Riley DeForest
Registered Dietitian at Queensway Carleton Hospital- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Queensway Carleton Hospital
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Canada
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Registered Dietitian
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Nov 2020 - Present
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Home and Community Care Support Services Champlain
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Canada
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Hospitals and Health Care
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100 - 200 Employee
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Registered Dietitian
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Mar 2018 - May 2023
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PatientCare Solutions
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Canada
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Wellness and Fitness Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Contract Bilingual Registered Dietitian
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Jan 2017 - Mar 2020
• Provided nutrition education and counselling, utilizing motivational interviewing techniques, during initial and follow-up tele-counselling sessions. • Refined counselling abilities by completing monthly call audits and self-reflections. Displayed strong time management and multitasking skills by completing all calls and charting, within tight time constraints. • Demonstrated pro-activity by completing additional administrative tasks including the development of standard operating procedures, document translation, statistic analysis, and the presentation of training sessions. Show less
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Craving Health
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Beamsville, ON
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Registered Dietitian
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Apr 2017 - Mar 2018
• Assessed clients' dietary requirements, restrictions, and health conditions to develop and implement nutrition care plans in both office and in-home settings. • Expanded marketing skills by creating recipes, pictures, and blog posts to be used as educational and promotional material. • Presented workplace health and wellness presentations on diverse nutritional topics. • Assessed clients' dietary requirements, restrictions, and health conditions to develop and implement nutrition care plans in both office and in-home settings. • Expanded marketing skills by creating recipes, pictures, and blog posts to be used as educational and promotional material. • Presented workplace health and wellness presentations on diverse nutritional topics.
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Hamilton Health Sciences
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Canada
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Dietetic Intern
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Sep 2015 - Jul 2016
Over 25 weeks of clinical experience in both acute care and outpatient settings working as a member in various inter-professional teams. - Inpatient rotations: general medicine, neurology, surgical oncology, and ICU. - Outpatient rotations: diabetes clinic and family health team. - Food service business case centred around the development of policies and procedures of formula production in a clinical setting. - Public health rotation included creation of a CHCH news segment on cooking with pulses, delivering a food literacy workshop, and the development of a Health Curriculum Resource for Hamilton Public Health's Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program. Professional research and patient education projects: - Conducted a systematic review and critical appraisal on the definitions of food and nutrition literacy found in the academic literature and the media. - Developed and published a patient education handout on food elimination diets. Show less
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Education
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University of Guelph
Bachelor’s Degree, Applied Human Nutrition -
University of Guelph
Certificate, Food Science