Senior Dietitian

💼 South Western Sydney Local Health District

REQ615100

Employment Type: Temporary Part Time, up to 8 hours per week, until 30/06/2028
Location: Fairfield Community Health Centre
Position Classification: Dietitian Level 3
Remuneration: $56.68 - $58.52 per hour

Requisition ID: REQ615100
Application Close Date: 02/11/2025
Interview Date Range: 05/11/2025 - 12/11/2025
Contact Details: Mary Nguyen – 0436 934 408 | Mary.nguyen1@health.nsw.gov.au
About the Opportunity
Are you a passionate dietitian ready to make a meaningful difference in the lives of families across New South Wales?
SWSLHD is seeking a dedicated professional to deliver high-quality, patient‑centred nutrition services as part of our Sustaining NSW Families initiative. This is more than a job—it’s a chance to transform health outcomes and support vulnerable communities with care that’s safe, personalised, and empowering.

What You’ll Do:

- Provide expert nutritional care to patients across diverse caseloads

- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver holistic health solutions

- Mentor and supervise junior dietitians and students, shaping the next generation of care

- Lead education sessions, workshops, and clinical placements

- Drive innovation through service development, policy implementation, and quality improvement

- Advocate for nutrition services that uplift families and strengthen community health

Why Join Us?

- Be part of Transforming Your Experience, our strategy to elevate care and empower staff

- Work in a supportive environment that values your growth, leadership, and expertise

- Help build healthier futures for NSW families—now and for generations to come

Your Impact:

From managing complex nutritional needs to leading service innovation, your work will directly support the wellbeing of mothers, children, and families in our community. You’ll be a cornerstone of care, education, and advocacy—ensuring every family receives the nourishment they deserve.

Ready to transform lives through nutrition? Apply now and be part of a movement that sustains NSW families with compassion, excellence, and purpose.

Where You'll Be Working

SWSLHD Primary & Community Health provides a comprehensive range of community-based services designed to improve and maintain the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities across South Western Sydney.

These services include prevention, early intervention, assessment, acute and post-acute treatment, health maintenance, and continuing care. The team supports diverse populations, offering specialised programs for children, young people, older adults, and at-risk communities.

With over 800 dedicated staff, including Aboriginal Health Workers, nurses, doctors, and allied health professionals, the service ensures high-quality care close to where people live.

The focus on community health and wellbeing makes SWSLHD Primary & Community Health an ideal place to work, providing opportunities for professional growth and the chance to make a meaningful impact on the community.

How to Apply

- Post graduate qualification or Bachelor in Nutrition and Dietetics as recognized by the Dietitians Association of Australia.

- Demonstrated recent experience as a Senior Clinical Dietitian in an environment appropriate to the provision of Dietitian services within paediatrics, especially children in the 0-2 age group in the community setting.

- Demonstrated ability to provide safe compassionate quality care that is culturally responsive.

- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and engage with clients/consumers, carers and the multidisciplinary health care team to identify and ensure responsiveness of care needs.

- Demonstrated evidence of the use of critical thinking as it relates to the delivery of evidenced based care.

Salary Packaging

South Western Sydney Local Health District employees are able to enjoy the benefits of salary packing. Visit Smart Salary for more details.

Health & Fitness

South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.

Transforming Your Experience

Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

Eligibility for Permanent Appointment

To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.

SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people’s rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.

NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. It acknowledges the wisdom of Elders past and present, and pays respect to all Aboriginal communities of today.

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