Dietitian - Grade 3 Team Leader

• Excellent benefits including salary packaging
• Senior leadership opportunity
• Friendly and supportive team environment
• Permanent, Full Time position
  
  

About the Role
This Dietitian Grade 3 Team Leader is responsible for providing high quality, dietetic management and leadership for older patients across St Vincent’s, including General Medicine and Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE) units, and other units and services as directed/delegated. This position also provides day to day General Medicine triage assist for junior dietitians. This position is based at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne - four days per week at the Fitzroy campus, and one day per week at the St George’s Hospital Kew campus.

Duties

• Caseload - Bed Based Transition Care, General Medicine and ACE / other units as delegated
• Clinical team leader
• Portfolio leadership
• Staff support and supervision, including Grade 1 clinical practice support program
• Management Team Membership

Classifications for this position will range from classification range Dietitian Grade 3 Year 1 - 4 AK1 - AK4 ($104,301 - $121,477 per annum)

Your Contribution

• Qualifications providing eligibility for full membership of DA and the APD program
• Minimum of seven years’ post-graduate experience in a relevant field of clinical dietetics
• Demonstrates clinical expertise through knowledge of research, new developments and evidence-based practice in discipline specific and related areas.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills that incorporate the qualities of excellent communication and leadership
• Previous work experience across acute, sub acute and residential aged care settings will be highly regarded
• Current National criminal history check, or willing to obtain

What we Offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• A healthy work/life balance encouraged. Full time employment comes with a monthly Accrued Day Off (additional day off per month!)
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
• Culture of continuous improvement

The Nutrition Department
The Nutrition Department provides Nutrition & Dietetics services to all areas of SVHM including acute and sub-acute inpatients, designated outpatient clinics, St George’s Hospital and the community Residential Care Facilities. The Nutrition Department is a core placement site for the clinical supervision of Nutrition and Dietetic students and has several research interests.

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Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application
Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.
Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.
SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).
This position is subject to a Victorian government direction regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.