Dietitian - Grade 2

The Royal Children's Hospital; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 94,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging option with SmartS al

Hybrid work model (where applicable)

Private health insurance discounts

Staff immunisation drives

On-site facilities and access to staff

Job summary

The Royal Children’s Hospital is seeking a Dietitian to join the Department of Nutrition and Food Services, covering oncology, adolescent medicine and mental health. The role involves involvement across other units and participation in weekend on-call rosters, with a pro rata salary for part-time employment.

Eligibility for Dietitians Australia membership and at least 2 years of acute paediatric dietetics experience are required.

Qualifications

• Eligibility for full membership of Dietitians Australia
• 2 years full-time equivalent experience in acute paediatric dietetics
• Current National Criminal Record Check
• Current Working with Children Check
• Compliance with hospital vaccination and background check requirements

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based dietetic assessments and interventions across paediatric specialties
• Provide child-centred, family-focused care
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and colleagues
• collaborat e with multidisciplinary teams to meet patient needs
• Participate in quality improvement and research projects
• Deliver educational sessions to students, dietitians and healthcare professionals

Skills

Dietetic assessments

Family centered care

Interpersonal communication

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Quality improvement participation

Tools

NDIS nutrition services

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 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.

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 per annum, pro rata for part-time, plus superannuation.

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

Your Skills And Experience

• 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 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
• 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
• Staff immunisation drives
• 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
• 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

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.

Applications close: 22 October 2026.