Manager Nutrition

6 days ago


Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time

Job Summary: Nova Scotia Health seeks a Manager of Nutrition and Food Services to oversee the delivery of nutrition and food services in the Eastern Zone, ensuring effective and efficient operations and day-to-day management.

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through collaboration and innovation. Our team of professionals provides a range of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services, including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions.

The Manager of Nutrition and Food Services will support the Director, Nutrition and Food Services, Eastern Zone, in planning, organizing, and controlling all aspects of operations and day-to-day management of NFS within multiple sites of the Eastern Zone. The Manager will champion the integration of nutrition care and food service, providing nutrition care services to patients, residents, and clients in institutional, ambulatory, and community settings.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, completion of an accredited dietetic internship program, and membership in a professional association. They will also have five years of progressive management experience in healthcare as a dietitian, with clinically related practice experience, and experience in scope of practice for dietitians, dietetic technicians, and food service supervisors and managers.

The Manager will be responsible for:

  • Implementing nutrition care standards and monitoring clinical dietetic performance
  • Managing the nutritional component of Nutrition and Food Services
  • Maintaining professional competency and skills required for professional practice
  • Ensuring all safety, quality, and clinical/nutrition care standards are maintained for positive patient, resident, and client nutritional outcomes
  • Ensuring compliance with therapeutic nutrition requirements and restrictions to address patient medical needs

The successful candidate will 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. They may also be eligible for a signing bonus and relocation assistance with a defined Return of Service contract.

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.


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