Senior Dietitian Level 3 - Nepean Cancer Service
Position Classification: Dietitian Level 3
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $56.68 - $58.52 per hour
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ550050
Applications Close: 12/02/2025
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 Dietitian position has opened up within Nepean Hospitals Cancer Care Centre. This position will provide high quality, evidenced-based nutritional care of inpatients and outpatients with cancer, using their independent professional judgement and high level clinical expertise and knowledge.
The successful incumbent will exercise advanced reasoning skills and independent judgement in solving problems and managing clinical cases and working within a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive, optimal care and management of patients with cancer.
We invite you to make your next career move with us. Apply Now!
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees
· Accrued Day Off (ADO)
· 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.
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
- Up-to-date knowledge, skills and competence in the nutritional management of patients with cancer.
- Extensive experience in the nutritional management of complex oncology patients in the outpatient and the inpatient setting.
- Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and teaching skills. Including well developed skills in clinical supervision and student teaching and training.
- Demonstrated ability to work with minimal supervision and as part of a specialised multidisciplinary team that provides services to oncology patients.
- Experience in providing clinical supervision to dietitians, dietitian assistants and students.
- Demonstrated commitment to professional development and experience with initiating and leading quality improvement projects. With professional development and quality projects specific to oncology an advantage.
- Current drivers licence (P2 Licence Acceptable). Willingness to use for work purposes and may include driving long distances across the LHD.
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 Glyndon Wakeman on Glyndon.Wakeman@health.nsw.gov.au
