Ignite is Hiring!

Ignite Nutrition – Calgary, AB

Job Position: Registered Dietitian

About the company:
Ignite Nutrition is a Calgary based registered dietitian and psychology practice specialized in digestive health, women’s health, and food relationship, including eating disorders and disordered eating behaviour. We’re looking to add a registered dietitian to our team of contractors!

Job Responsibilities:
We are looking for an independent contractor to counsel adult patients, who has a special interest in digestive disorders. The perfect team member will have experience with this, or will be willing to learn as over 75% of our practice is digestive health!

The role is 1-3 days per week virtual OR in-person (with possible ability to increase – flexibility on total FTE/ how the time is spaced).

Preferred experience:

• Experience counselling functional and structural gut disorders, including but not limited to:
  • IBS
  • IBD
  • Celiac
  • EoE
  • Functional dyspepsia
  • MASLD
  • BAD
  • Unusual allergies & intolerances

• One-on-one client counselling
• Presentations and lunch & learns
• Management of client bookings and schedule
• Provide content for the Ignite Nutrition blog
• Group education
• Development of presentations
• Continual self-directed education on various practice areas as required

Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in Nutrition and/or Food Sciences from an accredited University; and dietetic internship program completion
• Eligibility and/or Registration with the provincial regulatory body (i.e. College of Dietitians of Alberta)
• Has, or is willing to get liability insurance
• Previous experience in counselling and behaviour change preferred. Previous GI experience preferred.
• Ability to take direction but act with initiative and self-motivation to meet deadlines and responsibilities
• Exceptional attention to detail and documentation of work
• Strong planning, follow up, time management & organizational skills
• Ability to multi-task and remain flexible within demanding environment
• A passion for continual learning – self-directed and on top of the changing nutrition landscape!
• Preferred training in IBS, FODMAPs, or other areas of GI an asset

We SO look forward to building a multi-disciplinary team. If growing a practice and digestive health is of interest to you – please apply!

Please send your resume to andrea@ignitenutrition.ca