Dietitian (Grade 2)

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Fixed-term - Part-time

**Salary**: $92,627 - $104,811

**Grade**:Grade not specified

**Occupation**:Health and allied health

**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

**Reference**:13565

**The Role**:

- This is a 0.4EFT Part Time, Fixed Term role until 31/12/2025 within the Nutrition and Food Services department, ideally working on Monday & Tuesday.
- You will be responsible for the provision of high-quality nutritional care to paediatric patients and their families within the inpatient and outpatient setting. **The clinical units may include renal, cardiac, HEN and other medical specialties as required. It will also include rotation on the weekend roster.**
- Classification for this position with range from AJ1 - AJ4 Grade 2 Year 1 to Grade 2 Year 4 ($92,627.6‬0 to $104,811.2‬0 pro rata per annum + superannuation + salary packaging).

**What You’ll Achieve**:

- Work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure patient care is integrated and effective
- Provide nutritional care to paediatric patients (inpatients and outpatients) and nutritional support across a variety of specialist/medical units
- Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders, including food service and formula room staff, to ensure patient and ward needs are addressed effectively

**Your Skills and Experience**:

- Eligibility for full Membership of Dietitians Australia
- Eligibility for the Accredited Practising Dietitian Program
- Minimum postgraduate degree Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent

If this sounds like you, clickhere to view the position description.

**About The Department**:
The Department of Nutrition and Food Services at The Royal Children's Hospital incorporates the clinical dietetic service, the Main Kitchen that caters for inpatient meals and the Central Formula Room that produces formula, enteral feeds and fortifies expressed breast milk to meet the nutritional needs of patients. The Department is also a registered NDIS provider.

**What We Offer**:

- Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay
- Staff Wellbeing Hub
- Discounted on-site car parking

**Other Requirements**:

- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Current NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willing to obtain
- Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

**Application Process**
- To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description

Why work at the RCH?
- RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.
- We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.
- It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.
- It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption
- Are you ready to join our team?
- Applications close 8 August 2025

- Applications close Friday 8 August 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted
- 28 July 2025