Req ID: 180345
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Central Zone, Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance - QEII
Department: NFS Distribution HI
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100%FTE) x 1position(s)
Status: Management/Non Union P osition
Posting Closing Date: 15-May-24
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.
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About the OpportunityThe Manager of Nutrition and Food Services supports the work of the Director to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of Nutrition & Food Services (NFS). The Manager is responsible for the planning, organizing, and controlling of all aspects of operations and day to day management of NFS within multiple sites of the Central Zone. The Manager will champion the integration of nutrition care and food service and is responsible for the provision of nutrition care services to patients, residents and clients in both institutional, ambulatory and community settings. The Manager will collaborate on provincial initiatives and standards such as the implementation of the Provincial Healthy Eating Policy at the applicable sites and will continue to work as part of the provincial NFS leadership team to develop and implement new initiatives. The Manager will ensure all safety, quality, and clinical/nutrition care standards are maintained for positive patient, resident and client nutritional outcomes. The Manager ensures patient safety is maintained through a meal ordering process for patients/ persons to decrease the risk of allergen contamination and potential anaphylaxis and food borne illness. Manager ensures compliancy with therapeutic nutrition requirements and restrictions to address patient medical needs.
The Manager applies in-depth scientific knowledge of food and human nutrition and is responsible for implementing nutrition care standards, monitoring of clinical dietetic performance, managing the nutritional component of Nutrition and Food Services and maintaining professional competency and skills required for professional practice.The Manager will ensure all safety, quality, and clinical/nutrition care standards are maintained for positive patient, resident and client nutritional outcomes, and ensures compliancy with therapeutic nutrition requirements and restrictions to address patient medical needs.
About YouWe would love to hear from you if you have the following:
Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications
HoursLong Assignment, Full-Time/ 100% FTE / 75 Hours Bi-weekly
Approximately 14 Months
$40.15 - $53.35 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. 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. Follow Us!
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