Senior Clinician
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- Senior Clinician Grade 3 fixed-term, part time, 32 hrs per week (over 4 or 5 days)
- 12-month parnental leave cover contract, 22 May 2025– 5 June 2026
- Workload allocation: clinical educator, stroke, neurology/epilepsy, rheumatology and gynaecology.
- Location: Austin Hospital in Heidelberg
- Pay range as per classification AK1 to AK4 $53.84 to $62.71 per hour + 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
We are part of the Allied Health division, which 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 around 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 and fast paced and we are a friendly and supportive team. We have many highly skilled and experienced dietitians who lead our clinical teams (specialist medicine, oncology, surgical/ICU/gastro, paediatrics and mental health, sub-acute and ambulatory care), and department-wide portfolios (staff education, quality, research, student training, food service, nutrition support, workforce).
About the role
You will be based at the Austin site and you will work as part of our Student Education Portfolio and Specialist Medicine stream as a Clinical Educator.
You will share student education responsibilities with the Clinical Educator who works at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital and Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre sites.
Your clinical work allocation for this role will be complimentary to the educator role and will be based within the Specialist Medicine stream for which there is a Grade 3 clinical stream lead. Your clinical workload will include stroke, neurology/epilepsy, rheumatology and gynaecology. The Specialist Medicine stream includes services to general medicine, renal, respiratory, cardiac and thoracic units, stroke, neurology, neurosurgery and spinal, amongst other units. Your workload allocation may vary according to operational needs across the stream and the department.
You will work 32 hours across four or five days. If you work four days, your day off cannot be a Friday. You will need to be able to move between all campuses; meet commitments related to the student training program for Deakin and Swinburne Universities and be flexible in your ability to attend relevant meetings. You will be supported by, and work closely with, the Dietetics department Grade 4 Student Education lead.
About you
To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:
- Interest and experience in student training in a tertiary hospital
- Have current Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) status
- Have at least 7 years of clinical experience as a dietitian
- Sound clinical nutrition knowledge in a broad range of areas including stroke, neurology and epilepsy
- Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and to work effectively with others and in a team environment
- Clinical teaching, training and supervision skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Effective counselling skills and commitment to patient-centred care
- Demonstrated organisational skills, efficient workload management and ability to prioritise
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 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. 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 Sam King via email: Sam.King@austin.org.au or phone the Dietetics Department on 9496 5011.
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Sunday 6 April 2025
Application Documents required
Cover letter (maximum 2 pages), resume, 2 professional referees, proof of dietetic qualifications, proof of APD status
