Dietitian Nutritionist

at  Queensland Health

About the role
Temporary full time opportunity to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team to deliver base level to increasingly more complex (appropriate with level of experience) nutrition and dietetics clinical services to patients of the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospitals and other sites within Metro North, and to other stakeholders/ customers of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics and Queensland Health.
About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health’s values:

• Manage an allocated workload to deliver high level nutrition and dietetic clinical services to patients across the continuum of care, within a multidisciplinary team, in accordance with prescribed professional and ethical standards.
• Utilise evidence-based practice to apply knowledge and skills that facilitate novel, complex, critical discipline specific or multi-disciplinary decisions, under clinical practice supervision or professional guidance of more senior clinicians.
• Actively participate in multidisciplinary teams, and service improvement activities, working cooperatively and effectively within the team and with patients/clients to provide high quality patient care.
• Liaise with Dietetic Assistants and provide direction where appropriate with respect to screening for malnutrition, and organising and monitoring patient’s nutrition support to ensure a high quality nutrition service.

Health Equity
It is expected that all Metro North Health staff, including the incumbent of this role as a valuable member of the Metro North workforce, contribute to the health equity agenda and meet the intent of supporting the defined six actions that specifically meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHS), by actively supporting the elimination of racial discrimination and institutional racism; supporting increased access to health care; influencing the social, cultural and economic determinants of health; supporting the delivery of sustainable, culturally safe and responsive health services; and recognise the importance of working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities and organisations to design, deliver, monitor and review the health and support services we provide.

Benefits when working for Metro North Allied Health

• Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
• Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of 12.75% and access to generous salary packaging
• Additional entitlements for employees (casual employees excluded) may include sick leave, carer’s leave, long service leave, paid parental leave, leave without pay to travel, professional development allowance and leave
• 5% annual leave loading with up to 27.5% for shift workers
• Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
• Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance

Be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology and innovation, excellence in healthcare, quality teaching and cutting edge research. Metro North Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for all employees. We offer unique and rewarding professional development opportunities in a safe and flexible work environment with a focus on putting our people first. You can find out more about why it’s so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers
Job ad reference number: RBH571747
Close date: Thursday, 27 June 2024
Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
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Please refer the Job description for details