Level 4 Dietitian - Gastro Surgical
Position Classification: Dietitian Level 4
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $61.35 - $62.84 per hour
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ565087
Applications Close: 15/04/2025
With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
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.
An exciting Temporary Full Time position (job share to be considered) has opened up for an experience Dietitian to join the Gastro surgical services within Nepean Hospital. You will provide evidence based clinical nutritional care of clients with gastrointestinal disorders across NBMLHD.
The successful incumbent will monitor, review and develop relevant clinical nutrition policies and protocols an use advanced reasoning skills and independent professional judgement in solving problems and managing clinical cases. This role will also see you will provide supervision and support to our Level 1 - 3 Dietitians across NBMLHD and assists in co-ordination of Dietetic student placements and supervision.
If this is the kind of working environment for you and the opportunity excites you, please apply now!
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees
· Accrued Day Off (ADO) – Full Time 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
NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.
NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.
For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal please click here.
What you will bring to the role
- Tertiary qualifications in Nutrition and Dietetics and eligible for full membership of the Dietitians Australia.
- Extensive clinical experience and expertise in the nutritional management of patients with complex gastrointestinal disease and surgery.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, build networks and function at high levels as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and teaching skills including well developed skills in advocacy, negotiation and in the provision of clinical supervision to dietitians and students.
- 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 NSW drivers licence and willingness to use for work purpose travel
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description
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For role related queries or questions contact Rebecca Taylor on Rebecca.Taylor@health.nsw.gov.au
