- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital - Elizabeth GP plus and Gilles Plains - Paediatrics / Children and Families
- Salary: $104,180- $111,746p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits
- AHP3 – Temporary Full-time – 37.5 hours per week, up to 30 June 2025
- 0.5 FTE Senior Dietitian - Paediatric
0.3 FTE Senior Dietitian - Paediatric HEN
0.2FTE Clinical Lead Dietitian C&F
Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is eager to recruit a Senior Dietitian Paediatrics / Children and Families to work in our dynamic, growing and supportive team, to help us deliver exceptional care to our community.
About the Role:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.
The Senior Dietitian Paediatrics / Children and Families and Adult Medicine is responsible to the Senior Manager Dietetics for the development, implementation, coordination and evaluation of quality Dietetics services for patients of the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN).
The Senior Dietitian provides comprehensive, coordinated, interdisciplinary assessment, intervention and discharge planning to general medical inpatients and outpatients of the Lyell McEwin Hospital, and Childrens and Families Service (Elizabeth GP Plus and Gilles Plains)
Working in conjunction with other Dietetics members and other health professionals the Senior Clinician optimises patient functional and health outcomes in this specialty area. As a highly skilled and competent clinician, the incumbent delivers quality services and provides clinical leadership within the acute hospital services, providing support and supervision to less experienced staff.
To be eligible for this position, you must:
Educational/Vocational Qualifications
- Appropriate degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Dietitians Association of Australia.
About You:
Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic Senior Dietitian Paediatrics / Children and Families looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.
In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.
About Us:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.
Our 300-plus Allied Health professionals play an integral role in multidisciplinary teams delivering outstanding care to patients across our acute, subacute and hospital avoidance services.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
At NALHN, we have a strong commitment to providing a clinically interesting professional experience, with structured and supportive education and professional development, and career progression pathways.
Some feedback from current employees about working as Allied Health Professionals in NALHN includes:
“My favourite part about working in NALHN is the close working relationships we have across Allied Health to optimise patient care.”
“I feel like I’m part of a growing and developing service.”
“I love the great team dynamic and the culture of learning and support.”
Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:
Lyell McEwin Hospital – The major hospital in the north and north-east for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetrics, paediatrics and outpatient services.
Modbury Hospital – A general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.
Benefits of working at NALHN:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.
Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
In addition this, other benefits of working as a Senior Dietitian Paediatrics / Children and Families in NALHN include:
- Professional development opportunities. We have a well established Allied Health Education unit which offers high-quality, targeted in-house training, and staff are also eligible for external, funded professional development via the Allied Health Professionals Plus Professional Development Reimbursement Program, to allow you to continue to build upon your professional foundations;
- Opportunities to participate in research. NALHN have an Allied Health Research Chair, who is able to work with clinicians and teams to support clinical research; and
- Regular clinical supervision, allowing you to receive individualised support, learning and development to help you achieve your career goals.
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.
Check(s):
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (e.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)
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: 888761
Enquiries:
Allied Health Facilitator
Phone: 81829354
E-mail: Health.AlliedHealthFacilitator@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
3 January 2024 – 11.55PM
Role Description:
888761 - Senior Dietitian Paediatrics Children and Families - AHP3 - Role Description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
