MHDA Dietician

NSW Health; Broken Hill; On-site; AUD 99,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks annual leave

12 paid ADOs per year

Salary packaging up to $9k living + $2

Novated leasing

Fitness passport

Gym discounts

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

NSW Health in Broken Hill is seeking a Dietitian Level 2 on a permanent full-time basis to provide quality dietetic care within the Mental Health Inpatient Services, including MHIPU and MHPARC.

You will monitor metabolic parameters, support recovery concepts, maintain evidence-based practice, and work with a multidisciplinary team to tailor realistic diet plans for consumers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or postgraduate degree in Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Eligibility for full membership of Dietitians Australia; at least 3 years clinical experience.
• Knowledge of current nutrition and dietetic best practice, including mental health setting.
• Ability to work autonomously and provide dietetic assessment and interventions in a mental health setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality Dietetic care to Mental Health Inpatient services, including MHIPU and MHPARC.
• Monitor metabolic parameters and social factors impacting nutritional status.
• Demonstrate recovery-focused concepts and facilitate consumer recovery.
• Maintain nutrition knowledge aligned with evidence-based practice in mental health.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to ensure suitable, realistic diet plans.

Skills

Clinical dietetics

Mental health knowledge

Autonomous working

Education delivery

Interpersonal communication

Computer literacy

Driver’s license & travel

Education

Bachelor or postgraduate degree in Nutrition and Dietetics

Job description

Employment Type:PermanentFull Time
Position Classification:Dietitian Level 2
Remuneration:$98,936 - $113,301 pa + superannuation
Hours Per Week:38
Location: Broken Hill

We really aren’t that far away - only 3 hours’ drive from Mildura, 5 hours from Adelaide or a short flight from anywhere in Australia with everything you need right at your front door!

Broken Hill truly is a town like no other with a supportive community that will welcome you with open arms. We can't wait to see you! Take a quick look at "Living and Working" in the Far West.

What you'll be doing

Provide quality Dietetic care to the Mental Health Inpatient services in the Broken Hill Health Service, including the Mental Health Inpatient Unit (MHIPU) and Mental health Prevention and Rehabilitation Centre (MHPARC).

Monitor metabolic parameters and social factors that may impact on the client's nutritional status

Demonstrate professional knowledge of recovery concepts and principles and commitment to facilitate recovery for consumers

Maintain nutritional knowledge and skills in mental health disorders to provide nutritional care which is in line with evidence-based practice

Work with the multidisciplinary team, food services, consumers, families and carers to ensure diet plans are suitable and realistic

What is on offer

• 5 weeks paid annual leave per year
• 12 paid ADOs per year
• Salary packaging (pay less tax) and enjoy up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment.
• Novated leasing
• Fitness passport
• Corporate rates at local gym (YMCA)
• Professional development through frequent online and face-to-face learning opportunities

About the Far West LHD

TheFar West Local Health Districtisone of 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to the communities in far west NSW. Our vision is to create excellence in rural and remote healthcare.

Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton, Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia.

In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare.

A true Oasis in the Outback, Broken Hill is a thriving regional town in far west NSW full of diversity, history and character. Being Australia’s first city to be Nationally Heritage Listed, Broken Hill is a culturally rich town with a vibrant art scene with over 20 galleries! The unique attractions, festivals and beautiful natural landscapes see tourists flock from all over, but the ones who stay quickly fall in love with the place and its liveability.

With a population just shy of 20,000, Broken Hill is small enough to allow for a relaxed country lifestyle, while big enough to provide all the desired facilities of a regional hub including major supermarkets and retail stores, excellent schools (7 primary & 2 high), multiple gyms & aquatic centre, well-known fast food franchises and a plethora of trendy restaurants, pubs and cafés.

The Welcome Experience

The Welcome Experience in Broken Hill connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.
Learn more at www. nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience

How to apply

To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria in the application as thoroughly as possible:

• Bachelor or post graduate degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, enabling eligibility for full membership of the Dietitians Australia and at least 3 years clinical experience as a dietitian.
• Knowledge and understanding of current nutrition and dietetic best practice, including dietetics issues specific to the mental health setting.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and provide dietetic assessment and interventions in a mental health setting.
• Understanding of the principles of mental health recovery and demonstrated experience and skills in care planning and working collaboratively with consumers, families and carers.
• Demonstrated capacity to deliver educational groups to consumers, families and carers.
• Demonstrated high level interpersonal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to communicate with colleagues, consumers, families, carers and service partners.
• Demonstrated computer literacy.
• Class C Driver’s License and willingness to travel for work purposes.

Stepping Up

The Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help Aboriginal job applicants apply for positions within NSW Health. If you are an Aboriginal person and wish to obtain more information about applying for a role with us, please visit:

Empower, listen and act together

Together, we can make a positive difference in the lives of all children, young people and families within our community to keep them safe from harm and to empower children's voices.

At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.

Applications Close: 26 November 2026