Ravitsemusterapeutti, Kotona asumista tukevat palvelut - Länsi-Uudenmaan hyvinvointialue

Our services include social welfare law-based home care, home rehabilitation, rehabilitative day activities, and well-being-promoting lounge activities. As a dietitian, your task is to enhance the functional capacity and independence of the elderly at home, as well as prevent and treat malnutrition. Your main responsibilities involve implementing individualized nutritional therapy for clients and strengthening the skills of our staff. Your client group primarily includes home care clients, but also clients living at home who use other elderly services. Your tasks include: Providing individualized nutritional therapy to clients remotely or through home visits; Consulting on clients' nutritional treatment; Monitoring clients' malnutrition status, e.g., based on RAI assessments, providing guidance on nutritional risk detection, and planning follow-up actions with the team to improve the situation; Regular training, guidance, and development of various nutritional instructions for staff; Multidisciplinary collaboration across service boundaries with nurses, doctors, rehabilitation professionals, and customer guidance; Developing nutritional treatment practices and processes; Acting as an expert in elderly nutritional care in various workgroups, development networks, projects, and health promotion activities. Your work is located within the team responsible for home support services, led by a senior specialist. Your team includes other professionals with specialized expertise, and our shared goal is to support clients' independence at home and staff competence. Workplace name and address: Western Uusimaa Well-being Area, Home Support Services, Kamreerintie 2 C, 02770 ESPOO. Working hours: 38 hours 15 minutes/week. The position is temporary from 31.8.2026 to 26.4.2027. Qualifications: Licensed dietitian and higher university degree, major in nutrition science/nutrition therapy. Requirements: Experience in elderly nutrition or nutritional therapy; Experience in training and guidance; Ability to work independently and in multidisciplinary teams; Excellent written and spoken Finnish skills and satisfactory Swedish skills; B driver's license and ability to work across the Western Uusimaa Well-being Area. Additional skills such as good presentation skills and familiarity with various information systems are considered an advantage. The position also requires vaccination protection according to the Infectious Diseases Act §48 and tuberculosis screening according to §55. Selected candidates may be asked to provide a drug test certificate in accordance with the Western Uusimaa Well-being Area's substance abuse program. We are agents of change. We boldly renew what needs improvement and preserve what works. We focus on a positive work environment and the well-being of every employee. We offer a lunch benefit and an annual €300 allowance for cultural, well-being, sports, or travel tickets. We also have opportunities to develop your skills through extensive online training via Eduhous and Oppiporta.