Dietitian - Acute Allied Health Services, Nutrition

**Description**

**Employment Type**:Full Time, Temporary 6-12 Months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency
**Classification**: Health Professional Officer 3 (PN 15056, 26452)
**Salary**:$108,459 - $116,711 (Plus 11.5% Super)
**Location**:Canberra Health Services
**Section**:Acute Allied Health Services, Nutrition
**Closing Date**:16th February 2025

**What can we offer you**:

- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Flexible working conditions.
- Access to Employee Assistance Program.
- Access to discounted gym membership.
- Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
- Onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.

**About the Role**:
The Nutrition Department at Canberra Health Services offers an exciting career path for dietitians wanting to work within the acute care setting, and who wish to be part of a dynamic team that provide a high standard of client centred nutrition care.

As a member of the team, you will have access to, regular professional development opportunities at both CHS and externally, a supportive clinical supervision model and expertise of an onsite clinical educator. CHS also supports involvement in Quality Improvement and research projects.

We are looking for motivated team members who have experience across several clinical areas, including paediatrics. This recruitment round will be used to fill known upcoming temporary vacancies for periods of 6 to 12 months, as well as to generate a merit list to fill any further vacancies over the coming 12 months.

**For more information regarding the position duties click here for the**_Position Description._**
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
- Current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
- Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.
- Eligibility for membership of the Dietitians Association of Australia, and eligible to hold Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) credential.

**To Apply**:
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

**Our**Vision**: creating exceptional health care together
**Our** **Role**: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
**Our**Values**: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
- Canberra Hospital Expansion Project - CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution._
- North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities._

**Job**: Allied Health

**Salary Range**: 108,459.00 - 122,546.00

**Contact Name**: Sam Thompson

**Closing Date**: 16/Feb/2025, 6:59:00 AM