Dietitian - Children and Families Service

**Job no**: 888519
**Work type**: Part time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Northern
**Categories**: Allied and Scientific Health, Community and Social Services, Child, Aged and Disability Care
- **Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - NALHN Children and Families Services - GP Plus Elizabeth and Gillies Plains**:

- **Salary: $88,255 - $102,240 p.a. **(pro rata)** **plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits - AHP2**:

- **Ongoing Part-Time - working 30 hours per week**

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is eager to recruit a Dietitian to work in our dynamic, growing and supportive team, to help us deliver exceptional care to our community.

**About the Role**:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.

As a Dietitian within the Children and Families Service, you'll be part of a dynamic team dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of our community. In this role you'll work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, providing expert nutritional guidance and support to families navigating various health challenges.

In this pivotal role, you'll have the opportunity to empower families with the knowledge and tools they need to establish healthy eating habits and promote positive lifelong relationships with food. Your expertise will be instrumental in developing tailored nutrition plans, facilitating educational workshops and fostering a supportive environment that encourages sustainable lifestyle changes.

To be eligible for this position, you must hold an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Dietitians Association of Australia.

**About You**:
Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic Dietitian looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.

To thrive in this position, you'll need a genuine passion for community health and a commitment to delivering exceptional patient-centred care. Exceptional interpersonal skills, cultural sensitivity and the ability to work collaboratively within a diverse team are essential.

**About Us**:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.

Our 300-plus Allied Health professionals play an integral role in multidisciplinary teams delivering outstanding care to patients across our acute, subacute and hospital avoidance services.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

At NALHN, we have a strong commitment to providing a clinically interesting professional experience, with structured and supportive education and professional development, and career progression pathways.

Some feedback from current employees about working as Allied Health Professionals in NALHN includes:
“My favourite part about working in NALHN is the close working relationships we have across Allied Health to optimise patient care.”

“I feel like I’m part of a growing and developing service.”

“I love the great team dynamic and the culture of learning and support.”

**Benefits of working at NALHN**:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

In addition this, other benefits of working as a Dietitian in NALHN include:

- professional development opportunities. We have a well established Allied Health Education unit which offers high-quality, targeted in-house training, and staff are also eligible for external, funded professional develop