Health Practitioner Trainee (Nutrition and Dietetics) , Queensland Health

Division of Allied Health and Rehabilitation, Nutrition and Dietetics, are looking for a Health Practitioner (Nutrition and Dietetics) Trainee to join their team. The Nutrition and Dietetic student performs a range of clinical support activities and on the job skills development while engaged in formal full-time or part-time tertiary studies necessary to acquire the relevant entry level qualification (mandatory) for employment as a Health Practitioner in Queensland
Job details Position status Fixed Term Temporary
Position type Part-time
Occupational group Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support
Classification HP1
Workplace Location Brisbane - South
Job ad reference QLD/MS01534699
Closing date 15-Jan-2024
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Fortnightly salary
Total remuneration
Salary Other
Job duration 5-6 months
Contact person Chloe Jones
Contact details (07) 3176 7938
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Metro South Health is Australia's first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland's population.
This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.
About the Role:

• Perform a defined range of clinical assessment and treatment tasks as allocated by the Allied Health professional and work under their supervision.
• Provide safe, patient-centred and compassionate care considering each patient's psychological, social, emotional, spiritual and physical care.
• Initiate changes to treatment programs under the supervision of the Allied Health professional using results from standardised assessments, decision support tools, clinical pathways and/or consumer guidelines.
• Provide education to consumers and their families on a defined range of topics.
• To be considered, a student must:

• Be enrolled full time (defined as at least 75% of the full-time study load) at an Australian university, in an allied health degree whereby graduation from the course provides an entry level qualification mandatory for employment as a Health Practitioner in Queensland.
• Have completed at least the 1st year of university studies (evidence of enrolment and successful year completion required).

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
Our ICARE² values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team.
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Information Package for Applicants
Role Description