Dietitian

Location: Melbourne | Parkville

Job type: Fixed term - Part time

Organisation: The Royal Children's Hospital

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

Occupation: Medical and Nursing

Reference: 12326

**Dietitian - Grade 2**

**Part time 0.5EFT, Fixed term role for 12 months (working Monday, Tuesday and alternating Wednesdays)**
- Excellent employee benefits including salary packaging
- Ongoing training and development opportunities, including clinical supervision
- Hub of medical precinct in Parkville, Melbourne

**The Role**:
This is a Part time 0.5 EFT Fixed term role for 12 months within the Nutrition and Food Services & Endocrinology and Diabetes Departments working Monday, Tuesday and alternating Wednesdays.

Your primary responsibility of this position as a key member of the Diabetes Allied Health team is to provide dietitian services to young people living with diabetes and their families. In consultation with the rest of the Diabetes Allied Health Team the Dietitian will ensure young people and families have the knowledge and skills to manage their diabetes within the hospital and in their local community. It may also involve nutritional management of other paediatric patients requiring dietary modification or nutritional support and their families within RCH. It may also include rotation on the weekend oncall roster.

**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 to patients with diabetes and their families
- Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders, including food service and formula room staff, to ensure patient and ward needs are addressed effectively

Classification for this position with range from AJ1 - AJ4 Grade 2 Year 1 to Grade 2 Year 4 ($92,627 to $104,811)

**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, click **here** to view the position description.

**About Nutrition and Food Services**:
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 fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and 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 **24th October 2024