Dietitian - Clinical Nutrition

Nova Scotia Health Authority; Truro; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Atlantic Canada is seeking a part-time Dietitian responsible for providing safe and ethical nutrition advice across health sectors. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Foods and Nutrition and registration with the Nova Scotia Dietetic Association. This role involves collaboration with healthcare teams to promote nutritional health. Join a passionate team and enjoy a supportive work environment with opportunities for continuing education and career development.

Benefits

Health and dental insurance

Defined benefit pension plan

Flexible work hours

Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor's degree with major concentration in Foods and Nutrition.
• Registration with Nova Scotia Dietetic Association required.
• Minimum one year working as a dietitian preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide competent and ethical professional practice to patients and communities.
• Advise on diet and nutrition across all health sectors.
• Collaborate with healthcare team members to ensure quality care.

Skills

Dietetic Internship Program

Communication skills

Problem-solving ability

Dysphagia management

Counseling patients

Microsoft Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Foods and Nutrition

Current registration with the Nova Scotia Dietetic Association

Job description

Req ID: 214338
Location: Northern Zone, Colchester East Hants Health Centre
Department: NFS Clinical Nutrition CEH
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly PT long-assignment (60%) x 1
Posting Closing Date: 2-Jan-26

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community‑based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety 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. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today. Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there’s a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work‑life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you’ll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

The Dietitian is responsible and accountable to provide competent, safe and ethical professional practice to the patient/client, family, and community. The Dietitian advises on diet and food and nutrition across all health sectors. This position is responsible for providing leadership in team efforts to support the nutritional health of the patient, client/community through health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, support and rehabilitation. The Dietitian is responsible to participate in the Integrated Dietetic Internship program, including but not limited to preceptoring Dietetic Interns.

As a member of the inter‑professional team, the Dietitian contributes to client care through collaboration with health care team providers, sharing nutrition expertise, ensuring quality and continuity of care and supporting a range of health care services. These services are provided within a holistic, client‑centered framework in accordance with our mission, vision, values, and strategic direction.

About You

• Bachelor’s degree with major concentration in Foods and Nutrition required
• Dietetic Internship Program required
• Current registration (or eligibility) with the Nova Scotia Dietetic Association is required
• Minimum one (1) year working experience as a dietitian preferred
• Inpatient clinical nutrition experience an asset
• Competency in dysphagia management, enteral and parenteral nutrition
• Experience counselling patients in an outpatient setting
• Current WHMIS an asset
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office computer applications, familiarity with the Meditech considered an asset information system considered an asset
• Demonstrated 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 as a member of a multidisciplinary healthcare team
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Hours

• Part‑Time Long Assignment, 45 hours biweekly
• Assignment length approximately 12 months
• Assignment to start April 2026

Compensation and Benefits

$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. (Permanent and Long Assignments only)

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.