Dietitian - Grade Two

**- Ideal Opportunity To Develop Your Career**
- **Mornington Peninsula Location**:

- **Salary Packaging Benefits**

**Who We Are and What We Stand For**

Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care.

In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values: Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative. We are One Peninsula Health.

**What You Will Be Doing**

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Grade 2 Dietitian to join the dynamic and experienced Dietetic team at Peninsula Health. This Grade 2 Dietitian position based at the Golf Links Road Rehabilitation Centre works with the interdisciplinary team to deliver dietetic services to inpatients under a rehabilitation model of care.

Grade 2 Dietitians have a leadership role through departmental representation, quality and research activities and involvement in student and staff supervision. Approximately 70-80% of this fulltime position is allocated for management of the clinical caseload

**Key Responsibilities**
- Work as a member of the interdisciplinary team to provide dietetic assessment, and discharge planning for patients utilising a patient and family centred approach.
- Provide clinical leadership and support to the other Dietetic staff, including Grade 1 Dietitians to ensure a best practice approach to patient care.
- Actively engage in clinical supervision.
- Actively participate in the Department’s Quality Improvement program

**What You Need**

We anticipate you will have:

- Member, or eligible for membership of Dietitians Australia.
- Member, or eligible for membership of the Accredited Practicing Dietitian Program.
- Demonstrated participation in Professional Development.
- Capability to supervise and mentor students, Grade 1 staff and promote professional competence.
- Ability to exhibit a degree of flexibility & time management with regard to workload.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

**Benefits**
- Generous Salary Packaging - maximise an employee’s net salary by directing some of their pre-tax salary to pay for certain benefit items, such as rent, personal loan or mortgage
- Parking - On-site, low cost parking facilities at all sites
- Beautiful Mornington Peninsula location
- Career development opportunities
- Supportive team environment

**What Next**

If you experience any issues signing in or registering, please feel welcome to contact us - the People, Experience & Performance Team on (03) 9784 2700.

**Additional Requirements**

This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and meet the requirements of the Peninsula Health immunisation policy.

**Join Peninsula Health and help us to deliver safe, personal, effective & connected care to every person, every time. **Selection Criteria Essential: Are you a member, or eligible for membership of Dietitians Australia, and the Accredited Practicing Dietitians program?

Essential: Can you demonstrate participation in Professional Development?

Essential: Do you have the capability to supervise and mentor students, Grade 1 staff and promote professional competence?

Essential: Are you computer literate and do you hold a current driver's license?

Desirable: Can you demonstrate involvement in the development and implementation of quality improvement activities?

Desirable: Do you have experience in subacute inpatient care?

Desirable: Do you hold leadership skills?