Dietitian Grade 2

Job Requisition ID: 3293
- Legal Entity: Monash Health
- Location: Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168
- Employment Type: Part Time
- Posting Date: 7 Jan 2025

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**About the Role**:
Join our team as a Dietitian Grade 2 on a part-time basis in our dynamic team that works across Monash Medical Centre, Moorabbin Hospital and the Victorian Heart Hospital.

Provide dietetic services within Monash Health Adult Inpatient services, outpatient services and clinics with the aim of improving patient outcome and/or facilitating discharge. You will actively contribute to the Nutrition and Dietetic and multidisciplinary teams by providing best practice clinical care, sharing knowledge and participating in teaching and supervision of students (undergraduates and/or postgraduates), mentoring and/or supervision and participate in research and quality project activities and food service and administrative responsibilities and portfolios as delegated.

**About Us**:
This position is within the Nutrition and Dietetics Department that services Monash Medical Centre, Moorabbin Hospital and the Victorian Heart Hospital. We are a large, integrated and cohesive team that is empowered and supports each other to deliver patient-centred, effective and evidence-based care. Travel and work between Monash Health sites is required.

**About You**:
To ensure your success in this role you will bring the following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge:

- Experience in acute dietetics and enteral nutrition,
- Demonstrated clinical reasoning and prioritisation skills
- Confident communication that progresses and/or escalates care, articulates handover and discharge plans
- Demonstrated resilience, flexibility and adaptability in response to a dynamic work environment
- Experience supervising students preferred
- Minimum 2 years acute experience preferred

Mandatory requirements of the role:

- Dietitians Australia accredited dietetics degree or hold a Dietitians Australia mutually recognised dietetics degree from New Zealand or have passed the Dietitians Dietetic Skills Recognition (DSR) process.
- eligibility for membership of Dietitians Australia;
- eligibility for Accredited Practising APD Program;
- Availability to work after hours (evenings to 9pm) to facilitate cardiac rehabilitation
- 2 Clinical Referees (inclusive of your direct line Manager)
- Current Drivers Licence

**In Return**

You’ll be joining Victoria’s largest healthcare network and be a part of:

- A fun, friendly, supportive and cohesive team
- Genuine career progression pathways

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further,** please call Stephanie Rados on 0472 860 989.**

**Position Description documents can be found**here** and**here**.**

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

**How to Apply**

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.

**Applications close: 14 January 2025.