Dietitian Grade 2

**Reference Number**:2344

**Category**:Allied Health

**Department**:Nutrition and Dietetics

**_Are you a current Austin Health employee? _**
- Great opportunity for a dietitian with experience in gastro-surgery who enjoys working in the outpatient setting.
- **On-going, part time role working 24 hours per week**
- **Available from 13 January 2025**
- **Work allocation: bariatric surgery, IBD and HITH, all in the outpatient setting.**
- **Primary location is Austin campus but will require cross campus travel**
- **Pay range as per AJ1 to AJ4 classification $47.81 to $54.10 per hour + salary packaging + super + higher qualification allowance if applicable**
- Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

**About the Nutrition and Dietetics Department**
- We are part of the Allied Health division, which employs over 1,000 health professionals across 27 disciplines, broadly known as the therapies and sciences, who work as key members of the multidisciplinary team aiming to provide the best outcomes for patients via preventing, diagnosing and treating a range of healthcare conditions.
- The Nutrition and Dietetics department has 50 staff members across three sites - Austin (acute care), Repat (sub-acute care) and Talbot (rehabilitation), providing services to inpatients, outpatients and home & community programs. We operate as one department and come together for staff meetings and continuing education. Our work environment is vibrant and fast paced and we are a friendly and supportive team. We have many highly skilled and experienced dietitians who lead our clinical teams (specialist medicine, ICU/surgical/gastro, oncology, paediatrics & mental health, sub-acute care, ambulatory care) and portfolios (staff education, student training, quality and safety, research, nutrition support, food service, outpatient services, workforce).

**About the role**
- You will be based on the Austin site, working as part of the surgical stream under the direction of the Senior Clinician stream leader and the senior dietitian in bariatric surgery. Your primary workload allocation will be in outpatient services to bariatric surgery, IBD and HITH. Your workload allocation may vary according to operational needs across the stream and the department.
- You will be working 24 hours per week, ideally worked across 3 to 4 days. Your roster needs to include Wednesday and Friday. Your start and finish times can be a somewhat flexible and you may also have opportunity to flex up hours when we need leave cover.

**About you**
- To be successful in this role you'll bring with you:

- Qualifications to practice as a dietitian in Australia as recognised by Dietitians Australia (DA) and meet the criteria for the Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) program
- Sound clinical nutrition knowledge in bariatric surgery and IBD in the outpatient setting.
- Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and to work effectively in a team environment
- Good organisational skills, efficient workload management and ability to prioritise.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Effective counselling skills and commitment to patient-centred care.
- A sound understanding of information technology including clinical systems.
- Application Documents required:

- Cover letter (< 1 pages)
- Resume
- Proof of dietetic qualifications

**Our benefits**
- Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring and career development opportunities
- Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists

**Work with us**

**Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the**position description** for further details.**

**Application closing date: 1 January 2025