Team-Based Practice Educator, Dietetics

University of British Columbia

The Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver campus (www.landfood.ubc.ca), invites applications for a full-time Lecturer and Clinical Faculty position (1 position) in the Dietetics Program as part of the Gateway Team-Based Care Teaching Clinic team. The anticipated start date for this position is March 16, 2026 or upon a date to be mutually agreed. The position will be for an initial one-year term with the possibility of reappointment. The Team-Based Practice Educator, Dietetics will be required to work in-person alongside an interdisciplinary team of health professionals.

The expected salary range for this position is $90,000-$96,000, plus benefits. Salary is competitive, negotiable, and commensurate with experience, and is subject to final budgetary approval.

Background:
UBC Health is in the process of establishing a Centre for Innovation in Collaborative Health Education and Team-Based Care. The goal is to create a first-of-its-kind provincial centre, providing an opportunity for students, educators, healthcare professionals, researchers, and patients to work together to improve the quality of healthcare delivery through innovations in interprofessional learning, team-based care, and research. A core component of the Centre will be a new, purpose-built interprofessional teaching clinic in the Gateway South building on the UBC Vancouver Point Grey campus. By convening and facilitating partnerships with learners, patients, and UBC health professions programs, the Gateway Clinic will lead ongoing innovation and scholarship in collaborative health education and team-based primary care in BC, building learner competencies and placement capacity for collaborative practice in primary care across the province. The Gateway Clinic will aim to support approximately 4,500 patients through longitudinal team-based primary care via the BC Patient Attachment System.

The Gateway to Team-Based Care is a collaborative project across the health professions, led by UBC Health within a centre for innovation in collaborative health education and team-based care. UBC’s School of Nursing is the administrative operator of the Gateway to Team-Based Care.

UBC’s Dietetics Program has undergraduate and graduate options that focus on nutrition care, management and population and public health. As the only dietetics program in British Columbia (BC), UBC’s Dietetics Program plays an integral role in the educational journey of many future dietitians of BC.

 
Job Description/Duties:
Reporting to the Director, Dietetics Programs with functional reporting to the Director of Care and Program Director of the Gateway Clinic, the successful candidate will be expected to teach as a practice educator, to contribute to the assessment and evaluation of learners in the clinical setting and support student learning and innovation in person-centered, team-based care. They will be responsible for continuity of care using evidence-informed practice to collaborate with other health professionals and support learners’ practice education. The incumbent will also be expected to provide service to the University, the Dietetics Programs, and to the profession by leading and/or participating in quality improvement initiatives, scholarly activities and evaluation of collaborative health education programs and team-based practices as it pertains to Dietetics at the Gateway Clinic. As the Gateway Clinic is a newly developing initiative, the successful candidate will help to develop and implement the practices employed at the clinic and will evaluate and iterate upon best practices in team-based education and care.

Responsibilities in the role of the Lecturer include but are not limited to:
• Teaching and supervising learners in the following tasks to support practice education:
o Assessing patients and assisting patients in setting goals and supporting their nutrition, health and well-being through the provision of nutrition counselling and education.
o Developing, implementing and evaluating comprehensive shared patient care plans and provide continuity of care in collaboration with the interprofessional team, patient, caregiver and other healthcare providers, coordinating ongoing care, supporting transitions, and navigating services.
o Providing medical nutrition therapy and nutrition education through the life span including health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, support and rehabilitation to enable patients/clients to achieve and maintain optimal health outcomes.
o Consulting, coordinating and referring to other team members, specialists or community organizations to support the patient and caregiver in multiple dimensions of their health and wellbeing.
o Documenting care, keeping medical records using the clinic’s electronic medical record keeping system.
o Working within their full scope and recognizing and addressing gaps in their knowledge to ensure safe, quality care.
• Observe learners providing patient care including direct observation in the room or through video cameras. Note: this is not for every patient encounter.
• Role model person-centred care for learners by empowering patients and caregivers as experts in their own lives, prioritizing patient agency and advocating for patients and caregivers as equal team members and partners in care and education. Actively involve patients in clinical teaching and student learning (e.g. giving feedback to students on communication skills).
• Provide student support, mentorship and training to learners from across the health professions, which may include providing feedback and preparing evaluations to learners regarding their patient care.
• Support programming within UBC Health’s Integrated Curriculum initiatives, as requested by the UBC Dietetics Program.
• Engage with the UBC Dietetics Program through guest speaking opportunities and participation in relevant committees (e.g., Admissions Committee, Curriculum Committee, Practice Education Committee), based on appropriateness and personal interest. These activities are permitted only when they do not interfere with Gateway operations.

Responsibilities in the role of Clinical Faculty include but are not limited to:
• Use data and research insights to devise and propose meaningful changes for ongoing improvement of clinical teaching, learning and interprofessional practice and education
• Work cohesively in a team environment, including the ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with a large group of faculty, staff, students, patients, caregivers, other individuals within a patient’s support network, and partner organizations in care, education and research.
• Learn, adapt and utilize health and learning technologies (e.g. electronic health record, artificial intelligence) effectively in a rapidly changing health system and health professions education program.
• When required due to learner availability and capacity, provide continuity of nutrition care within an interdisciplinary team setting to facilitate innovation in team-based education and care

Eligibility and Requirements:
Applicants must hold or be eligible for active registration as a Registered Dietitian with the College of Health and Care Professionals of British Columbia (CHCPBC) in good standing. Professional liability insurance is required. The successful candidate must have a minimum of 3-5 years of clinical practice experience in a relevant practice area and experience teaching students in university settings and/or providing direct clinical supervision. Specific expertise in primary care or experience working in team-based care contexts is required. Applicants with an additional postgraduate degree in a related discipline (e.g. education, leadership, or research) are preferred. In addition, the successful candidate will:
• Demonstrate a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, inclusion, and trauma-informed care.
• Possess a willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own.
• Demonstrate a strong foundation in key program concepts such as person-centered, team-based care, interprofessional education, shared decision-making and continuous quality improvement or approaches for integrating knowledge into practice.
• Demonstrate a commitment to cultural humility and lifelong learning by continuing to develop the technical, relational and professional skills needed now, and in the future, to support a diverse range of learners and patients.
• Demonstrate the ability to work in an educational environment supporting and enabling the success of learners (e.g. health professional students).
• Demonstrate knowledge of nutrition theory and practice within a person-centered model of care.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the determinants of health and health promotion and chronic disease management principles and practices.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the standards of practice and guidelines for clinical practitioners established by the College of Health and Care Professionals of British Columbia (CHCPBC).
• Demonstrate experience and interest in pursuing evaluation and research to advance collaborative health education and practice improvement.
• Demonstrate ability to collaborate effectively, both in-person and virtually, with a diverse team in a complex environment.
• Demonstrate exceptional, culturally safe communication skills that support therapeutic relationships, clear documentation, collaborative team-based care, and psychologically safe environments for learners, patients, and colleagues alike.

Application submission:
Interested applicants should submit the following documents as a single, combined PDF file at https://ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfacultyjobs/job/Team-Based-Practice-Educator--Dietetics_JR22959, including:
• letter of application that addresses scholarly, professional and creative work, mentorship philosophy, administrative service, research and experience fostering interprofessional collaboration and education;
• brief statement identifying a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion (1 page) in an academic, professional, or community context;
• detailed curriculum vitae; and
• names of three references

Review of applications will begin on January 6, 2026. All applications received by this date will receive full consideration. Applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. Should you have any queries about this position, please contact the Chair of the Selection Committee at lfs.recruiting@ubc.ca.