Job title: Senior Oncology Clinical Dietitian
Company: NSW Health
Job description: Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (Up to 30/11/2024)
Position Classification: Dietitian Level 3
Remuneration: $54.76 – $56.54 per hour
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ473735
Where you’ll be working
Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) is responsible for providing primary and secondary health care for people living in the Auburn, Blacktown, and The Hills Shire, Holroyd and Parramatta Local Government Areas (LGAs) and tertiary care to residents of the Greater Western Region. We are committed to our vision of ‘better health services for the people of western Sydney and beyond’ and to the delivery of health care or related services in line with our core values of collaboration, openness, respect and empowerment.
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Benefits of working for Western Sydney Local Health District
- Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) every month, in addition to your annual leave (For full time staff)
- Salary Packaging – lowers your taxable income and increases your take-home pay. (Applicable for eligible employees)
- Meal entertainment lowers your taxable income and increases your take-home pay. (Applicable for eligible employees)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) professional counselling and coaching service that offers confidential, short-term support for work-related and personal issues, which you and your immediate family can access
- Managers Support – Employee Assistance Program (EAP) professional consultative service for all managers, HR or senior staff that is confidential and unlimited for people management support
- Fitness Passport – permanent employees and their immediate family members can sign-up for this affordable membership which allows access to an extensive range of gyms, pools and fitness services from multiple providers across NSW, (not available for temp employees- remove if position temporary)
- Generous leave conditions in accordance with NSW Health (State) awards
- Recognition of prior relevant service may be considered toward commencing salary
- Leave may be transferrable from other public sector agencies in accordance with leave mobility provisions
What you’ll be doing
Provision of high quality Nutrition and Dietetic services to patients within the Western Sydney Local Health District.
This includes provision of nutritional assessment, nutrition support, nutrition education and dietetic counselling for the patients of the oncology, haematology and palliative care service (inpatients and outpatients) at the Blacktown Cancer and Haematology Centre. This position is also responsible for supporting all dietitians providing services to patients with cancer within Blacktown and Mount Druitt hospitals.
People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.
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Blacktown hospital car parking allocation model is changing. There is a managed waitlist for parking for new staff commencing at Blacktown Hospital. This does not apply to staff with a disability parking permit.
Please note: A person who is not an Australian citizen or a permanent resident is only eligible for temporary employment for a period not longer than the duration of their current visa or a period not shorter than the duration of the advertised position.
Essential Requirements
Qualification: Tertiary qualifications in Nutrition and Dietetics
Registration: Eligible for full membership of Dietitians’ Association of Australia.
Selection Criteria * Tertiary qualifications in Nutrition and Dietetics and eligible for full membership of the Dietitians’ Association of Australia.
- Post graduate experience in clinical nutrition, with experience in both outpatient and inpatient service delivery in a cancer and haematology service or similar.
- Experience in managing complex caseloads, demonstrating excellent clinical reasoning and decision-making skills.
- Well-developed written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills, effective time management and ability to prioritise workload.
- Demonstrated advanced reasoning skills and independent professional judgement, with the ability to work independently with minimum direct clinical supervision, but also effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated ability to provide leadership, including clinical and student supervision and commitment to advancing the profile of the Nutrition and Dietetics Department.
- Demonstrated experience in quality improvement, in planning, implementing, evaluating and reporting on services.
- High level computer skills, including experience using CBORD Diet Office System and Cerner eMR or equivalent (e.g. ARIA).
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For role related queries or questions contact Caroline Cusack on Caroline.Cusack@health.nsw.gov.au or 0409 032 428
Applications Close: 28th March 2024
Expected salary: $54.76 – 56.54 per hour
Location: Blacktown, NSW – Sydney, NSW
Job date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 08:19:55 GMT
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