Dietitian

Theroyalch; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 94,000 - 107,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Healthcare benefits

Educational support

Flexible working arrangements

Staff events

Immunisation program

EAP

Fitness passport

Staff parking discount

Job summary

The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne is seeking a Dietitian (Grade 2) for a fixed-term, part-time role (0.5 EFT) until 29/08/2027. The role focuses on paediatric outpatient work including home enteral nutrition, with some inpatient duties.

Eligibility for Dietitians Australia membership is required, and experience with enteral feeding and NDIS is essential. Salary ranges from $94,478.80 to $106,906.80 FTE per year, with superannuation.

Qualifications

• Eligibility for full membership of Dietitians Australia.
• Clinical paediatric dietetics including enteral feeding and NDIS (minimum 2 years FTE).
• Experience in an acute hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based dietetic assessments and interventions for paediatric patients.
• Provide child-centred, family-focused care in partnership with parents/families.
• Demonstrate strong verbal communication and interpersonal skills with diverse stakeholders.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to meet patient and department needs.
• Participate in quality improvement and research projects.
• Deliver educational sessions to students, dietitians and healthcare professionals.

Skills

Paediatric dietetics

Enteral feeding

NDIS experience

Acute hospital

Job description

The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

About the Role:

This is a fixed term, part‑time position until 29/08/2027 at 38 hours per fortnight (0.5 EFT). This role includes general nutrition outpatient clinic and home enteral nutrition. It is a predominately outpatient based workload although some inpatient work will be required. Experience managing paediatric patients with feeding and growth challenges and enteral feeding is essential as is the ability to work autonomously. Work days Monday‑Wednesday. Alternating day negotiable.

Internally, this position will be known and/or referred to as: Dietitian (Grade 2).

Classification for this position is governed by Award 18 - Medical Scientists and will range from AJ1 (Grade 2, Year 1) – AJ4 (Grade 2, Year 4) depending on experience, from $94,478.80 to $106,906.80 full time equivalent per annum (pro‑rata for part time), plus Superannuation.

What you’ll achieve:

• Deliver excellent evidence-based practice dietetic assessments and interventions for patients

• Provide child centred, family focused care through partnership with parents/ families

• Possess well-developed verbal communication and interpersonal skills and attention to detail with the ability to interact with a variety of stakeholders

• Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to ensure patient and department needs are addressed effectively

• Participate in quality improvement and research projects

• Deliver educational sessions to students, dietitians, and other healthcare professionals through lectures, workshops, and diverse learning formats

Your skills and experience:

• Meet the eligibility criteria for full membership of Dietitians Australia

• Experience in clinical paediatric dietetics including enteral feeding and NDIS (minimum 2 years full time equivalent)

• Experience working in an acute hospital

About the Department:

The Department of Nutrition and Food Services incorporates the clinical dietetic service, the Main Kitchen that caters for inpatient meals and the Central Formula Room that produces formula, enteral feeds and fortifies expressed breast milk to meet the nutritional needs of patients.

Dietitians provide services to inpatient medical/specialty units and to specialist outpatient clinics and are available to consult on all aspects of infant and child nutrition including assessment, recommendations for nutritional management, implementation of therapeutic diets, enteral feeding and tube weaning within the hospital setting. We are a registered NDIS Nutrition service to provide disability-related nutrition supports to eligible patients. We also support a large number of families on our Home Enteral Nutrition Program.

The Nutrition and Food Services Department sits within the Allied Health and Digital Directorate in the organisational structure at the Royal Children’s Hospital

What we offer:

• Salary packaging option with our partner, SmartSalary – Increase your take home pay by up to $11,500 per annum (and other additional salary‑enhancing options!)

• Workplace culture of continuous improvement, growth, support and training

• Clinical Education Hub on‑site to support continued training and professional development

• Convenient location & close to public transport

• Staff immunisation drives

• Special events

• Discounted Private Health Insurance

• Support for working parents including two on‑site Early Learning Centres, flexible working arrangements, breast feeding and pumping facilities

• Help when you need it most! Staff counselling, financial coaching, legal support, nutritional support and specialist helpline services, and more through our EAP partner, Converge

• Unlimited access to select fitness facilities in your local area via Fitness Passport

• Enjoy the convenience of an on‑site retail precinct, featuring a range of shops, cafés, and food outlets (retail discounts & more)

Other requirements:

• Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain

• Valid Working with Children Check

• Current NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willing to obtain

• Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation – Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

Application process:

For more information about this position please contact Sarah Efklides, Senior Dietitian or Keryn Coster, Manager Nutrition & Food Services via email: ******************************* OR phone: *********.

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world‑class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer staff benefits such as discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award‑winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks.

Are you ready to join our team?

Applications close 17 September 2026