Clinical Dietitian - Public Health
Clinical Dietitian - Public Health
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Job Description
Requisition ID: 385660
PositionNumber:
Posting End Date: August 8 2025
City: Winnipeg
Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Site:WRHA Community Health Services
Department / Unit: Public Health Dietitians
Job Stream: Clinical
Union: MAHCP
Anticipated Start Date - End Date: 08/18/2225- Indefinite
Reason for Term: Other Leave
FTE:1.00
Anticipated Shift: Days;Evenings;Weekends
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 7.25
Annual Base Hours: 1885
Salary: $39.457 $40.807 $42.325 $43.859 $45.478 $47.152 $49.016 $50.895 $52.843
Please Note: The said term position will expire upon the return of the current incumbent to their position subject to a minimum of forty eight (48) hours notice.
Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites services and organizations. Were united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.
Position Overview
Public health dietitians apply public health science and evidence-based nutrition to work with individuals families groups communities and populations. They build partnerships to promote health prevent disease and create healthy places and opportunities so everyone can access affordable healthy food and eat well through reducing inequities and addressing social determinants of health.
Responsibilities include:
- Provide education to families at Healthy Baby and Healthy Start community programs nutrition classes and to community agencies through train-the-trainer workshops.
- Support assess develop implement and evaluate nutrition programming.
- Support community food security initiatives through local community collaboration.
- Connect agencies and community partners with food and nutrition resources.
- Work with school and community agency partners to develop healthy eating guidelines and promote healthy food environments.
Experience
- Two years clinical nutrition experience in a community or public health setting preferred.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
- Bachelors degree in human nutrition dietetic or related area from an accredited Canadian university program or the approved equivalent if internationally educated required.
- Graduate of a recognized dietetic internship program or practical training program including Masters of Applied (Human) Nutrition programs which have been accredited by the applicable certifying body.
Certification/Licensure/Registration
- Must be a Registered Dietitian with the College of Dietitians of with the Dietitians of Canada (DC) is recommended.
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Training requirements for this position shall be in accordance with the Employerpolicy.
Qualifications and Skills
- Comprehensive knowledge and application of medical nutrition therapies.
- Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with various levels of personnel both internally and externally and within an inter-disciplinary environment.
- Must have effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to adapt readily to a changing environment and respond with initiative.
- Demonstrated planning organizational and time management skills including the ability to prioritize workload.
- Must be able to function with minimum direction.
- Demonstrated problem-solving and critical analysis skills.
- Ability to use professional judgment to adapt and apply evidenced-based guidelines protocols and professional standards of care to new and changing needs of others.
- Knowledge of human behavior and behavior change process.
- Ability to counsel and motivate others as individuals and as a group.
- General knowledge of food and nutrient analysis.
- Ability to function in a computerized environment.
- Practices within the professional standards and the ethical legislative and legal parameters of the profession (e.g. the act and code of ethics of the College of Dietitians of Manitoba).
Physical Requirements
- Must be able to sit stand or walk for extended periods of time without resting.
- Must be able to work under stress and time constraints.
- May be exposed to infectious diseases blood and body fluids toxic materials noise allergens physical and emotional stress.
- May encounter aggressive and/or agitated clients/visitors/staff.
- Must be able to travel to meetings (on-site and off-site).
- May be occasionally required to work extended hours.
- May be required to work a variety of shifts including weekends.
This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective agreement.
This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search) Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.
Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre Deer Lodge Centre Golden West Centennial Lodge Grace Hospital Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg Pan Am Clinic River Park Gardens Victoria General Hospital WRHA corporate programs and WRHA community health services.
Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.
Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.
Wewelcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodationsare available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
Employment Type
Temp
