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First Nations Graduate Dietitian
Mount Isa Hospital
Graduate Opportunity Build Your Skills in Mount Isa!
Start your career with purpose as a First Nations Graduate Allied Health Professional in Mount Isa. You’ll deliver inpatient and outpatient services, gain broad generalist experience in a supportive remote health setting, and complete the First Nations Graduate Pathway, including funded leadership training, weekly development time, and regular cultural and clinical mentoring. This opportunity is open to a variety of allied health disciplines including Pharmacy, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Dietetics, Social Work, Speech Pathology, Podiatry, and Exercise Physiology. Temporary Full-Time role (two years).
Job details
| Position status | Fixed Term Temporary |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support |
| Classification | HP3 |
| Workplace Location | North West Qld |
| Job ad reference | QLD/MI667841_D |
| Closing date | 14-Dec-2025 |
| Job duration | 2 years |
| Contact person | Dayle Easlea |
| Contact details | (07) 4744 4447 Access the National Relay Service |
North West Hospital and Health Service (HHS)
- Unique locations
- Friendly communities
- Regional, rural and remote $$$ incentives
Working with us
- Rural and Remote incentive:Category D allowance of $431.22 p.f.
- Eligible health practitioners entitled to accrue an additional three days professional development leave per annum, resulting in a total of six days professional development leave per annum.
- Eligible health practitioners working in designated remote areas will be entitled to a professional development allowance of $3,512.00 per annum.
- Staff accomodation pending eligibility.
Professionally, our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff. We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in-house training, development and mentoring programs.
The lifestyle in Mount Isa is family friendly; it is a vibrant city with an outback community feel. You will fall in love with the natural splendour of the North West Queensland region, the experience of a rural/urban community and the opportunity to make a real and positive difference... and want to stay. The Traditional Owners of the area are the Kalkadoon people.
Mount Isa is a great place to live and work!
About the role
Kick-start your career as a Dietitian in Mount Isa! Build your skills across a range of clinical areas and be supported through the First Nations Graduate Pathway with training, supervision, and cultural mentoring.
In this role you will:
- Deliver dietetic assessment, treatment, and management under supervision.
- Rotate through a variety of clinical areas including medical, surgical, maternity, and chronic disease.
- Work within a multidisciplinary Allied Health team providing quality, patient-centred care.
- Participate in structured training, supervision, and cultural mentoring.
- Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, there is a genuine occupational requirement for the incumbent to be Indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community.
- Mandatory requirements are a relevant tertiary degree qualification and appropriate registration/licences.
- Pre-employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.
- This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.
- A period of probation may apply.
Interested?
Download the Role Description for further information and application / interview preparation.
Contact: Dayle Easlea on (07) 4744 4447
Applications close: Sunday 14 December 2025
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
Our vision is to be Queensland's leading HHS delivering excellence in remote healthcare to our patients, working as an integral part of the community.
We are an equal opportunity employer.
Documents
Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.
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Info Sheet_Documentation Preparation - new candidates 26.09.2024 (09.2024.Pdf)
QH Applicant Information Kit (PDF)
MI667841_CP First Nations Graduate Clinical Physiologist RDv3 (PDF)
MI667841_D First Nations Graduate Dietitian RDv3 (PDF)
MI667841_OT First Nations Graduate Occupational Therapist RDv3 (PDF)
MI667841_P First Nations Graduate Podiatrist RDv3 (PDF)
MI667841_Pharmacist First Nations Graduate Pharmacist RDv3 (PDF)
MI667841_PT First Nations Graduate Physiotherapist RDv3 (PDF)
MI667841_SP First Nations Graduate Speech Pathologist RDv3 (PDF)
MI667841_SW First Nations Graduate Social Worker RDv3 (PDF)
