Dietitian - Grade 2

Job Description:

• Community Rehabilitation & Specialist Clinics

• 18 hours per week

• Parental leave position - Fixed Term 30 March 2026 – 19 March 2027  

About the Role
An exciting opportunity currently exists for a Grade 2 dietitian to join the Health Independence Programs team. The Grade 2 dietitian will deliver high quality person-centred, goal-orientated care within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

This position may be required to work at any of the HIP hub sites or programs. This will be at the discretion of the HIP manager and will take into consideration appropriate skills and training.

Classifications for this position will be AJ1 – AJ4 ($94,478.80 - $106,906.80 per annum, pro rata for part time).

Your contribution

Qualifications providing eligibility for full membership of Dietitian’s Association of Australia and the Accredited Professional Development program

- Minimum of four (4) years post-graduate experience in a relevant field of clinical dietetics

- Demonstrated highly developed clinical management skills

- Understand and support the principles of HIP continuum of care for clients, particularly in relation to individualized, time-limited, goal-centred episodes of care that aim to improve health outcomes

- Highly developed skills of organisation, planning and problem solving

- Highly developed interpersonal skills that incorporate the qualities of excellent communication and leadership

- Current Victorian Driver’s Licence

What we offer

Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
Employee Assistance Program
Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
Career development & advancement encouraged
Culture of continuous improvement

About Department
This position is part of the Health Independence Programs (HIP). The intent of HIP is to deliver improved outcomes for clients and to support hospital demand management and flow, through delivering integrated and coordinated care to clients across the hospital and community interface, reducing duplication and fragmentation of services and ensuring client centred care planning.

SVHM HIP consists of integrated hub sites across several locations including Fitzroy, Kew, North Richmond and Fairfield. HIP at SVHM is delivered in partnership with North Richmond Community Health (NRCH). Community Rehabilitation is provided from our centres at Kew and Fairfield.

The key aim of Community Rehabilitation is to help people who are recovering from traumatic injury or illness, are frail or chronically ill to regain optimal function and to allow people to maximise their independence.

The position also reviews patients from the specialist clinics – Continence clinic, Falls clinic and Osteoarthritis clinic.

The programs offer a supportive and dynamic team environment which focusses on patient-centred care.

Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application
Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).
 

Contact

Peter Hawkins [email protected]

Position Description

3. LOCAL WORK ENVIRONMENT
This position is part of the Health Independence Program (HIP). The intent of HIP is to deliver improved outcomes for clients and to support hospital demand management and flow, through delivering integrated 
and coordinated care to clients across the hospital and community interface, reducing duplication and fragmentation of services and ensuring client centred care planning. SVHM HIP consists of integrated hub sites across several locations including in Fitzroy, Kew, North Richmond and Fairfield. This position is based in the HIP Community Rehabilitation Services. Community Rehabilitation provide time- limited, goal–orientated care for people who have a physical disability, are frail, chronically ill or recovering from traumatic injury or illness to regain and /or maintain optimal function. Community Rehabilitation services comprise of Community Rehabilitation Centres at Fairfield and Kew and Rehabilitation in the Home. This position also sees clients for the Continence service and Falls and Balance clinic. 
This position may require working from any of the SVHM HIP sites and may be required to work within any of the HIP programs. This will be at the discretion of the HIP manager and will take into consideration appropriate skills and training.
The position maintains positive links with the Nutrition Department and contributes to some portfolio and clinical support activities to contribute to quality activities and services to all areas. 

4. POSITION PURPOSE
To work within a flexible, interdisciplinary structure, that ensures the delivery of high quality nutrition services to all clients of HIP Rehabilitation services, making sure that the client’s needs are met and they receive ‘the right treatment in the right place at the right time’. Clinicians are required to provide assessment and management of clients in a number of settings across 
the continuum of care within HIP, including client’s residence, community settings, the HIP Centres or Specialist Clinics.

5. POSITION DUTIES
 Assess and manage all assigned clients as appropriate, according to HIP, Nutrition Department 
and St. Vincent’s policies and procedures 
 Provide appropriate, timely and effective clinical management to all patients through 
assessment, treatment / management, re-evaluation, documentation, team liaison and 
discharge planning
 Provide group education related to nutrition for relevant groups of community rehabilitation 
 Communicate client issues effectively with other team members, with active contribution to 
multidisciplinary team meetings 
 Complete client goal setting in consultation with patient/family/carers as appropriate. Goals are 
to be functional and measurable 
 Evaluate treatment / management using the most appropriate methods, making use of objective 
measures where possible 
 Achieve activity KPIs for relevant service 
 Maintain current knowledge and skills in clinical best practice and rehabilitation 
 Participate in relevant in-service programs 
 Supervision of undergraduate dietetics students as appropriate 
 Actively participate in quality improvement initiatives (includes working groups, projects, audits, 
discipline related projects) as directed by Team Leader 
 Maintain accurate statistics and submit by end of working week 
 Maintain the appropriate standard of medical record keeping and data collection as per St. 
Vincent’s and HIP policies
 Participate in meetings as required and complete allocated tasks on time

6. INCUMBENT OBLIGATIONS
General
 Perform duties of the position to best of their ability and to a standard acceptable to SVHM
 Comply with all SVHM policies, procedures, by laws and directions 
 Treat others with respect and always behave professionally and in accordance with the SVHM Code of Conduct
 Only access confidential information held by SVHM when this is necessary for business purposes, maintaining the confidentiality of that information once accessed
 Participate in the annual SVHM performance review process
 Display adaptability and flexibility to meet the changing operational needs of the business
 Comply with applicable Enterprise Bargaining Agreement provisions
 Display a willingness to develop self and seek to improve performance

Maintain clinical registration and any required indemnity cover
 Always work within approved scope of practice under supervision by more senior clinical staff as appropriate.
 Take personal responsibility for the quality and safety of work undertaken
 Take all necessary care and precautions when undertaking clinical procedures
 Complete annual clinical competencies
 Maintain skills and knowledge necessary to safely and skilfully undertake clinical work 
 Consult with peers and other experts and refer to other healthcare workers when appropriate and in a timely manner 
 Collaborate and clearly communicate with patients/clients and the healthcare team 
 Participate in clinical risk management and continuous quality improvement activities as part of day-to-day work 
 Ensure consumers receive information in an appropriate and accessible format
 Actively support consumers to make informed decisions about their treatment and ongoing care
 Ensure consumers are aware of their rights responsibilities and how to provide feedback
 Protect the health and safety of self and others, complying with all health and safety related policies, procedures and directions 
 Complete required Fire and Emergency Training annually
 Complete required Workplace Culture and Equity Training annually
 Attend general hospital orientation within 3 months of commencement
 As required, comply with fit-testing and PPE requirements
 Participate in reporting and analysis of safety and quality data including risks or hazards,
 Report any hazards, near misses and incidents (regardless of whether an injury occurred or not) into Riskman 
 Identify and report any variance to expected standard and minimising the risk of adverse outcomes

7. INCUMBENT CAPABILIITY REQUIREMENTS (Level 2)
The incumbent of this position will be expected to possess the following core capabilities:

• Capability Demonstrated behaviour
• Personal Personal effectiveness Takes responsibility for accurate, timely work results
• Learning Agility Identifies personal development needs and seeks information from a range of sources
• Outcomes Patient/Resident/client centred Strives to meet and exceed expectations, demonstrating sound judgement
• Innovation and Improvement Contributes to improvement by reviewing strengths and weaknesses of current processes
• Strategy Driving Results Manages own work load to deliver results
• Organisational Acumen Understands the interdependencies between units/departments
• People Working with and Managing others Takes responsibility for ensuring productive, efficient teamwork
• Collaboration Works collaboratively within and outside the team

8. SELECTION CRITERIA
8.1 ESSENTIAL REGISTRATION, LICENSE OR QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
 Qualifications providing eligibility for full membership of Dietitians Association of Australia and 
the Accredited Practising Dietitian program
 Current Victorian Driver’s Licence

8.2 OTHER ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
 Minimum of four (4) years post-graduate experience in a relevant field of clinical dietetics
 Demonstrated highly developed clinical management skills
 Understand and support the principles of HIP continuum of care for clients, particularly in 
relation to individualized, time-limited, goal-centred episodes of care that aim to improve health 
outcomes 
 Highly developed skills of organisation, planning and problem solving
 Highly developed interpersonal skills that incorporate the qualities of excellent communication 
and leadership
 Demonstrated ability to work both in an interdisciplinary team and independently
 Evidence of ongoing education/professional development relevant to Dietetic practice
 Competent using Microsoft Office programs, database systems 
 Commitment to the values and health care philosophy of the St. Vincent’s

Closing Date:

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [email protected]

View Reconciliation Action Plan

Code of Conduct:

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