · Preferred
• Organized · Preferred
• staff · Preferred
• Health · Preferred
• Planning · Preferred
• management · Preferred
• Documentation · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Time · Preferred
• Administrative · Preferred
• Communication Skills · Preferred
• Feeding · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Clinical Nutrition
• Dysphagia Management
• Patient Assessment
• Nutrition Counseling
• Therapeutic Diet Planning
• Mental Health Nutrition
• Diabetes Management
• Metabolic Syndrome Management
• Meditech
• CBORD
• Microsoft Office
• Patient Documentation