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Health Voyage is a local for purpose not for profit. As a charity organisation we are strongly guided by our values and work towards a vision of healthier people and stronger communities. Health Voyage is the Lead Agency for the Coffs Harbour Women’s Health Centre; headspace Coffs Harbour; headspace Grafton, and the Mental Health Nursing Services Program for the North Coast. To find out more about Health Voyage visit our website: https://healthvoyage.org.au/

OUR MISSION: To provide equal access to safe, quality health care services and improve the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of vulnerable individuals in our community.

OUR VALUES: Ethical Integrity Respect Diversity Compassion

headspace is the National Youth Mental Health Foundation providing early intervention mental health and wellbeing services to 12-25 year olds. headspace Coffs Harbour has a part-time (0.2 FTE) vacancy for a Dietitian who will deliver dietetic services to headspace clients one day per week.

The successful candidate will work collaboratively with the person seeking care, their family and friends and relevant clinicians including (but not limited to) GPs, Youth Access Clinicians, Allied Health Practitioners, Specialists, co-located partners and other services to ensure ongoing quality care. These services will be delivered in a safe, friendly, courteous, confidential, supportive and professional way.

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Key responsibilities include:

- Comprehensive nutritional assessment of people who access the service and are referred to you by their General Practitioner
- Collaboratively develop, organise and undertake nutritional interventions (individual and group) in accordance with evidence-based practice
- Manage a caseload for whom you provide nutritional services (assessments, interventions and monitoring)
- Observe, participate and contribute to multi-discipline collaboration and practices
- Liaise and collaborate with external referrers and care providers to ensure quality, person-centred wrap-around care
- Maintain accurate and timely therapeutic and administrative records, reports and documents as required
- Liaise and collaborate with agencies, schools, organisations, departments, individuals and families as required for the effective operation of the service

Health Voyage regards the health, safety and wellbeing of our people, our contractors and our communities to be our highest priority, which is why we require all employees to have received at least two doses of an approved COVID-19 vaccine or have an approved medical contraindication form. You will be required to provide a record of your COVID-19 vaccination status if successful for this position.

Health Voyage is committed to a workplace culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, promotes diversity and embraces the unique skills and qualities of all our workforce and members. Candidates who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse, LGBTIQA+, or have a lived experience of mental health are encouraged to apply.

Desired Skills and Experience

- Bachelor of Science or Masters in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Member of Dietitians Australia with Full or Provisional APD status
- Professional indemnity insurance and eligibility to provide Medicare Benefits Schedule services
- Experience in the nutritional assessment, nutritional diagnosis and provision of evidence-based dietetic care of young people with mental and/or physical health and/or wellbeing concerns
- Experience working with young people with body image concerns
- Experience in working with young people whose mental and physical wellbeing is being impacted by disordered eating.
- Excellent skills in engaging and working with vulnerable people (including but not limited to people who identify as: Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, people experiencing family or domestic violence) and their families and friends
- Strong organisational and time management skills
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
- Knowledge of professional codes of conduct, ethics and values and to be aware of legislation which are relevant to young people and service delivery
- Post graduate training in areas consistent with Nutrition and Dietetics
- Experience in working with neurodiverse young people
- Experience in working with young people who have been diagnosed with Anorexia or Bulimia
- Experience in working with young people whose mental and physical wellbeing is being impacted by ARFID and/or other mental health related disordered eating.

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