Clinical Dietitians for Our Nutrition Team - Unit for Primary Health Care

Do you have a passion for nutrition efforts for older citizens, and would you like to bring your professional expertise into play in a multidisciplinary environment? The Unit for The Local Health Service, including Team Learning and Development, is seeking a clinical dietitian for the nutrition team in a permanent position, as well as a clinical dietitian for a ½-year temporary position, who actively brings their expertise into play, thrives in multidisciplinary collaboration and is curious about both the citizen's perspective and the contributions of other professional groups.

About us

In Senior and Rehabilitation we work to promote citizens’ opportunity to live an independent life through development, support and care. This is our core task and our vision to create the welfare of the future based on the values: presence, responsibility and respect.

In Elderly and Health we strive to be among the best at delivering health professional assistance to the citizens who need our support. We work purposefully and continuously with professional development to be prepared for the challenges of the future – both in the Unit for The Local Health Service and in line with the overall vision of Senior and Rehabilitation.

Short about the Unit for The Local Health Service and Team Learning and Development

The Unit for The Local Health Service aims to support professional quality and overall organizational capacity across Elderly and Health. The unit contributes to ongoing learning about practice-related citizen issues and development of innovative solutions that can improve the quality of citizens’ pathways and promote citizens’ ability to live an independent life through rehabilitation, support and care.

This happens through targeted work with learning, development and implementation internally in Elderly and Health. The Nutrition Team is part of Team Learning and Development, which includes health professionals such as dietitians and community nurses, as well as health development consultants.

About the Nutrition Team

The Nutrition Team consists of 3 permanent clinical dietitians and one temporary position. The Nutrition Team primarily works with nutrition therapy for older citizens. The Nutrition Team’s overall goal is to strengthen citizens’ nutritional status through prevention, early detection and treatment of undernutrition.

We provide individual nutritional counseling to citizens, act as sparring partners for other municipal health professionals and contribute to competence development and knowledge sharing in the area of nutrition. In addition, we maintain collaborations and participate in projects/teaching.

A little about the position

• A clinical dietitian for a permanent position of 37 hours/week
• A clinical dietitian for a ½-year temporary position, 37 hours/week
• The positions are primarily day shifts on weekdays
• Start date as soon as possible after the interview
• It is a prerequisite for the position that you have a valid driving license as the positions involve visits to citizens in their own homes

Your tasks will be

• Prevent (re)admission based on undernutrition
• Handle complex nutrition pathways for older citizens who are nourished parenterally, via enteral feeding or parenteral nutrition
• Participate in multidisciplinary collaboration
• Work with nutrition-related complex issues, including undernutrition and unintended weight loss
• Act as sparring partner for other health professionals when professional sparring is needed
• Contribute to promoting each citizen’s health and quality of life
• Prepare and participate in teaching, competence development and knowledge sharing for other health professionals
• Contribute to development and quality assurance of the work in the nutrition team
• Participate in the development of nutrition-related material for internal use
• Keep yourself continuously updated on new knowledge within the nutrition field

Professional and personal competencies

• Interested in working with the elderly target group and the prevention of undernutrition
• Base your work on evidence and adapt the intervention to the individual citizen
• Ability to convey knowledge about nutrition
• Good communication and relational skills
• Work in a structured way and have an eye for connections in interventions
• Empathetic and have an appreciative approach to citizens, relatives and partners
• Thrive in multidisciplinary collaboration and actively contribute to a good working environment
• Valuate quality in your work
• Can work independently with documentation, communication and IT

Workplace address

You will work daily at the Citizen’s Fixed Team at Diskovej 2D, 9210 Aalborg SØ. The work will as a rule take place here, but you should also expect to visit citizens in their own homes, as well as nursing homes and temporary placements in connection with nutritional counseling.

You will be surrounded by social and health care helpers, social and health care assistants, nurses and specialist nurses.

Would you like to know more?

For further information you are very welcome to contact the manager Nils Kønig Christiansen at tel. 2916 5985.

Closing date for applications is 18 October 2026 - We expect to hold interviews on 23 October 2026.

Salary and employment terms

According to the applicable collective agreement between KL and the negotiating organization.

Before final employment a criminal record check and references must be obtained.

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