• 0.6FTE Part Time Fixed Term until February 2023 (Parental Leave Cover) + Grade 1 classification $67,000 -$94,923 TRP (Pro Rata Part Time) + New Sunshine Location
• Work with a dynamic multidisciplinary Allied Health Services team providing excellent clinical support !
• Build your clinical skills in this rewarding opportunity within the community health sector !

We are One Team IPC Health, we are passionate, creative and we make a difference.

We deliver innovative high-quality services that are client centred, collaborative, coordinated and demonstrate value through measured impact. We are a not-for-profit community health service committed to working with the rapidly growing areas of Melbourne’s middle and outer West, where population will grow by 400,000 in the coming 15 years. By year 2035, we anticipate that the total population served will be approximately 1.2 million.

The Opportunity

Explore your career and personal growth journey as a Dietitian within the community health sector with IPC Health ! With a supportive Senior Clinician and Dietetics team, you will apply your clinical knowledge and evidence based practice to contribute to positive clinical outcomes for the Brimbank community. With a strong focus on promoting and providing evidence based nutritional intervention, you will be implementing and monitoring nutritional and therapeutic diet programs within the identified clinical area, using a patient centred evidence informed practice model of care. Through a high standard of practice in the assessment and treatment of client care, you will support and educate clients, their families and carers to reach their goals. With our newly implemented Innovation Framework, there is opportunity for you to explore your creativity !

This position is a 0.6FTE Part Time Fixed Term (Parental Leave Cover until February 2023) role and is classified as a Grade 1 Dietitian under the Victorian Community Health Sector (Audiologists, Dietitians, Pharmacists & Psychologists) 2018-2021.

You will make a difference by

• Contributing to positive client outcomes through evidence based practice, working within the social model of health framework.
• Providing a high level of quality dietetic care and management to the local community.
• Embedding best practice and an innovative mindset to provide patient centred care.
• Collaborating with a diverse range of stakeholders to build positive relationships that enhances service delivery and client's needs.

To succeed you will need

• Bachelor Nutrition and Dietetics, Bachelor Science, Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in one or more of the following: clinical nutrition, nutrition education, health promotion, nutritional support, paediatrics or rehabilitation.
• An understanding and commitment to the principles of community health, including working with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
• Demonstrated capacity to work as a member of a multi disciplinary team in the delivery of services to the community as well as autonomously.
• Strong technical skills with ability to adapt to new platforms and client management systems.
• Current membership with Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) with Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) status or working toward APD status.
• Current Victorian driver’s licence and Working with Children’s Check

What next?

If you are passionate, creative and want to make a difference, we want to hear from you. All you need to do is visit our careers page, read the role’s Position Description, submit your resume, Cover Letter and response to the Key Selection Criteria.

To find out more about the role, please contact Sebastian Buccheri – Senior Manager Allied Health Services on 0411 201 908.

We are committed to maintaining a barrier-free environment for all and welcome individuals of diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, those from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and the LGBTI communities to apply for our job opportunities.

If you require a reasonable workplace adjustment to support you during the interview process please email [email protected] using the subject line: Dietitian enquiry via EthicalJobs with your request. Reasonable workplace adjustments are changes that are necessary and achievable to enable a person to efficiently perform their role to the best of their abilities.A reasonable workplace adjustment can be requested at any time in the recruitment process or as a part of employment with IPC Health.

Position Description - Dietitian (Grade 1)