Req ID: 221530
Location: Eastern Zone, Cape Breton Regional Hospital
Department: NFS Therapeutic Dietetics CBR
Type of Employment: Casual Hourly PT long-assignment ( 40%) x 1
UNIFOR Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 1-Jun-26
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Reporting to the Director of Nutrition and Food Services, the Administrative Dietitian is responsible for the establishment, implementation and accurate maintenance of an integrated provincial Nutrition and Food Services (NFS) software program (food, retail, menu management, food production, food service processes and clinical nutrition). The Administrative Dietitian is responsible and accountable to provide competent, safe, and ethical professional practice to the patient/client, family, and community. The Administrative Dietitian develops. educates and implements standards of practice and processes related to the nutrition software program. This position is responsible for providing leadership in team efforts to support the nutritional health of the patient, including the prevention, detection, and treatment of malnutrition and medical nutrition therapy using the Nutrition Care Process. The Administrative Dietitian plays an integral part in evaluating how the software meets ongoing NFS operational needs and tracks reports and information related to the software.
The Administrative Dietitian is accountable to employ an evidence informed approach to practice.
As a member of the Nutrition and Food services, the Administrative Dietitian works autonomously and collaboratively within the health care setting, ensuring the delivery of customer focused quality care. These services are provided within a holistic, client centered framework in accordance with our mission, vision, values, and strategic direction.
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
• Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition at a recognized University
• Dietetic Internship Program required
• Current registration (or eligibility) with the Nova Scotia Regulator of Dietetics (NSRD) required
• Minimum one (1) year working experience as a dietitian preferred
• Inpatient clinical nutrition experience is an assets
• Competency in dysphagia management, enteral and parenteral nutrition
• Experience counselling patients
• Current WHMIS an asset
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office computer applications.
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to prioritize, problem solve, and work under pressure of time limitations
• Demonstrated participation in continuing education and upgrading of skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as a member of the interprofessional healthcare team
• Competencies in other languages an asset
Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.
A skills test may be required as part of the selection process.
$37.27 - $51.62 Hourly
Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.
Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.
Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.
We are Nova Scotia Health. We are rural and urban. We are in hospitals, health centres and community. We serve individuals and communities from Yarmouth to Cape Breton, from Amherst to Halifax, and everything in between.
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Most of all, we are a community of caring, compassionate people who care deeply about health, healing and learning. Together with you, we will create a healthier Nova Scotia.
Mission: Working together to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning
Vision: Healthy people, healthy communities – for generations
