Dietitian/Dietitian Inpatients

Palliative Care SA; Mount Barker; Hybrid; AUD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development opportunities

Employee Assistance Program

Health & wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network is seeking an accredited Dietitian to deliver high-quality dietetic services across the BHFLHN region. The role focuses on evidence-based care, complex caseload management and leadership within a multidisciplinary community health team.

You will support student and staff development, promote self-management and prevention, and contribute to service planning and evaluation of dietetic services in collaboration with local partners.

Qualifications

• Accredited dietitian with registered practice.
• Experience delivering evidence-based care across diverse client groups.
• Ability to work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality dietetic assessment, intervention, education and health promotion.
• Manage a diverse and complex caseload and promote self-management.
• Provide dietetic expertise to planning and evaluation of community services.
• Support quality improvement initiatives and service development.
• Provide clinical leadership and mentoring to colleagues and students.

Skills

Accredited Dietitian

Clinical assessment

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Caseload management

Professional development

Student mentoring

Person-centred care

Education

Bachelor of Dietetics

Job description

Job no: 950040
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide Hills
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health

• Salary: AHP2: $94,997 -$110,052 per annum+ Super + Benefits
• Full-time, Temporary – up to 31 st December 2026

WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?

Join a supportive and collaborative Allied Health team where you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the health and wellbeing of people across the Barossa Hills Fleurieu region. This rewarding Dietitian role offers a diverse caseload, the opportunity to work across a range of community and multidisciplinary settings, and the chance to further develop your clinical expertise and leadership capabilities. You'll benefit from professional development opportunities, clinical supervision, mentoring from experienced clinicians, and a strong culture of teamwork and continuous improvement, all while delivering evidence-based, person-centred care that supports healthier communities.

WHO ARE WE?

The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this bymaintainingexceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.

WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK

MountBarker,located40 minutes from Adelaide in the Adelaide Hills, is a perfect blend of natural beauty, local heritage, and gourmet food. Key highlights include hiking the panoramicMountBarker Summit, exploring the picturesque Laratinga Wetlands , riding the historic Steam Ranger Heritage Railway, and visiting local wineries and the Saturday farmers' market. Visit Mt Baker here.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Are you an accredited Dietitian with experience delivering evidence-based care across a diverse range of clients and clinical presentations?
• Do you have the ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary community health team?
• Can you manage a complex caseload, prioritise competing demands, and adapt your approach to meet the needs of rural and regional communities?
• Are you committed to continuous professional development, reflective practice, and supporting the learning of students and less experienced staff?
• Do you value person-centred care, cultural safety, and building strong relationships with clients, families, carers, and community partners?

If you have answered yes to any of these questions - then read on…

HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?

• Deliver high-quality dietetic assessment, intervention, education and health promotion services that support positive nutrition and health outcomes.
• Manage a diverse and increasingly complex caseload while promoting self-management, wellbeing and preventative health practices.
• Contribute dietetic expertise to the planning, delivery and evaluation of multidisciplinary community-based services across the BHFLHN region.
• Support evidence-based practice, quality improvement initiatives, service development and the ongoing evaluation of Dietetic services.
• Provide clinical leadership, mentoring and support to colleagues, students and allied health staff while fostering strong professional partnerships across the region.

WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?

At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress orconsolidateyour career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:

• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utilitybillsand groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
• Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
• Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, adiscounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?

Working in this environment, itis important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you willbe requiredto undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:

• You will need to undergo employment screening, what yourequireis also on the front page of the Role Description.

OUR COMMITMENT TODIVERSITY & INCLUSION

We employ people asdiverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embracesdiversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturallydiverse backgrounds,disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promotediversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.

Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref:950040), or reach out toTheron Philp, Team Leader Inpatients,on Phone:[phone]or via E-mail: [e-mail]

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DON’T HESITATE! Applications Close onMonday 19 th October, 2026 at 11.55PM.

Advertised: 05 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
Applications close: 19 Oct 2026 11:55 PM Cen. Australia Daylight Time