Leading Primary Health Care in Guelph
With the vision The Best Care for Everyone, the Guelph Family Health Team (FHT) is a leader in the provision of comprehensive, team-based primary care in Ontario. Supporting 130,000 patients, Guelph FHT has 100 family physicians, 8 psychiatrists and 100 interdisciplinary team members in multiple locations in the Guelph area. Our team is committed to providing quality, evidenced-based and compassionate care to advance a culture of learning, collaboration, and sustainability.
Role: The Guelph FHT is looking for a Full-Time Contract (1.0 FTE) Diabetes Educator (CDE), Registered Dietitian for our Diabetes Care Guelph Team
Role Description: Position Summary
The Diabetes Educator, Registered Dietitian plays a key role within the Diabetes Care Guelph (DCG) education program—working collaboratively with multidisciplinary team that includes dietitians, nurses, kinesiologists, and allied health professionals.
As an integral member of this patient-focused team, the dietitian delivers comprehensive diabetes education and individualized counseling for adults living with diabetes, both one-on-one and in group settings. The role includes supporting clients with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) and Type 1 Diabetes.
This position involves providing education and support both on-site and through occasional community outreach, contributing to improved self-management, empowerment, and overall health outcomes for individuals living with diabetes.
Position Responsibilities:
- Provide individualized diabetes education to individuals with diabetes
- Manage a large dynamic caseload, including initial assessments and follow-up visits.
- Prepare, plan, deliver, and document monthly education as needed
- Deliver education on diabetes-related topics such as disease process, medication, diet, nutrition, foot care, healthy lifestyle, prevention and management of complications, blood glucose monitoring, injection and the techniques of self-monitoring
- Review blood glucose readings for the purpose of medication control and adjustment
- Conduct ongoing assessment and provide recommendations to patients' healthcare providers and caregivers for adjustments in care plan as required
- Maintain thorough documentation including assessments, interventions, progress notes and discharge summaries
- Collaborate with other DCG colleagues (RNs and RKins) to develop/implement chronic disease management programs based on population needs.
- Foster a collaborative care approach within the Family Health Team through effective communication and mutual respect.
- Provide internal workshops or seminars to support the professional development of team members in diabetes management as needed. Communicate relevant nutritional information to other health care providers in the community
- One evening shift a month is required as part of this role (11am to 7pm) as well as teaching or co-teaching group classes as needed
Qualifications:
- Current registration with the College of Dietitians of Ontario, in good standing
- Certification as a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE)
- Experience counselling patients with diabetes, incorporating behaviour change models, adult learning principles and techniques for chronic disease management
- Experience with insulin therapy; initiation and adjustment
- Experience in providing education to adults with Pre-diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes (GDM) is considered an asset
- Comprehensive competency in diabetes management is required
- Familiarity of insulin pump therapy; certification in pump training considered an asset.
- Ability to work autonomously and as a member of an interdisciplinary team
- Critical thinking skills
- Comfortable and experienced with individual and group presentations, in person and virtually
- Knowledge of and sensitivity to the impact of social, economic, environmental, and cultural issues in diabetes self-management
- Familiarity with Telus Practice Solutions is considered a strong asset
- Craving Change (TM) Certification is an asset
Guelph FHT is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and welcome all qualified applicants to apply to join our team. We accommodate people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process; please advise Human Resources in advance if an accommodation is required.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 15 months
Pay: From $42.39 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person
