Senior Paediatric Dietitian
Position Classification: Dietitian Level 4
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $61.35 - $62.84 per hour
Hours Per Week: 28
Requisition ID: REQ592728
Applications Close: 07/08/2025
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.
Nepean Hospital is seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Senior Paediatric Dietitian to lead and deliver advanced clinical nutrition care to infants, children and adolescents within our Multidisciplinary Paediatric team. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a growing tertiary hospital environment providing expert care across a range of inpatient and outpatient settings.
As a Senior Dietitian your role will also play a key role in mentoring junior staff, contributing to service development and advancing best practice in paediatric nutrition. You will provide expert clinical assessment, nutrition planning and intervention for paediatric patients with complex medical needs whilst collaborating with Paediatricians, Nurses and Allied Health staff to deliver holistic, family-centred care.
We offer a supportive multidisciplinary team environment, opportunities for professional growth, education and research involvement and a dynamic workplace culture committed to innovation and continuous improvement. We encourage you to apply now to join the team!
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
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.
What you will bring to the role:
- Tertiary qualifications in Nutrition and Dietetics and eligible for full membership of Dietitians Australia.
- Extensive clinical experience and expertise in the nutritional management of neonate and paediatric patients.
- 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?
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For role related queries or questions contact Michelle Stewart on Michelle.Stewart2@health.nsw.gov.au
