Dietitian

South West Hospital and Health Service; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family-friendly environment

Generous leave entitlements

Salary packaging

Professional development allowances

Job summary

The Rehab@Home service at South West Hospital and Health Service is seeking a Dietitian to provide evidence-based, patient-centred dietetic care across community and residential settings, contributing to rehabilitation and restorative care goals.

You will conduct dietetic assessments, interventions, and evaluations within protocols, collaborate with clients, families, and health professionals, and contribute to education and service development.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to provide high-quality, efficient, patient-centred and evidence-based dietetic assessment and management within a community-based restorative and rehabilitative model of care.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively within an interprofessional team and build positive relationships with clients, carers, families and other stakeholders.
• A commitment to ongoing learning and professional development, with the ability to develop clinical knowledge and expertise through active learning and engagement with the team.
• Demonstrated ability, or the capacity to rapidly develop the skills, to contribute to clinical education, student training and local service development and improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Deliver dietetic assessment, intervention and evaluation for an allocated caseload, applying clinical judgement and evidence-based practice within established protocols and under the guidance of senior clinicians.
• Work collaboratively with clients, families and carers, and a range of health professionals to develop and achieve person-centred goals, including undertaking care coordination responsibilities as required.
• Contribute to clinical education and supervision of students, allied health assistants and less experienced staff, with support from senior clinical staff.
• Participate in quality improvement, service development and research activities that enhance dietetic practice and promote safe, effective and patient-centred care.

Job description

Make a difference in community-based care.

Join our collaborative Rehab@Home team and provide evidence-based, patient-centred dietetic care that supports clients to achieve their rehabilitation goals.

About This Role

Your new role:

As a Dietitian within the Rehab@Home service, you will provide high-quality, evidence-based dietetic care to clients across community and residential settings, working as part of an interprofessional team to support rehabilitation, restorative care and patient-centred outcomes.

• Deliver dietetic assessment, intervention and evaluation for an allocated caseload, applying clinical judgement and evidence-based practice within established protocols and under the guidance of senior clinicians.
• Work collaboratively with clients, families and carers, and a range of health professionals to develop and achieve person-centred goals, including undertaking care coordination responsibilities as required.
• Contribute to clinical education and supervision of students, allied health assistants and less experienced staff, with support from senior clinical staff.
• Participate in quality improvement, service development and research activities that enhance dietetic practice and promote safe, effective and patient-centred care.

About You

We are looking for a compassionate and collaborative Dietitian who is committed to delivering high-quality care and can thrive in a dynamic, community-based rehabilitation environment.

• Demonstrated ability to provide high-quality, efficient, patient-centred and evidence-based dietetic assessment and management within a community-based restorative and rehabilitative model of care.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively within an interprofessional team and build positive relationships with clients, carers, families and other stakeholders.
• A commitment to ongoing learning and professional development, with the ability to develop clinical knowledge and expertise through active learning and engagement with the team.
• Demonstrated ability, or the capacity to rapidly develop the skills, to contribute to clinical education, student training and local service development and improvement initiatives.

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What We Can Offer You

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role.
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About Us

Community and Oral Health Services

Community and Oral Health Services deliver a broad range of quality community-based care and support services to help people improve and maintain their wellbeing and independence as well as oral health services to adults and children.

We deliver a myriad of services across Metro South including Hospital in the Home, Rehabilitation, Chronic Disease, Acute Care, Dementia Outreach, Oral Health, and specialist residential care along with delivering numerous other vital community health services.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.