
Dietitian Grade 2
1 week ago
**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Fixed-term - Part-time
**Salary**: Salary not specified
**Grade**:Grade not specified
**Occupation**:Health and allied health
**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
**Reference**:3629
**Are you a current Austin Health employee?**
- **Great opportunity for a Grade 2 Dietitian with an interest in working with patients with mental health conditions.**:
- **Part time parental leave cover working 10 hours per week until 6 February 2026**:
- ** Primary work allocation includes child and adolescent eating disorders and adult general mental health**:
- ** Pay range as per AJ1 to AJ4 classification $47.81-$54.10 per hour + salary packaging + super + higher qualification allowance if applicable.**
Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
**About the Nutrition and Dietetics Department**
- The Nutrition and Dietetics Department is part of the Allied Health division, which employs over 1,000 health professionals across 27 disciplines, broadly known as the therapies and sciences, who work as key members of the multidisciplinary team aiming to provide the best outcomes for patients via preventing, diagnosing and treating a range of healthcare conditions.
Our department has around 55 staff members across three sites - Austin (acute care), Repat (sub-acute care) and Talbot (rehabilitation), providing services to inpatients, outpatients and home & community programs. We operate as one department and come together for staff meetings and continuing education. Our work environment is vibrant and fast paced and we are a friendly and supportive team. We have many highly skilled and experienced dietitians who lead our clinical teams - specialist medicine, oncology, surgical/ICU/gastro, paediatrics and mental health, sub-acute and ambulatory care, and portfolios - staff education, quality, research, student training, food service, nutrition support and workforce operations.
**About the role**
- You will be based primarily on the Austin site, working as part of the Paediatrics and Mental Health stream under the direction of the Senior Clinician stream leader. This stream includes services to the General Paediatric Unit, Child and Adolescent mental health service, Adult mental health service, Endocrinology service and the Ketogenic Diet Program.
Your primary workload allocation will include child and adolescent eating disorder outpatient clinics and adult general mental health inpatients. Your workload allocation may vary according to operational needs across the stream and the department.
You will be working 10 hours per week across Thursday afternoon (13:30 -17:30) and Friday morning (09:00-13:00) when the clinics are run; the other two hours are flexible but need to be done on one of these two days. You may also have opportunity to flex up hours when we need leave cover. For more information refer to the position description.
**About you**
- As the Grade 2 Dietitian you will be someone who has excellent communication skills, with a strong commitment to excellence in patient care. You’ll bring energy and drive to your work and have a keen interest in developing your skillset.
To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:
- Sound clinical nutrition knowledge in managing patients with eating disorders and general mental health conditions.
- Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and to work effectively in a team environment.
- Demonstrated high-level communication skills.
- Effective counselling skills and commitment to patient-centred care.
- Demonstrated organisational skills, efficient workload management and ability to prioritise.
- Demonstrated understanding of hospital food service systems and how to work effectively with food service staff.
- Working With Children Check
**Our benefits**
- Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
- Mentoring and career development opportunities.
**Work with us**
**Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the**position description** for further details.**
**Application closing date: Friday 1 August 2025**
- Applications close Friday 1 August 2025 at 11.59pm
Posted
- 22 July 2025
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