Senior Dietitian (Food Services)

Mackay Hospital and Health Service; Mackay Regional; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mackay Hospital and Health Service is seeking a Senior Dietitian (Food Services) on a temporary basis to lead clinical food service management and contribute to quality nutrition care. You will work within a multidisciplinary team with a high level of independence to advance evidence‑based food services for inpatients and community settings.

The role involves service development, quality improvement, clinical education and MHHS wide oversight, including site visits to acute, subacute and MPHS

Qualifications

• High level nutrition and dietetic clinical food service management skills.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team with a high degree of independence.
• Experience in service development, quality improvement and clinical education.
• Capacity to supervise and train less experienced clinicians and students.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high‑quality, evidence‑based food services to stakeholders and consumers across MHHS.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and clinical education.
• Monitor and report on work practices and outcomes, initiating and evaluating quality initiatives.
• Provide supervision and training to less experienced clinicians, students and Clinical Assistants.
• Undertake MHHS wide clinical food service oversight, including site visits to all facilities.

Skills

Nutrition and dietetics

Food service management

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Clinical education

Job description

Mackay Hospital and Health Service – Mackay QLD

The Nutrition and Dietetics Department at the Mackay Base Hospital is seeking applications for a Senior Dietitian (Food Services) to join their team on a temporary basis.

Your opportunity

• Using high level nutrition and dietetic clinical food service management skills, you will work within a multidisciplinary team to advance and deliver high-quality, evidence-based food services to stakeholders and consumers across the MHHS with a high level of independence.
• Contribute to the advancement of quality Nutrition and Dietetic services and optimal patient care through provision of service development, quality improvement, and clinical education.
• Monitor and report on work practices, and outcomes, including initiating, planning and evaluating relevant quality and research initiatives.
• Provide supervision and training to less experienced clinicians, students and Clinical Assistants.
• Undertake MHHS wide clinical food service oversight and support including site visits to all MHHS acute, subacute and MPHS facilities to ensure equity in food service delivery and outcomes. These visits will involve collaboration with operational and clinical staff in the promotion of the importance of evidence based best practice food services.

About the Team

Our Nutrition and Dietetics service delivers care to adult and paediatric patients across inpatient, outpatient, community, and rural settings. As experts in nutrition, our Dietitians provide education and practical support as part of a wider multidisciplinary team to enable patients to make dietary choices that will maximise their health and wellbeing.

About our Hospital and Health Service

Mackay Hospital and Health Service has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,500 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.

Some of our great benefits on offer

• Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
• Flexible working arrangements
• Education opportunities, Study and Research