Make a difference through evidence-based nutrition care and help improve patient health outcomes at QEII Jubilee Hospital.

Join our collaborative Nutrition and Dietetics team as a Dietitian, delivering high-quality clinical services, contributing to service improvement and supporting better health outcomes for our patients.

Job details

This role is a frontline role that provides essential frontline services.

Your new role:

We are seeking a motivated Dietitian – Nutritionist to join the Nutrition and Dietetics team at QEII Jubilee Hospital, providing high-quality, evidence-based nutrition and dietetic services to patients across a range of clinical areas. In this role, you will:

• Manage an allocated clinical workload, including weight management clinics linked to orthopaedic patients, delivering nutrition assessment, intervention and evaluation within a multidisciplinary team.
• Apply your clinical knowledge and judgement to support patient-centred nutrition care, including working collaboratively with patients, carers and other healthcare professionals.
• Contribute to quality improvement, service development and research activities that enhance the delivery of nutrition and dietetic services.

About you:

You are a collaborative and enthusiastic dietitian who is passionate about delivering high-quality patient care and improving health outcomes through evidence-based nutrition practice. You will bring:

• Demonstrated knowledge, skills and expertise in nutrition and dietetics across a broad range of clinical areas, with the ability to apply these in a clinical setting.
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively within dietetic and multidisciplinary teams, including using negotiation and conflict resolution skills where required.
• An interest in quality improvement, research and service development, with the ability to contribute to initiatives that improve clinical practice and service delivery.
• A commitment to professional development, continuous learning and contributing positively to a collaborative team environment.

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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:

The Nutrition and Dietetic Department's core purpose is to positively influence health outcomes through high quality nutrition intervention, including clinical care, quality improvement/research and education. The department provides clinical dietetic services for inpatients and outpatients of the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital. 

This includes nutrition risk screening, assessment, intervention and support for inpatients, and both group and individual counselling of outpatients.  The department also provides a home enteral and parenteral nutrition service. The department works closely with food services to ensure the provision of high quality, nutritious, patient centred menus and has a strong multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to advance nutrition care hospital wide.

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)
  
  MS11696838 (PDF)