Dietitian (Grade 2)

Your role at St John of God Langmore Centre

We are seeking a Grade 2 Dietitian with experience in mental health to join our collaborative multidisciplinary team on a permanent part-time basis. In this role, you'll deliver high-quality nutrition and dietetic services to support our inpatient program, providing specialist individual consultations, leading group therapy sessions, and offering expert guidance to the care team.

You will work autonomously, applying advanced clinical knowledge and skills in line with the Dietitians Australia (DA) Professional Standards and Code of Conduct and contribute to teaching, training, research, and quality improvement activities, while supervising and mentoring students and junior caregivers.

The Position

• Provides a senior nutrition and dietetic service to patients/clients and or carers on an individual or group level for both inpatients and or outpatients including management of more complex patients.

• Coordinate the provision of special dietary requirements of patients/clients

• Provide consultation and support to medical, nursing, catering and allied health professionals within the Division, and external agencies, as appropriate.

• Uses expert nutritional knowledge acts as a consultant to the hospital catering service to inform menu development and compliance with the relevant hospital Nutritional standards.

• Document patients' medical nutrition therapy in the approved manner.

• Participate in multidisciplinary activities e.g. team meetings, ward rounds, or case conferences, as required.

• Participate in the delivery of education programmes within the dietetics service and for other caregiver groups.

• Develop and review dietary education resources

You will hold a tertiary qualification in Dietetics, be eligible for full membership with Dietitians Australia (DA), and maintain Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) status, with strong skills in assessment, treatment planning, and evidence-based dietetic practice, you'll deliver high-quality patient care at an advanced level.

To succeed you will demonstrate the ability to plan and implement comprehensive nutritional assessments and effectively apply Evidence-Based Practice and advanced dietetic knowledge to patient and client management, treatment interventions, and discharge planning.

Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We will offer you

• Salary: $ 97,309 - $111,202 per annum (pro rata for part time), plus 12% superannuation

• Permanent Part time, up to 8 hours a fortnight

• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:

  • Novated leasing 

  • work related expenses

  • self-education and additional superannuation

• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs

• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance

• Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave and well-being programs

• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance

• Innovative Professional Development opportunities

• Access to a range of Lifestyle, Health & Wellbeing rewards and discounts

For enquiries contact Angel Chen, Therapy and Community Services Manager on  

At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community.

All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.