Senior Dietitian (Clinical Lead)

The Nutrition and Dietetics Department at the Mackay Base Hospital are looking for a Senior Dietitian (Clinical Lead) to join their team on a temporary basis.

Mackay Hospital and Health Service provides a public healthcare service to a population of more than 182,000 across the Mackay Region, Whitsundays and Hinterland. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2.

This role may be eligible for the Queensland Health Attraction Incentive Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Scheme ( https://www.healthycareers.health.qld.gov.au/attraction-incentives )

Your opportunity

• Contribute to the advancement of quality nutrition and dietetic services and optimal patient care through:

• direct provision of high-level clinical services.
• Clinical leadership for service development.
• representation on relevant committees at a local and/or state-wide level.
• quality improvement and research activities.
• education and training of current and future health professionals and support staff.

• Provide day-to-day operational support to the Director Dietetics.
• This position reports operationally and professionally to the Director of Dietetics.

About the Team

Our Nutrition and Dietetics Service delivers care to patients, both children and adults, throughout our hospital departments as well as in outpatient, community and rural settings. As experts in nutrition, our Dietitians provide education and practical support to enable patients to make dietary choices that will maximise their health and wellbeing. The Nutrition and Dietetic Department also:

• Facilitates practical placements for student dietitians and on the job training for new graduates.
• Undertakes quality improvement activities and contributes to research and advancement of best practice nutrition care.
• Provides expert guidance and support to Foodservice operations at each hospital facility.

Mackay Hospital and Health Service ( https://www.mackay.health.qld.gov.au/ ) has six hospitals, two multi-purpose health services and four community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.

Benefits of working for Mackay HHS

• Remuneration - Competitive packages with salary packaging options available.
• Superannuation - Up to 12.75% employer contribution.
• Annual leave loading - 17.5%.
• Employee assistance and peer support programs - Supporting our staff through difficult times.
• Wellbeing programs - Variety of initiatives available to suit all interests and lifestyles.

How to apply

For full details of this role and how to apply, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Mandatory vaccination requirements

• Vaccinated against, and remain vaccinated against, vaccine preventable diseases Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR), Varicella (Chicken Pox), Pertussis (Whooping Cough), Hepatitis B.

For more information on your vaccination requirements should you be the successful applicant for this role, please refer to the Queensland Health employment directives ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/directives/employment ).