• Grade 2 Dietitian, Permanent part time 0.6 FTE - Eastern Suburbs
• Not for profit with salary packaging benefits & work life balance
• Collaborative and highly supportive team environment

About Access Health and Community

With a 150-year history and caring at our centre, our mission at Access Health and Community (AccessHC) is to build healthier lives together. We have a dedicated and experienced team of over 400 employees and 200 volunteers operating across 18 locations. Our people are the centre of everything we do and contribute to improving the wellbeing of the community every day.

About the role

We are seeking a highly motivated Grade 2 paediatric clinician to join our rapidly growing Child & Family Services Team. The applicant will demonstrate a passion for working within a multi and transdisciplinary supportive team environment in the wonderful world of paediatrics. AccessHC has an excellent reputation for its highly experienced and dynamic teams of allied health professionals who deliver services to pre-school and school aged children and their families within the communities in the Eastern suburbs. This is a Permanent Part-time position.

What you will be doing

Key Responsibilities:

• Operate a paediatric nutrition service within our multi and transdisciplinary teams to ensure the delivery of centre based and outreach services to all eligible clients
• Assess, plan and provide nutritional support for families of pre-school and school aged children
• Actively participate in the services’ newly developed multi- disciplinary feeding clinic
• Initiate, plan, implement and evaluate group programs for families as appropriate
• Participate in client care meetings and department meetings for the purposes of team care planning, case conferencing and client review
• In collaboration with other AccessHC Child & Family service staff and management, review the content of individual & group programs and make service changes based on the outcome of these reviews

What you will bring

Key Selection Criteria:

• Tertiary qualification in Dietetics / Nutrition with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a paediatric setting
• Demonstrated skills in providing a friendly and non-judgmental service for families looking for support with food, eating, health and wellness.
• An understanding of current evidenced-based best practice to ensure positive outcomes for the child and family.
• Demonstrated knowledge of typical and atypical childhood development in order to understand the child’s developmental delay or disability.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Experience in planning and delivering group therapy programs.

Attributes

• A passion to deliver an exceptional customer service engagement with all customer
• An ability to work sensitively with people of diverse cultures, abilities, ages, sexualities and gender identities
• Commitment to continuous quality improvement and health promotion principles
• Effective time management and prioritisation skills
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment
• Demonstrated behaviours consistent with Access Health and Community values

Access Health and Community Culture & Benefits

At AccessHC, we offer more than just a fulfilling career; we provide an environment where you can thrive in a culture of collaboration and support. Our team members share commitment and passion to make a positive impact and this ethos creates a range of benefits for our people from opportunities for personal and professional growth to a sense of purpose and belonging. Our culture promotes an environment of success and fulfilment.

Join us and experience a career where you truly make a difference.

The position encompasses an extensive range of benefits

• Supportive and values-based culture and engaged workforce
• Culture of trust and empowerment for people to grow and thrive
• Commitment to a work-life balance with flexible working conditions
• Focus on staff wellbeing and health - Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and career growth
• Paid parental leave and opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Annual leave loading
• Generous salary packaging opportunities (up to $15,990 per annum + $2,650 meals/entertainment expenses)

Read more about our culture and benefits: https://accesshc.org.au/culture-and-benefits

Apply Now

Submit your application including your resume and cover letter addressing the selection criteria.

Please refer to the position description on our website for the key selection criteria information: https://accesshc.org.au/careers/

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Please reach out to Rebecca Smith, Clinical Operations Manager CFT, Email: [email protected] using the subject line: Dietitian - Child & Family Team enquiry via EthicalJobs for further information and/or the opportunity to discuss this role.

Apply now, as applications will be assessed as they are submitted, and the role may be filled before the end of the application period.

Access Health and Community (AccessHC) is a Child Safe Organisation that values inclusivity and diversity. We encourage applications from people with disabilities, those with lived experience of mental health and/or alcohol and other drugs (AOD) challenges, and those with diverse genders and sexualities.

At AccessHC, our vision for reconciliation is an Australia where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experience equitable health and social outcomes. Our Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) will contribute to achieving reconciliation. We will seek an understanding of and acknowledging histories and injustices, support the active expression of culture, build strong, trusting relationships, and apply culturally appropriate practices within our work.

We will work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to create a welcoming and safe place for everyone at our services. AccessHC acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people, who are the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work. We pay our respects to Wurundjeri Elders past, present, and future, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and we acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

As a vaccine positive organisation, we encourage COVID-19 vaccinations and require successful applicants to undergo a NDIS Check, Working With Children Check, Police Check and potentially an International Check.

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