Dietitian - Women & Children

Job no: 879240
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide Metro Southern
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health, Public Health
  • Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre – Women & Children
  • Salary $68,478 - $102,240 AHP1/2 (Pro Rata) | Full Time - Until Jan 2026

Join the Women & Children's Allied Health Team as a Dietitian! 

Women and Children at Flinders provide a comprehensive health care service for women, babies, children and adolescents.

About the role: 

As the Dietitian, you are responsible to the Senior Dietitian (Women & Children) and ultimately the Allied Health Service Manager, Women’s & Children’s Health, for the assessment, care and education of both inpatients and outpatients. Duties for this role include:

  • Provision of dietetic assessment, diagnosis, management and care provision for allocated inpatients and outpatients
  • Assisting with supervision and continuous development of AHP1 staff and direct supervision of students allocated to the units,
  • Providing nutrition and dietetic input to educational programs run by the multi-disciplinary team of the allocated units,
  • Collection and analysis of data to provide information on patient progress or services to make recommendations to the allocated units & other nominated units for service improvements,
  • Participating in personal performance evaluation by means of review procedures adopted by the W&C Allied Health Service.

About you:

  • Registered or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA),
  • Clear aptitude for working in a healthcare setting and with people from a variety of cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds,
  • Proven experience in basic computing skills, including email and word processing 
  • Demonstrated experience in the provision of nutritional assessment, diagnosis, dietetic treatment, counselling and education.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.  

Want To Know More? Contact: Lavinia Farndale - Senior Dietitian Women & Children (08) 8204 4302 or lavinia.farndale@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Wednesday 2nd October 2024

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Applicant Information:

  • We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
  • The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
  • Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
  • SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 879240

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Categories

SA Health

Locations

Metropolitan South Australia

Work type

Local Health Network / Business