Senior Clinical Dietitian - Team Leader
- Benefit from paid maternity and parental leave
- Salary Packaging: Cut taxes and Boosts take home pay
- Monthly Paid Day Off, in addition to annual leave (full-time staff)
Position Classification: Dietitian Level 4
Remuneration: $121,658 - $124,607 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Location: Westmead
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.
What you'll be doing
This position will be team leader for the team of clinical dietitians within the department. The team leader will assist the Department Head and Deputy Head to manage the dietitian inpatient and outpatient services for the team and manage a clinical caseload.
The team leader will provide:
- Clinical supervision, expertise and knowledge to the team members.
- Co-ordinate the clinical dietitian student placements.
- Provide advice to service managers on clinical service provision, performance of the team, service delivery development, practice and redesign
How to Apply
Apply online by submitting your resume and addressing the criteria listed below by providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date.
Essential Criteria:
Qualification: Must hold a bachelor or post graduate degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or other qualification deemed equivalent by the employer that provides eligibility for full membership of Dietitians Australia.
Selection Criteria:
- Demonstrated extensive post graduate clinical dietetics experience and a broad generalist knowledge of clinical nutrition
- Demonstrated evidence of providing advice to managers on clinical service development including implementation/procedure development, evaluation, and redesign.
- Demonstrated experience in the clinical supervision of staff/students and evidence of contribution to education activities
- Well-developed communication, coaching and facilitation skills.
- Ability to work as an effective team member in a busy environment
- Excellent time management and organisation skills. Ability to prioritise workload and work independently and in a team
- Able to display good computer skills and experience with meal/diet ordering systems such as Cbord and Cerner, virtual programs such as MS Teams, SharePoint and experiences with telehealth and electronic medical records
- Experience in designing, implementing, leading, developing and evaluating research/quality improvement projects
Requisition ID: REQ569849
Applications Close: 18th May 2025
Need more information?
- Discover more about the application process.
- Review the detailed Position Description for insights into role requirements and criteria.
- Explore the selection process, employment checks, outcomes and notifications.
- For inquiries about the role, contact Trang Soriano on Trang.Soriano@health.nsw.gov.au
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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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Westmead hospital car parking allocation model is changing. There is a waitlist for parking for new staff commencing at Westmead Hospital. This does not apply for staff with disability.
Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment you must hold current Australian work rights (I.E Australian citizen, permanent resident or NZ citizen with a current passport).
