• Primarily based at Monash Children’s Hospital
  
• Collaborative & professional team environment
  
• Part time (0.6 EFT), fixed-term until August 2024

Our Journey

Monash Children’s Hospital is one of Australia’s leading providers of integrated children’s health services, with more than 30 specialist services and programs. We have Victoria’s largest Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and provide leading paediatric services in many areas including Rehabilitation, Oncology, Diabetes and Eating Disorders.

Dietetics at Monash Children’s provides services to paediatric inpatients, outpatients and Monash Children’s @Home patients across Monash Children’s and Casey Hospitals.

Monash Children’s at Home provides specialised nursing and allied health support and home visits for families caring for infants and children (newborn-18yr) with complex medical care needs. Visits can occur in home, kindergartens, schools, specialist schools & other settings. The team facilitates extensive liaison with hospital staff & community based support services. Monash Children’s at Home removes the need for families to either stay in hospital for care or attend hospital daily to receive care.

A Day in the Life

We are seeking an enthusiastic Dietitian who is patient focused and ready for a new challenge. The Dietetics team is an integral part of a wider multi-disciplinary team. Your ideas matter to us and we welcome a forward thinking approach to care. We a well networked and experienced team of Dietitians offering you support and learning to grow your career.

Working within a large interdisciplinary team, this is a fixed term part time position until August 2024.

As a Grade 2 Dietitian with Monash Children’s Allied Health you will:

• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary colleagues across the service to foster clinical excellence and consistency of practice.
• You will provide comprehensive nutritional assessment and management of Monash Children’s at Home patients. This will be managed both from Monash Children’s Hospital and travel to home/community sites will also be required.
• Management of children under the Home Parenteral Nutrition Service will form part of this caseload, as well as a Dietetic outpatient clinic and a multidisciplinary Gastroenterology clinic.
• Travel may be required to Casey Hospital

This position is well supported by a large, dynamic, team with supervision by a Senior Paediatric Dietitian. The position offers training, professional development, the opportunity to cover a range of clinical areas and undertake quality activities and projects. This is a full-time role but consideration will be given to this being filled by part-time applicants.

What you Need:

• A relevant Dietetics qualification - eligible for membership of the Dietitians Association of Australia and APD program.
• At least 2 years’ experience as a Paediatric Dietitian
• Experience in teaching, training and education
• Demonstrated clinical skills in paediatric nutritional assessment and management across a range of caseloads
• Excellent interpersonal skills, a strong team focus and an innovative approach

In Return

We are a diverse team of paediatric allied health clinicians working in a supportive and flexible department with close links to our community and adult colleagues. We support career progression and professional development, with opportunities to grow your career in many different directions.

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Liz Mount on 0481 918 297.

Monash Health is a great place to work

Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including:

• salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
• a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
• free vaccinations
• private health insurance at discounted rates
• health imaging services
• & more

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service and proudly provides healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire lifespan from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers. More than 22,000 of us work at over 40 care locations across south-eastern Melbourne.

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five iCare values. For more information please visit monashhealth.org.

How to Apply

Applications are only accepted that are submitted via the Monash Health online Mercury System (e-recruit), via Apply Now link.

For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please refer to attached ‘Application Guide’ located under Position Documents

Please note, applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.