Dietitian Level 4

**Employment Type**: Permanent Part Time
**Position Classification**: Dietitian Level 4
**Location**: Nepean Hospital
**Remuneration**: $61.35 - $62.84 per hour
**Hours Per Week**: 8
**Requisition ID**: REQ543702
**Applications Close**: 04/02/2025
- With _**_CORE _**_Values of _**_C_**_ollaboration, _**_O_**_penness, _**_R_**_espect and _**_E_**_mpowerment,_
- working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed_
- and develop in your chosen career role._

**About Us**
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.

Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.

The Nepean Hospital Diabetes Centre is a busy Multidisciplinary Diabetes service that looks after Paediatric, Adolescent and Adult clients (including in pregnancy) in the NBMLHD in both inpatient and outpatient settings. On Offer is a Permanent Part Time role located at Nepean Hospital.

This role will need you to take a holistic view to the care of that patient and ensure that processes followed prioritise safety and positive patient and carer experiences. Consultations are held both in person and via Telehealth and in individual and group settings. They are due to start work on stronger collaboration with Community Clinicians through a co-commissioning process for integrated care in Type 2 Diabetes. There is a strong emphasis on Type 1 Diabetes management and complex, Type 2 Diabetes management in this service and so the successful applicant would need to have significant experience in managing these conditions using evidence-based current practice

This position would be actively involved in quality improvement processes and development of clinical programmes within the service. You would be responsible for supporting staff from other disciplines to manage the dietary needs of all patients seen within the centre and would be required to provide education to other clinicians and to patients and community groups related to dietary assessment and management of those with diabetes and/or at risk of developing diabetes.

**Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees**
- Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
- Novated Leasing
- Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Fitness Passport

**What you will bring to the role**
- Tertiary qualifications in Nutrition and Dietetics and eligible for full membership of Dietitians Australia
- Extensive experience in clinical nutrition (including paediatrics and adults), with evidence of advanced reasoning and practice skills, and knowledge/experience in a range of dietary approaches for diabetes mellitus). Prior work experience within a diabetes service with a multidisciplinary team is desired
- Extensive clinical experience with chronic and complex diseases and demonstrated high level of knowledge, skills and clinical expertise for dietary management in the setting of chronic disease
- Demonstrated high level interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills, with well-developed skills in clinical supervision and student teaching and training
- Ability to operate professionally and with mínimal supervision but also function effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Demonstrated ability to lead and complete quality improvement and service evaluation processes
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to service management via review of service provision, practice development and/or redesign to improve services, operations and outcomes
- Current driver's licence and willingness to use for work purposes

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