Position Summary
Effective April 1, 2022, hourly rates of pay: $35.34 to $44.13
Castlegar Primary Care Clinic has a relief, full-time opening for an experienced Registered Dietitian.
As the Registered Dietitian, you will be part of a primary care team to provide nutrition care and support to attached and unattached patients within the Castlegar and Kootenay Boundary region. This is a regional position which supports numerous private clinics across Kootenay Boundary. The Registered Dietician (RD) will work closely with physicians and the multidisciplinary team to ensure holistic care for the client.
Primary Care Networks (PCNs) are community-based networks of health care professionals and clinics who plan and deliver all day-to-day health care needs of a community. Within these networks teams of providers work together closely. In this is way, patients receive better care, by the right person, at the right time, closer to home.
Utilizing clinical techniques and knowledge, the Registered Dietitian provides nutrition services through: nutrition assessment; care planning and charting; intervention, goal setting and monitoring; counseling and education programs; acts as a resource to other health professionals and communities within Interior Health.
This is a Day shift position on a Monday to Friday schedule 08:30 to 16:30 hours. It is a position that will provide coverage until April 2023, or return of incumbent. Interior Health offers an exceptional employer-paid benefits package including dental and prescription coverage, group life, and extensive extended health plan, plus up to four weeks’ paid vacation after your first year of employment and municipal pension plan. Relocation Allowance package to be offered with position.
An abundance of opportunity! Grow your career with Interior Health and take advantage of the work-life balance that living in the Kootenay region of British Columbia provides!
Qualifications
• Baccalaureate degree in nutrition and dietetics.
• Successful completion of an accredited hospital based dietetic internship program (or equivalent acceptable to the facility).
• Registrant of the College of Dietitians of British Columbia.
• One year of clinical nutrition experience in a health care environment preferred.
• Valid Driver’s License.
Comments
This posting is covered by the Provincial Health Officer’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination orders and selected applicant(s) must comply.
Interior Health now offers assistance from an Aboriginal Employment Advisor. If you self-identify as Aboriginal (First Nations, Métis or Inuit) and if you would like assistance with internal career exploration, send your question via email to AboriginalEmployment@interiorhealth.ca to be redirected to the Employment Advisor. We invite applicants to self-identify as First nations, Métis, or Inuit within cover letters and/or resumes.