Dietitian - Grade 2 (Inpatient Rehabilitation

**Employment Status**

Temporary Part Time

**Program**

Community Health Rehab & Palliative Care

**Location**

McKellar Centre

**Hours Per Fortnight**

40

**Position Summary**
- **Be recognised** - Join a large, supportive team contributing to the overall healthcare of Barwon Health patients
- **Be challenged** - Expand your skills in subacute care and work with a dynamic multidisciplinary team
- **Be rewarded** - Gain satisfaction from the positive difference that our care makes to members of our community

**About Our Facility**

Barwon Health serves a geographically dispersed population through two major sites with 1016 beds and over 21 sites stretching from Geelong to Anglesea, Colac, Werribee and Bellarine Peninsula. Health services available through Barwon Health cover the full spectrum from primary care, community services, aged care, rehabilitation, mental health, emergency and acute care. Take advantage of the benefits that come with working in a progressive health service.

Barwon Health’s McKellar Centre located only minutes from the centre of Geelong. It is situated on a vibrant community asset with parkland surrounds. The centre offers a range of rehabilitation services that enable people to make a dynamic recovery. It is a 100 bed inpatient facility offering rehabilitation in palliative care, geriatric evaluation and management, stroke, trauma, orthopaedic and amputee service. We have state-of-the-art facilities in regard to assistive technology and education facilities.

**About the Role**

As the Dietitian - Grade 2 Part Time Temporary based at the McKellar Centre, you will act as a high-functioning team-member to provide evidence-based nutrition and dietetic services to patients, clients and customers of Barwon Health. You will also be an proactive voice for Nutrition & Dietetics and to contribute to, and be part of, relevant ward-based multidisciplinary teams independently, in order to support consumers and carers to achieve an optimum level of health independence via:

- Provision of comprehensive, co-ordinated and integrated multidisciplinary services.
- Provision of consumer-centred care.
- Contribution to the development and delivery of high-quality, cost-effective dietetics services.
- Contribution to meeting relevant performance measures (KPM’s).

**About the culture**

The McKellar Centre Nutrition & Dietetics team is passionate, supportive and energetic and works cohesively to provide evidence based, quality consumer centred care. You will have support and guidance from fellow team members and management who exhibit our Barwon Health values, respect, compassion, commitment, accountability and innovation.

**Barwon Health staff benefits**
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development
- Access to employee wellness facility
- Salary packaging
- Social club
- Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast

**About the Geelong Region, AUSTRALIA**

Sitting within one of Victoria’s six regional health centres, Barwon Health serves the community of Greater Geelong and beyond. Victoria’s second largest city after Melbourne Derived from the local Wadawurrung name for the region; Djillong, (Geelong) is means “Tongue of Land”.
- Enjoy a range of lifestyle choices including inner city, coastal, suburban and rural homes at affordable prices.
- High standard of schooling options throughout the area
- A stone throw from the Surf Coast and Great Ocean Road
- Appreciate beautiful parks, rivers, walks and wineries
- To find out more about the Geelong region, visit our Moving to the Region page on the Barwon Health website.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

We Barwon Health are proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

**_ This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid -19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy._**

**Selection Criteria**

Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Essential: Eligibility for full membership of Dietitians Australia.
Essential: Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) status.
Desirable: Accredited Functional Independence Measure (FIM) clinician
Essential: Proven experience in one or more of the following: acute or subacute clinical nutrition and nutritional support.
Essential: Ability to manage a demanding work load and prioritise accordingly.
Desirable: 4 years of relevant clinical experience on rehabilitation.
Desirable: Previous experience in supervising dietetic students and/or