Dietitian - Lifeworks

Published
September 10, 2024
Location
Ryde, Australia
Category
Default
Job Type
Part-time
**Attractive Salary Packaging**: Lower your taxable income and increase your take-home pay
Part-time (2 days/week) Community Dietitian, maternity leave cover until June 2025
Work in an innovative & progressive Rehab and Disability service based in Ryde
Laptop & mobile provided
Level based on experience (up to Lvl 3)
**NSW Health and NSW Health AHO Employees**: Transfer your accrued leave entitlements and continue to receive pay and entitlements in line with the relevant NSW Health State Award
About us..
Royal Rehab LifeWorks is part of the Royal Rehab Group, a leading provider of disability and rehabilitation services.
Representing a broad range of professions, our people are united by our values of honesty, respect, working together and innovative thinking. We are inspired by a commitment to clinical excellence and personalised care.
Royal Rehab LifeWorks provides rehabilitation services to people experiencing illness, injury or disability to improve their overall wellbeing through individually tailored programs and world-leading technology. Our approach is informed by world-leading best practice and ultimately guided by the customer
- their needs, their goals, their aspirations.
At Royal Rehab LifeWorks we are proud to be Great Place to Work Certified
About you..
We seek a self-motivated and friendly Dietitian, who is enthusiastic, keen and ready for a unique therapy role. We are looking for an individual who is:
Passionate and experienced about supporting community-based clients with neurological conditions to maintain their independence and health
Able to work as an interdisciplinary team member to promote positive outcomes for our clients.
A Dietitian experiencing working with enteral feeds, complex disability in a community setting.
Does this sound like you? If so, call Kylie on 0478 488 568 or Wendy on 0466 248 880 to further discuss our unique LifeWorks - Ryde service and how you can support our clients.
**Essential Criteria**:
Current Registration with Dietitians Australia with an active Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) status.
Extensive experience (3 or more years) working as a dietitian in rehabilitation and community settings.
Experience conducting assessments and implementing interventions in a variety of settings to a broad range of client groups including complex enteral feeding case loads.
Experience working within health (rehab), disability (NDIS and I-Care) and Aged Care frameworks.
Demonstrated high level interpersonal communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
Demonstrated advanced clinical and professional skills to independently manage a diverse caseload, while maintaining contact with the wider multidisciplinary team utilising sound time management and organisation skills.
Commitment to evidence-based practice and professional growth and development.
Demonstrated experience in quality improvement and research.
Class C Driver’s License and access to own car. Staff may be required to travel to visits in their own vehicle. Mileage/petrol costs can be claimed.
**Desirable Criteria**:
Experience supervising junior clinicians, allied health assistants and/ or students.
Awareness about hospital food service, particularly diet specifications and nutrition standards.
About the role..
LifeWorks at Royal Rehab Ryde is an innovative multi-disciplinary service that is growing LifeWorks Ryde supports clients by providing therapy services onsite and in the community. The Ryde campus has a state-of-the-art advanced technology centre in which the team provides innovative therapy using robotic technology.
**Some of the exciting opportunities for our dietitians include**:
Supporting clients to implement nutrition plans.
Providing education and training internally and externally for other health professionals.
Progressing clients from inpatients into independence in the community.
Encouraging interdisciplinary teamwork to promote outcomes in the best interests of the client.
Promoting person-centred goals.
Participating in research and quality activities within Royal Rehab - LifeWorks.
NSW Health and NSW Health AHO Employees can transfer annual leave, sick leave and long service leave entitlements to Royal Rehab and can enjoy pay and entitlements in line with the relevant NSW Health State Award.
What we offer..
**Salary Packaging**: Lower your taxable income and increase your take-home pay

**Benefits**: Fitness Passport & HCF Private Health Insurance discounts
**Career growth**: Genuine career opportunities
**Work life balance**: Flexible work arrangements
**Salary**: Competitive remuneration
**Employee Assistance Program**: Access to professional counselling and coaching for you and your immediate family
**Leadership**: Supportive and experienced leadership team
**Culture**: Friendly and close-knit team environment
**NSW Health and NSW Health AHO Employees**: Transfer your accrued leave