Senior ICU Dietitian

Employment Type

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About Us
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.

Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.

The Nepean Critical Care Unit is seeking to engage a Senior Dietitian who will cover a maternity leave vacancy. As the Senior Dietitian, you will deliver, plan, and evaluate high-level clinical nutrition services to Intensive Care clients of Nepean Hospital. You will utilise independent professional judgement, high level clinical expertise, and knowledge in critical care dietetics in order to provide high quality, evidenced-based nutritional care of patients in Nepean ICU. The role will act as a consultant to medical, nursing, and other staff across the district in critical care nutritional management and work collaboratively with other health professionals and agencies in the continuity of care for ICU patients.

The Senior Dietitian will also take part in monitoring, reviewing, and developing relevant clinical nutrition policies and protocols. This position will provide clinical supervision, education and, support to junior Dietitians and other staff as required. We invite you to take this next step in your career with us. Apply Today!

This is a maternity relief position and should the permanent incumbent require an early return from maternity leave, proper notice will be given to cease this temporary assignment.

Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees

•    Accrued Day Off (ADO)
•    Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
•    Novated Leasing
•    Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
•    Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
•    Fitness Passport

NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.

NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.  

For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal please click here.