Deputy Head Of Department

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Dietitian Lvl 5
Remuneration: 126240 - 129309 full time equivalent base salary range (excludes super, leave loading and salary packaging)
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ472394

Sydney Children's Hospitals Network is the largest paediatric health care entity in Australia. We care for thousands of children each year in our hospitals and in their homes — with one purpose in mind — to help young people live their healthiest lives.

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Additional Information:

• An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part time and temporary full or part time vacancies.

What you'll be doing
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced dietitian with highly developed clinical skills (either adult or paediatric) to take on a leadership role within a specialist tertiary health network.
The Nutrition and Dietetic Department aims to work in partnership to advocate for optimised nutrition for children through evidence based clinical care, education, research and leadership. We specialise in addressing the unique nutritional needs of children from neonates to adolescents, across a range of clinical domains. Our primary aim is to optimise the growth and nutritional status of all children with chronic and complex medical conditions. 
The Deputy Head of Department provides leadership within the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics through assisting the Head
of Department in the day to day management of dietetics staff and services at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, while maintaining a clinical role. This includes oversight of the Diet Office and Formula Room operations.
Management duties include assistance with workload allocation for dietitians and nutrition assistants, budget management, staff recruitment and personnel management including technical staff operating in both the Diet Office and the Formula Room, contributing to service reviews and development, updating nutrition and dietetics policies and procedures including the Formula Room Food Safety Plan, coordinating data collection and statistical reporting, and co-ordination of the dietetics professional development program. This position works closely with the senior dietitian clinical educator position to facilitate student clinical placements, paediatric dietetics lecture series for the universities and ongoing professional development of all dietetic staff. 
Commitment to the promotion of a culture of continuous improvement and consumer participation in paediatric nutrition is required.

1. Eligible for full membership of the Dietitians Australia
2. Senior dietitian grade with extensive and acknowledged clinical skills and experience in a range of clinical areas in an allied health environment in a hospital setting
3. Demonstrated ability to lead and manage a team effectively, with highly developed interpersonal skills including excellent negotiation, decision making and advocacy skills and the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders, throughout all organisational levels. This requires excellent written and oral communication skills, including computer literacy
4. Demonstrated ability to provide in-depth advice, leadership and direction in service planning, the development of models of care, and to guide and support others in providing service excellence
5. Demonstrated organisational skills and the ability to apply advanced reasoning skills and independent professional judgement when dealing with situations of a novel, complex or critical nature
6. Demonstrated ability to act as a state wide clinical resource and consultant for health and other professionals in the tertiary Nutrition & Dietetics management of children & young people
7. Demonstrated experience in, understanding of and commitment to promoting a culture of continuous quality improvement based on evidence based practice and a commitment to ongoing clinical and professional learning

SCHN is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity - we acknowledge the vibrancy that a diverse workforce brings to enhance both our workplace culture and our service delivery to children, young people and their families and carers. We encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply. If you identify as an Indigenous Australian or as a person with a disability, please contact us if you would like some more information about our recruitment process.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. We recognise the value of Aboriginal staff providing health care to Aboriginal children and families that access the services we provide at the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network. Aboriginal job applicants are encouraged to visit the NSW Health Aboriginal Recruitment tool, Stepping Up to assist in preparing your application.

Please refer to the Application Guide and NSW Policy Directive PD2022_030 Occupational Assessment Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases for vaccination requirements.

All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course (2 doses) of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA).

Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.

This position requires a Working with Children Check (WWCC) issued by the Office of the Children’s Guardian.  For more information on how to apply for the clearance, please visit the Office of the Children’s Guardian Website https://ocg.nsw.gov.au/ 

NSWHealth is committed to child safety in line with the Child Safe Standards

Applicants holding visas with working rights may be considered for temporary appointment (up to the expiry date of their visa) where no suitable local applicant is identified.

Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

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For role related queries or questions contact Amanda Carter on Amanda.Carter@health.nsw.gov.au

If you are Aboriginal or Torres Strait islander wishing to apply for this role and want to speak with an Aboriginal person/representative from the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network please contact Wayne Dargan on wayne.dargan@health.nsw.gov.au

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Applications Close: 20/03/2024