Accredited Practicing Dietician

Help establish a new Dietetics service in a dynamic community environment
- Join a supportive and passionate team committed to health promotion and wellbeing
- Excellent clinic-based facilities
- Free gym and aquatic membership

**The Role**

Are you an Accredited Practicing Dietitian (APD) looking to create meaningful change in the community? We’re offering an exciting opportunity to build and deliver a new Dietetics service as part of the new MOVE Health Clinic at Ascot Vale Leisure Centre.

This **part-time role** will be based at the new tailor-made MOVE Health Clinic suite, working as part of a multi-disciplinary approach alongside Exercise Physiologists and other Allied Health professionals. The clinic has a strong focus on providing integrative and inclusive services to the community.

**Why This Role is Unique**
- Whole-system approach to community wellbeing
- Deliver services within a large-scale leisure centre with access to gym, aquatics, community classes/groups and social spaces
- Strong Partnerships
- Be part of a Health Clinic actively supported by the Moonee Valley Council, wanting to bridge the gap between primary and preventative care
- Diverse Client Base - Work with clients of a variety of ages and conditions, using various funding streams (e.g. Medicare, NDIS, Insurance & Compensation schemes) and community supports
- Flexible Service Delivery - Build a caseload with a mix of individual consults, group education, and health promotion programs (e.g. Life Diabetes Program)
- Growth Pathway - Opportunity to expand and increase to full time hours and shape the future of dietetic services in this new space

Key Accountabilities:

- Conduct in-depth personalised nutritional assessments
- Implement client-centred, evidence-based nutritional interventions
- Deliver individual dietary counselling and group education sessions
- Collaborate with other allied health professionals for integrative and holistic care
- Provide nutritional program support for chronic disease, recovery, disability, and injury
- Engage with the community and promote the Dietetics service internally and externally

**About You**
- Accredited Practicing Dietitian (APD) - Dietitians Australia
- Master’s degree in Dietetics
- Strong interpersonal skills and a passion for preventative health
- Experience in community health, disability, or chronic disease management is desirable
- Comfortable working independently and as part of a team

**Contact for any questions relating to this role**:
Chanel Dunn - Partners in Health Manager [Moonee Valley]

**The Company**

**Belgravia Leisure** is part of the Belgravia Health and Leisure Group (BHLG) and is the fastest growing leisure organisation in Australia. Our core areas of business and facilities stewardship include health clubs, wellness and spa, golf, aquatic and sporting venues in 250 locations across Australia and New Zealand.

We are in an exciting period of growth and look to continue to diversify and deliver results while being a strong community citizen. With an annual turnover in excess of $180m, the group are looking for the best and brightest to assist with taking the organisation into the future.

We will provide innovative recruitment strategies to remove any barriers that may prevent potential suitable applicants. These includes:

- Allowing a support person during an interview

We value diversity and encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people of any age or gender, people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and/or queer (LGBTIQA+) and people with disability.

We are committed to providing a child safe environment. Please refer to our child safety framework. Successful applicants will be required to obtain a national police check and a Working with Children check.