Shape Specialist Dietetic Care in Gastroenterology

Join the Nutrition and Dietetics team at Logan Hospital and provide senior clinical expertise across gastroenterology, including extended scope practice and Dietitian-led Coeliac Disease and Gastrostomy clinics.

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Your new role:

As a Senior Dietitian, you will deliver high-quality, evidence-based Nutrition and Dietetics services across acute and ambulatory gastroenterology settings. This is an opportunity to work with a highly functioning interprofessional team while contributing to extended scope practice, clinical education, service development and quality improvement.

• Provide senior Nutrition and Dietetics services to patients with gastrointestinal disorders across acute and ambulatory settings.
• Support Dietitian-led Coeliac Disease and Gastrostomy clinics and extended scope/first point of contact services.
• Apply advanced clinical judgement to complex clinical presentations, prioritising workload and supporting effective discharge planning.
• Provide clinical advice, education, supervision and support to less experienced clinicians, students and Allied Health Assistants.

About you:

You are an experienced Dietitian with strong clinical expertise in gastroenterology and the ability to confidently manage complex workloads in a fast-paced clinical environment. You will bring excellent communication, leadership and clinical reasoning skills, together with a commitment to evidence-based practice and service improvement.

• Experience managing complex patients and rapidly prioritising clinical workload and discharge planning.- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to provide high-level clinical advice.
• Experience providing supervision, education and support to clinicians and students.
• Demonstrated ability to initiate, implement and evaluate service improvement initiatives.
• Experience in extended scope or first point of contact practice, with previous credentialing highly desirable.

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What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• 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.

About us:

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.

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• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)
  
  Role Description_MS10694197 (PDF)