Dietitian Grade 3

Reference Number
- 57498
- Employment Type
- Fixed Term Part Time
- Entity
- Monash Health
- Department
- Wellness and Recovery Centre
- Location
- Dandenong Hospital, Malvern East, Monash Medical Centre Clayton
- Position Summary
- Exciting Opportunity to work at Monash Health's Wellness and Recovery Centre
- Join a supportive team committed to providing excellent patient care

**About Monash Health**

**About the Role**

We are currently seeking an experienced eating disorders dietitian, part-time 0.6 eft, to provide leadership to dietitians across the Mental Health Program. The role has a clinical caseload in the Wellness and Recovery outpatient clinic, two days per week, providing specialist dietetic assessment and intervention to adults with an eating disorder. This is a temporary, 10 month position - until October 2023.

Experienced Grade 2 welcome to apply

As a member of the Mental Health Program Senior Leadership Group you would be involved in a range of senior responsibilities including:

- Leading the professional governance for all dietitians employed in the mental health service.
- Coordinating and evaluating appropriate discipline specific evidence-based clinical interventions including resources.
- Contributing to the development of the discipline and broader service development.
- Working with the Director of Allied Health, Mental Health Program and Head of Profession Dietetics and Nutrition to develop linkages within the Mental Health Program, Monash Health and Academic Institutions.
- Providing senior clinical practice for adults with an eating disorder.

This role would suit an experienced dietitian who is passionate about supporting the recovery of individuals with an eating disorder, as well as being passionate about enhancing the role of dietitians working in mental health.

**About the Mental Health Program**

Monash Health Mental Health Services provides a range of community, bed-based and specialist services covering the Casey, Cardinia, Greater Dandenong, Kingston and Monash LGAs - a population of nearly one million. It has an operational budget of $130 million and employs approximately 820 EFT, representing over 1000 staff.

The Wellness and Recovery Centre at Monash Health provides specialist Eating Disorder treatment across the inpatient, outpatient, and day program setting. We have a proud history of engaging adolescents and adults and their families in the treatment of an Eating Disorder.

**How to Apply**

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.
- Selection Criteria
- Eligible for Membership of the Dietitian's Association of Australia
- Eligible for accredited practicing dietetic program (APD)
- Contact Person
- Name
Position
Phone
- **Peta Welsh**

**Deputy Director of Psychology**

**0434604087**
- Advertising Closing
- 04/01/2023
- Proposed End Date
- 20/10/2023