Dietetics Clinical Educator

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health, Nursing

Reference: 60186

**Working in Healthcare has never been more important or meaningful.**

**Our Journey**:
The Mental Health Program serves consumers, their carers and families across the South Eastern metropolitan region with bed-based, community and rehabilitation programs. We desire to provide a dynamic mental health service that inspires confidence in our patients and their families and carers to provide consistent and contemporary care.

**A Day in the Life**:
As a Clinical Educator you will lead and train our new Dietitians in mental health care using existing training packages and by coordinating with internal and external training providers. You will ensure supervision and mentoring of early in Dietitian so that learning goals are achieved and they are well prepared for future roles within the mental health program following their graduate year. Key responsibilities include:

- Lead and engage early in career Dietitian working in the mental health program, to build their capacity and capability to deliver high quality dietetic services to consumers, carers and families.
- Organise and implement supervision and mentoring programs for early in career workforce in collaboration with relevant discipline senior staff.
- Provide operational management of some of the early in career Dietitian as identified by the Manager of Allied Health
- Ensure the development and implementation of training programs meets the foundational mental health and discipline specific knowledge and skills required by grade 1 Dietitian working in mental health care.
- Be the champion for practice change by engaging early in career Dietitian, their supervisors and managers in service delivery that is evidence based and assists the translation of new knowledge (evidence) to practice.
- Lead and support quality improvement and research that promotes best practice of early in career Dietitians.

This position is based at Dandenong Hospital, however, work at and travel to any of the Monash Health sites will be required on a temporary or ad hoc basis.

**What you Bring**:

- You have demonstrated clinical expertise delivering dietetic assessments and interventions in mental health care. You enjoy developing others, are highly organised and a clear and warm communicator.
- You have been developing your leadership and project management skills and are ready to implement a new initiative within the mental health program to benefit consumers, their families and carers.
- Thrive in a fast paced environment and are truly passionate about delivering a high standard of evidence based dietetic interventions.

**On a Personal Level, you**:

- a proven leader committed to developing skills in others
- able to manage projects efficiently and effectively
- enthusiastic, compassionate and able to work collaboratively
- excited to be accountable for and manage specific portfolios in our relentless pursuit of excellence

**What You Need**:

- An approved undergraduate degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from a Dietetics Australia (DA) accredited course or an approved Bachelor of Science Degree (or equivalent qualification) followed by a postgraduate degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from a DA accredited course or The DSR dietetics examination for overseas trained dietitians, administered by DA.
- Eligible for membership of DA and Accredited practicing Dietitian (APD) status
- Demonstrated dietetics and mental health experience (normally seven years)
- Qualification in education, leadership or relevant postgraduate qualification is highly regarded
- Victorian Driver's Licence
- Australian working rights

**In Return**:

- Access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills and knowledge base
- Avenues to further develop your leadership and project management skills
- Mentorship and career guidance
- Support to attend relevant forums & conferences
- A supportive learning environment, should you wish to undertake postgraduate studies

Please refer to attached position description for further information about this role.

**Monash Health is a great place to work**

Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including:

- salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
- a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
- free flu vaccinations
- private health insurance at discounted rates
- health imaging services
- + more

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service and proudly provides healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire lifespan from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers. More than 22,000 people work at over 40 care locations across south-eastern Melbourne.

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and p