Job Description

Your Opportunity:
This is an opportunity for you to become part of a dynamic nutrition team in the city of Lethbridge. Lethbridge is located in southern Alberta within 150km of the Rocky Mountains and enjoys warm bright summers and mild winters. Although the Lethbridge area is traditionally agricultural in nature, it's grown into a vibrant, multicultural urban centre, as well as an economic, governmental and service hub of over 100,000 people. Residents get the best of city living, with all the modern conveniences at their fingertips. There's a thriving cultural scene for visual and performing arts, sports, and recreation, as well as a great mix of bars, cafes, and restaurants to enjoy, and a full calendar of special events year-round. As a Dietitian in this community, you would be a frontline professional within Nutrition Services reporting to the Manager, Nutrition Services, South Zone. You will be responsible for assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating client/ patient care plans for the population served by Alberta Kidney Care (AKC) South as well as in the acute care practice area in Lethbridge. The AKC South portion of the position includes working with chronic kidney disease, peritoneal dialysis, and hemodialysis patients. Services are provided in a multidisciplinary setting, as one-on-one appointments in-person and virtually in Lethbridge, Fort Macleod and Crowsnest Pass communities. The acute care portion of this position includes working on medical and surgical units at Chinook Regional Hospital with adult clients. In this position you will work with multidisciplinary teams in ambulatory care in the community clinics listed above and in acute care at the Chinook Regional Hospital using a patient focused approach which includes nutrition counseling and behavioral change theories/strategies as appropriate to achieve nutrition and health outcomes.
Description:
As a Dietitian I, you may provide nutrition expertise to patients (clients, residents) in various AHS facilities and community settings to achieve nutrition and health outcomes. You may be responsible for nutrition assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of nutrition care plans. You may plan and provide public health nutrition services and education programs to promote healthy living and disease prevention for clients/groups in facilities or community settings. Nutrition education is provided to students and other healthcare professionals to support delivery of evidence based nutrition information.

• Classification: Dietitian I
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: adult medical and surgical acute care units at CRH and ambulatory AKC clinics in Lethbridge, Fort Macleod and Crowsnest Pass
• Primary Location: Chinook Regional Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 01-DEC-2025
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• Date Available: 05-JAN-2026
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, On Call
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $39.48
• Maximum Salary: $52.50
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Provided

Required Qualifications:
Bachelor of Science with a major in Foods and Nutrition. Completion of an internship program or practicum training program accredited by the Dietitians of Canada. Active or eligible for registration with the College of Dietitians of Alberta (CDA). Additional Required Qualifications:
Excellent communication skills (verbal and written). Preferred Qualifications:
Minimum 2 years' experience as a registered dietitian. Experience in renal care. Experience in acute care. Experience with Enteral Nutrition. Restricted activity to prescribe Parenteral Nutrition. Experience in nutrition counselling for behaviour change. Experience with virtual health applications (MS Teams, Zoom, etc).

Skills Required