Casual Nutrition Assistant - Patient Diet & Meals

St Vincent's Private Hospital Toowoomba; Sydney; On-site; AUD 50,000 - 61,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base pay

Not-for-profit perks

Salary packaging

Postgrad pathways

Job summary

St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney is seeking a highly motivated Nutrition Assistant to join the Nutrition Services team at Sydney Private Hospital Sydney. The position offers a casual opportunity to support patients with meals and participate in bedside menu service, delivering high-quality nutrition-based care.

You will collaborate with dietitians and food service staff, demonstrating strong communication and computer skills while focusing on patient interaction and menu selections.

Qualifications

• Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance (Nutrition & Dietetics) or Certificate III Health Service Assistant (Nutrition & Dietetics)
• Availability and flexibility
• Sound knowledge of nutrition and therapeutic diets
• Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills and customer relations skills and experience
• Demonstrated ability to work well in a team and independently
• Strong computer and administrative skills

Responsibilities

• Provide nutritional support to patients by assisting patients with their meal selections according to their dietary, social and physical needs through the co-ordination of menus and meals using a computerised Bedside Menu Service
• Customer Service is delivered through a high standard of menu and meal service to ensure patient satisfaction
• Co-ordinate all patient food and beverage requirements from the patient care level to Food Services
• Encourage and promote communication between dietitians, food service staff and nursing staff on patient care levels to ensure patients’ needs are met
• Works collaboratively both within and outside the team and takes ownership of delivering accurate and timely results
• Manages own work load to deliver results which ensures department as a whole is productive and efficient

Skills

Nutrition knowledge

Communication skills

Team player

Computer skills

Cbord Food Service System

Education

Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance (Nutrition & Dietetics)

Tools

Cbord Food Service System

Job description

St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney is seeking a highly motivated Nutrition Assistant to join the Nutrition Services team at Sydney Private Hospital Sydney. The position offers a casual opportunity to support patients with meals and participate in bedside menu service, delivering high-quality nutrition-based care.

You will collaborate with dietitians and food service staff, demonstrating strong communication and computer skills while focusing on patient interaction and menu selections.