Dietitcian (G2) - Paediatrics Child and Family

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 57554

**About Monash Health**

**About Monash Health in the Community: Helping people live their best lives**

As Monash Health in the Community, we actively engage with people to improve and maintain health, independence and well-being. We do this by coordinating and/or providing integrated, multidisciplinary care across multiple settings within the local community. Our aim is to help clients live their best lives by enabling them to access the support they need, when they need it.

Working with clients across the age spectrum, Monash Health in the Community provides a continuum of care, supporting clients through all stages of non-acute care from prevention through to rehabilitation.

We provide services to support clients in their homes, community based facilities and dedicated Monash Health Community hubs.

We provide quality care focused on the person in the context of their life;
We are interdisciplinary and innovative with a can-do attitude;
We view change and challenge as great opportunities.About Monash Health

**The Child and Family Program Monash Health Community**

The Child and Family Program including Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies (HMHB) is comprised of numerous disciplines that focus on assessment and Child and Family focused care. The program consists of Counsellors, Occupational Therapists, Speech Pathologists, Dieticians, Podiatrists,Psychologists, Physiotherapists, Community Development Workers AHA'S and Family Support Workers. The team is committed to working with communities, families and individuals who have poor health outcomes and to providing high quality, multidisciplinary programs which embrace child and family centered practice, evidence based practice and the Social Model of Health.

**About the Role**

The Grade 2 Part Time 22.8 hrs a week Paediatric Dietician when working within community health will be required to provide an efficient, high quality and comprehensive Dietetic and Nutrition service to children aged 0 -18 years and their families. In community settings such as community centres, kinders, schools and Child care. You will function as a member of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team and will work closely with team members to promote an integrated and holistic service. This position would also be part of multidisciplinary Feeding clinics.

Please refer to the Position Description attached for full details.

**About You**

**You Are**:

- dedicated to safe best practice & quality care
- committed to delivering patient centred care & a patient advocacy
- enthusiastic, compassionate & able to work collaboratively

**What You need**:

- Bachelor /Masters nutrition and dietetics
- Membership of Dietician Association of Australia
- Working With Children's
- Police Check
- Driving Licence
- Australian working rights
- immunisation record

**How to Apply**

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.