Dietitian

Victorian Government; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Hybrid work model

On-site transport access

Staff wellness program

Discounted private health insurance

Job summary

The Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne seeks an experienced paediatric dietitian to cover parental leave in the Nutrition and Food Services Department. This full-time fixed-term role runs from 18 January 2027 to 19 September 2027 and includes weekend on-call duties.

The role spans oncology, adolescent medicine and mental health, with other specialties as needed. You will deliver evidence-based dietetic care, educate staff and students, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Delivery of evidence-based dietetic assessments and interventions across clinical specialties.
• Child-centred, family-focused care with partnerships with parents/families.
• Strong verbal communication and interpersonal skills with diverse stakeholders.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to address patient and department needs.
• Participate in quality improvement and research projects.
• Deliver educational sessions to students, dietitians and other healthcare professionals.
• Meet the eligibility criteria for full membership of Dietitians Australia.
• At least 2 years full-time equivalent experience in acute paediatric dietetics.

Responsibilities

• Deliver essential dietetic assessments and interventions for complex paediatric cases.
• Provide child-centred, family-focused care.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to meet patient and department needs.
• Participate in quality improvement and research projects.
• Deliver teaching sessions to students and healthcare staff.
• Maintain eligibility for Dietitians Australia membership.

Skills

Verbal communication

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Evidence-based practice

Education and training

Quality improvement

Education

Dietitians Australia membership eligibility

Job description

Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery

Reference: 15490

About the Role:

This is a full-time (80 hours/fortnight including ADOs) fixed term role to cover parental leave from 18.01.2027-19.09.2027. This role will predominately work in the areas of oncology, adolescent medicine and mental health. Covering across other speciality units will be required.

All roles include inclusion on the weekend on-call roster and include work in the HEN/NDIS space.

What you’ll achieve:

Deliver excellent evidence-based practice dietetic assessments and interventions for patients across a wide variety of clinical specialties

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

Meet the eligibility criteria for full membership of Dietitians Australia

At least 2 years full time equivalent experience in acute paediatric dietetics

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 supporta large number offamilies 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
• Monthly Accrued Day Off (ADO) 12 additional leave days per year, if FTE
• Hybrid work model, if applicable to role
• Convenient location & close to public transport
• Special events
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Support for working mothers 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
• Unlimitedaccess 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

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 offerthe opportunity towork 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,andoffers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks.

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

Applications close Thursday 22 October 2026 at 11.59pm