We’re excited to welcome a Nutrition Assistant to our Nutrition and Dietetics team.

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We're excited to welcome a Nutrition Assistant to our Nutrition and Dietetics team.

Sunshine Coast Health is in southeast Queensland and extends through the coastal and hinterland areas from Caloundra in the south and Gympie in the north. 

Sunshine Coast Health is a values-based organisation. We are committed to the maintenance of a culture in which we treat our colleagues with respect as we do our patients, consumers and the community. We respect, protect and promote human rights in our decision-making and actions.

To assist with the provision of nutrition care for inpatients of SCHHS, conducting nutrition screening, arranging appropriate nutrition in accordance with established standards, and working closely with dietitians as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality patient care. The position will be based at Gympie Hospital.

Food service systems vary across the SCHHS – Gympie Hospital currently uses a paper-based menu management system, and SCUH and NGH use the online menu management system Chefmax.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Correctly complete meal orders for patients, providing information regarding menu items, guidance for special diets, and ensuring the menu is in accordance with dietary requirements.
• Communicate effectively with patients, Nursing Staff, Dietitians, Food Service staff, Speech Pathologists and other staff as relevant to assist with improving nutritional care of patients, particularly those on special diets and/or with poor nutrition status.
• Conduct nutrition screening and other activities as directed by the Dietician/s to assist with assessing and improving nutritional status of patients for example lunch time rounds, food charts and individual review of patients receiving extra items.

Salary rates: $34.53 - $36.30 p.h., employer contribution to superannuation (up to 12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (CA3) (Permanent part time positions available, 53.2 hrs p.f. hrs p.f.) Applications will remain current for 12 months. Please note: only applications from candidates will be accepted (applications that may result in an agency fee will not be considered).

Why work for us?

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Queensland Health employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community. We encourage people of all genders, races, ages and abilities to apply for roles within our Health Service.
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Sunshine Coast here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/sunshinecoast/careers

As a Sunshine Coast Health employee, you will receive competitive remuneration and have access to:
• A wellness program;
• Generous superannuation;
• Flexible work arrangements;
• Career training and development; and
• Salary packaging.

Check out the latest updates here:
https://www.sunshinecoast.health.qld.gov.au/ 

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

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Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• SC656046-RD (PDF, 549KB)
  Role Description
  
  Information for Applicants, SCHHS (PDF, 1.79MB)
  Information Package for Applicants