Senior Dietitian - Bariatric Surgery - Temporary, Part Time - St George Hospital

Employment Type: Temporary Part Time until 27 October 2024
Position Classification: Dietitian Level 3
Remuneration: $54.77 - $56.54 per hour plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 12
Requisition ID: REQ477792To be considered for this position you must be an employee of NSW Health and its Affiliated Health Organisations.An exciting opportunity to join South Eastern Sydney Local Health District!South Eastern Sydney Local Health District are now recruiting a Senior Dietitian – Bariatric Surgery.The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.What you'll be doing:Plan, coordinate, and implement in-depth levels of clinical expertise and extensive specialised knowledge within Nutrition and Dietetics in order to provide high quality Dietetic care to patients of the SESLHD Bariatric Surgery Program consistent with NSW Health, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) policies, procedures and standards.The ideal candidate will have:

• Qualifications in accordance with Schedule C of the NSW Health Service Health Professionals (State) Award and that provides eligibility for full membership of the Dietitian's Association of Australia
• Post graduate clinical experience in Bariatric Surgery and/or Obesity management or Gastro- Surgery
• Excellent negotiation, decision making and advocacy skills including the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders, throughout all organisational levels
• Ability to provide in-depth advice and education to enhance service delivery and to guide and support others in providing service excellence, with the capacity to provide clinical supervision to other staff
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to apply advanced reasoning skills and independent professional judgement when dealing with situations of a novel, complex or critical nature
• Ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes and lead ongoing quality improvement activities with other staff and demonstrated commitment to ongoing clinical and professional learning
• Unencumbered Driver’s licence

You can be part of a high performing and supportive team with the opportunity to expand your clinical knowledge and engage in professional development. Salary Packaging and Fitness Passport is also available to eligible staff members.Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.All workers and new recruits are required to receive 2 doses of a Therapeutic Goods Administration approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccine to commence employment/ engagement or continue to work within a NSW Health service.A worker and new recruit will be considered compliant if they have a medical contraindication to all available Therapeutic Goods Administration approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccines and provide medical contraindication evidence in line with the policy requirements.In addition, all Category A workers and new recruits are required to receive one dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine annually to be considered compliant.Category A workers and new recruits who are non-compliant with seasonal influenza vaccination or have a medical contraindication to influenza or COVID-19 vaccinations must comply with all other infection control risk reduction strategies as directed while working in a Category A position.SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply.Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates
We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and we have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can provide support. If you have any questions or would like guidance on the recruitment process, please contact the SESLHD Aboriginal Employment Team via email to:Need more information?
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For role related queries or questions contact Morgan Brown via email: Morgan.Brown@health.nsw.gov.auApplications Close: 10 April 2024