Dietitian Clinical Lead

**SA Health**
**Job reference**: 885959
**Location**: 5086 - GILLES PLAINS, 5112 - ELIZABETH
**Job status**: Ongoing
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- **Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Children and Families Services - Elizabeth and Gilles Plains**:

- **Salary**: $104,180 - $111,746 p.a.** **(pro rata)** **plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits** **- AHP3**:

- **Ongoing Part-Time - working 7.5 hours per week**

**About the Role**:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network is seeking an experienced Dietitian to make a meaningful impact on the lives of our community.

As the Dietitian Clinical Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering exceptional dietetic services. Your expertise will be instrumental in leading a team of dedicated professionals, fostering a collaborative environment and ensuring the highest standards of patient care.

In this multifaceted role, you will have the opportunity to showcase your clinical expertise, leadership abilities and commitment to continuous improvement. You will be responsible for providing clinical oversight, mentoring and supporting your team and actively contributing to the development and implementation of best practices and innovative strategies.

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 (DAA).

**About You**:
Are you a dedicated, compassionate, enthusiastic and experienced 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.

Exceptional communication skills, a passion for professional development, and a deep understanding of contemporary dietetic practices are essential.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

**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 development via the Allied Health Professionals Plus Professional Development Reimbursement Program, to allow you to continue to build upon your professional foundations.
- Opportunities to participate in research. NALHN have an Allied Health Research Chair, who is able to work with clinicians