Graduate Dietitian

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• New Graduate Dietitian (Grade 1) opportunity, Start date 2 Dec 2024, End date 1 Dec 2026 

• 24 month fixed term full time position, 40 hours per week plus monthly ADO 

• Two rotations – first 12 months at the subacute campus, second 12 months at the acute campus 

• Heidelberg location, close to multiple public transport options 

• Pay range as per classification AI1 to AI7 $32.11 to $45.71 per hour+ generous salary packaging + super + higher qualification allowance if applicable. 

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide.  We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives. 

About the Nutrition and Dietetics Department 

Austin Health’s Allied Health division employs over 1,000 health professionals across 27 disciplines, broadly known as the therapies and sciences, who work as key members of the multidisciplinary team aiming to provide the best outcomes for patients via preventing, diagnosing and treating a range of healthcare conditions. 

The Nutrition and Dietetics department has 50 staff members across three sites - Austin (acute care), Repat (sub-acute care) and Talbot (rehabilitation), providing services to inpatients, outpatients and home & community programs.  We operate as one department and come together for staff meetings and continuing education. Our work environment is vibrant, fast paced, friendly, fun and supportive. Our team contains many highly skilled and experienced dietitians who lead our clinical teams and department portfolios. Our clinical streams are specialist medicine, ICU/surgical/gastro, oncology, paediatrics & mental health, sub-acute and ambulatory care services. We have portfolios to support the work we do in staff education, student training, quality and safety, research, nutrition support, food service, outpatient services and workforce operations.  

About the role 

This is a fantastic 2 year opportunity for a New Graduate Dietitian who graduated in, or after, November 2023 to grow their clinical nutrition skills in a friendly and supportive environment   

In the first year you will work in our Sub-acute and Ambulatory Care Streams at the Repatriation Campus, and then in the second year you will work in our Specialist Medicine Stream at the Acute Campus. Each of these streams has an allocated Senior Dietitian as the Stream Leader. The streams are supportive, fun and are made up of a team of dietitians with varying levels of experience and specialties. In each rotation you will have an allocated experienced dietitian as your supervisor.  You will have some opportunity to contribute to stream-based quality improvement initiatives or research. 

Your primary workload allocation in the first year will be inpatient wards (including orthopaedic, neurology and general rehabilitation) and endocrinology outpatient clinics. Your primary workload allocation in the second year will include inpatients admitted under general medicine, cardiology, cardiac surgery, outpatient service to cardiac rehabilitation and cardiac failure groups as well as service to one of our dialysis units (offsite).  Your workload allocation may vary according to operational needs across the stream and the department.   

About you 

To be successful in this role you will: 

• Be qualified to practice as a dietitian in Australia as recognised by Dietitians Australia (DA) and meet the criteria for the Accredited Pracitising Dietitian (APD) program 

• Have graduated from a Master of Dietetics course in, or after, November 2023 

• Be enthusiastic, self-motivated, reflective and willing to learn  

• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills 

• Be hardworking with exemplar organisational skills including efficient workload management and ability to prioritise 

• Have effective nutrition counselling skills and a commitment to patient centred care  

Our benefits 

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including: 

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation 

• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program 

• Mentoring and career development opportunities 

• Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists 

Work with us!  

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures. 

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application, including: 

- A cover letter which addresses the key selection criteria (1-2 pages maximum) 

- CV which must include 2 professional referees  

- Proof of your dietetic qualifications  

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.  

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Sofie Modulon, Grade 4 Dietitian, Workforce Operations Lead, sofie.modulon@austin.org.au 

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.

Application closing date: 10 November 2024