Dietitian - Transition to Mental Health

**Title**:Dietitian - Transition to Mental Health**:

- Requisition ID: 3692
- Location: Eastern Health, VIC, AU, 3128
- Job Posting Date: 10 Jun 2025

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**Grade 2 Dietitian - Transition to Practice position - Mental Health & Wellbeing Program (MHWP)**
- Diverse rotational program | Culture of learning and improvement
- 2 year - fixed term, full-time positions | Collaborative team environment
- Locations - Box Hill, Ringwood East & other MHWP sites across EH catchment
- Fully supported learning and development program in mental health

**Eastern Health**

Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.

Our Employee Value Proposition is _“Being a part of Eastern Health means belonging to a welcoming team of healthcare experts”_.

This statement aligns with our promise to our communities, patients, consumers and staff that we will be HEALTHIER TOGETHER. Bolder than a vision for the future, our promise calls us to action. We know that working together is the only way we can achieve what is necessary for a healthier future.

**About the role**
The Mental Health & Wellbeing Program at Eastern Health and the learning and teaching directorate work in partnership to deliver an extensive range of highly regarded transition to practice programs including an allied health mental health transition to practice program. Eastern Health was the organization selected by the Department of Health to develop the state-wide model and implementation resources for allied health mental health learners as part of the implementation of the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Victorian Mental Health Services. The learning and teaching directorate and the Mental Health & Wellbeing Program will continue to work in partnership to deliver this model based on the best available evidence and sector wide consultation for allied health learner programs.

The dietetic transition to practice position in the allied health mental health transition to practice program at Eastern Health provides a unique opportunity for you. The positions are supported by a learner program with a strong focus on growth learning, reflective practice, supervision and self-care.

**Benefits of the program include**:

- Support from a discipline specific educator to facilitate your learning and development.
- Support from a new mental health dietetic team, growing a service across Eastern Health.
- Be part of a community of over 250 allied health staff in the Mental Health & Program at Eastern Health.
- Extensive professional development opportunities including a targeted internal formal learning and development program, individual and group supervision, individualised learning plans designed to meet the competencies required for a dietitian to work in the mental health and wellbeing system.

**About you**
To be successful in this role you will possess:

- Recognised tertiary qualification in Dietetics
- Eligible for membership of Dietitians Australia and the Accredited Practicing Dietitian Program.
- Participation in Accredited Practising Dietitian program of DA or ability to demonstrate that equivalence to APD requirements are maintained on an annual basis.
- Relevant theoretical knowledge, skills and/or experience in the provision of evidence based dietetic assessment and interventions in a mental health setting.
- Understanding of, and/or experience in delivering, recovery oriented mental health practice including those living with severe mental ill health and disordered eating.
- Ability to engage consumers, families, carers and supporters in the development and implementation of individualised plans designed to promote, foster and sustain personal recovery.
- A commitment to working with consumers, families, carers and supporters from a wide range of cultural and social backgrounds and to providing services that are family and gender sensitive.
- Knowledge of the mental health sector, including roles and workings of mental health teams and relevant community resources and services to support people with mental illness.
- Ability and commitment to work collaboratively with consumers, carers, supporters the multidisciplinary team including the lived experience workforce and external agencies.
- Commitment to supervised and reflective practice, lifelong learning and further development.
- Computer literacy and embracing of health technologies and informatics.
- High level of self-awareness and emotional intelligence.
- Demonstrated high level interpersonal skills with consumers, their families and all health care professionals including effective conflict resolution and negotiation.
- Hold a current Victorian driver