Dietitian Assistant (Allied Health Assistant) - Perm FT

at  South Western Sydney Local Health District

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time, 38 hours per week
Location: Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital
Position Classification: Allied Health Assistants
Remuneration: $60,747.33 - $68,682 per annum
Requisition ID: REQ552860
Application Close Date: 16/02/2025
Interview Date Range: 19/02/2025 - 26/02/2025
Contact Details: Lesley Miller - (02) 9722 7131 | lesley.miller2@health.nsw.gov.au

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Make a real difference in patient care at Bankstown Hospital! The Bankstown Hospital Nutrition & Dietetics Department is seeking a Dietitian Assistant to join our dedicated team. In this vital role, you’ll be responsible for taking patient menu orders, managing dietary preferences, ensuring accurate data entry, and supporting our Dietitians in providing nutritional care.
If you’re organised, compassionate, and have good communication skills, we encourage you to apply today!

TRANSFORMING YOUR EXPERIENCE

Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PERMANENT APPOINTMENT TO A POSITION IN NSW HEALTH, YOU MUST HAVE AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP OR PERMANENT AUSTRALIAN RESIDENCY.

At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of ️ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ️ background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people’s rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.
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This position is part of the [insert facility, services or LGA] Nutrition & Dietetics Department. The Dietitian Assistant assists in maintaining a high standard of nutritional care for all inpatients by obtaining and managing daily menu choices, interviewing patients for their food preference, supporting the Dietitians in monitoring of oral intake and liaising with Food Services on the day to day provision of meals to patients.