Dietitian Nutritionist

**About the role

The position works as a member of a multidisciplinary team to deliver base level to increasingly more complex (appropriate with level of experience) nutrition and dietetics clinical services to patients of the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospitals and other sites within Metro North, and to other stakeholders/ customers of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics and Queensland Health. The position also contributes to service development, education and research.

About you

Manage an allocated workload to deliver high level nutrition and dietetic clinical services to patients across the continuum of care, within a multidisciplinary team, in accordance with prescribed professional and ethical standards.
Actively participate in multidisciplinary teams, and service improvement activities, working cooperatively and effectively within the team and with patients/clients to provide high quality patient care.
Provide education, direction and supervision of routine tasks to less experienced staff, students, food service and support staff, and other health professionals with the support of senior staff. Where appropriate, act as primary supervisor for student training.

Health Equity

It is expected that all Metro North Health staff, including the incumbent of this role as a valuable member of the Metro North workforce, contribute to the health equity agenda and meet the intent of supporting the defined six actions that specifically meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHS), by actively supporting the elimination of racial discrimination and institutional racism; supporting increased access to health care; influencing the social, cultural and economic determinants of health; supporting the delivery of sustainable, culturally safe and responsive health services; and recognise the importance of working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities and organisations to design, deliver, monitor and review the health and support services we provide.

Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged and welcomed.

Benefits when working for Metro North Allied Health

Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of 12.75% and access to generous salary packaging
Additional entitlements for employees (casual employees excluded) may include sick leave, carer's leave, long service leave, paid parental leave, leave without pay to travel, professional development allowance and leave
5% annual leave loading with up to 27.5% for shift workers
Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
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