Bring your acute care dietetics expertise to a values-driven team committed to innovation and patient-centred care.

Permanent part-time opportunity (30.4 hours per fortnight) based within Nutrition and Dietetics, Allied Health at Metro South Health, delivering senior acute care dietetic services across a collaborative and progressive multidisciplinary team in Brisbane’s south side region.

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Your new role:

As the Senior Dietitian within the acute care team, you will play a key role in delivering evidence-based nutrition and dietetic services while contributing to service innovation, education, and quality improvement initiatives by:

• Delivering high-quality clinical dietetic assessment, intervention and evaluation within an interprofessional healthcare environment
• Managing complex acute care caseloads with a high level of clinical judgement and independence
• Supporting service development, evidence-based practice and quality improvement initiatives across the department
• Providing supervision, training and mentorship to junior clinicians, students and Allied Health Assistants
• Collaborating closely with multidisciplinary teams to achieve safe, patient-centred care outcomes
• Assisting with workload coordination and responding to changing operational demands within the service
• Contributing to research, education and continuous improvement activities that enhance patient care and service delivery

About you:

We are seeking a motivated and collaborative clinician who demonstrates strong acute care dietetics capability along with a passion for leadership, education and service excellence with:

• Demonstrated high-level clinical knowledge and experience in acute care nutrition and dietetics
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams
• Proven ability to prioritise and manage complex clinical workloads within a fast-paced environment
• Experience supporting or supervising junior staff, students or assistants in clinical practice
• A commitment to evidence-based practice, service improvement and patient-centred care
• Eligibility for Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) credentialing and membership with Dietitians Australia
• A collaborative and adaptable approach aligned with Metro South Health's values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence

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What we can offer you:

• Opportunities to contribute to research, innovation and service improvement initiatives
• Ongoing professional development, supervision and career progression opportunities
• Flexible working arrangements that support work-life balance
• The opportunity to make a genuine impact within one of Queensland's leading public health services
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Logan Hospital:

Logan Hospital is the major health centre for one of the fastest growing areas in Queensland. We offer a range of services, including medical, rehabilitation, maternity, surgical and paediatric care.

We offer our staff and students extensive support and training in most medical specialties. As a teaching hospital, we help train future health care professionals and participate in research through strong partnerships with Queensland's leading medical schools, universities, and TAFE Queensland.

Our services will continue to grow as we build bigger and better facilities to support the community. By 2027, we'll have more beds and 5 more birthing suites as part of the Logan Hospital expansion.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.

Further information

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

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

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

• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)
  
  MS05682926_Role Description (PDF)