Mackay Hospital and Health Service provides health services in a range of regional, community and rural settings. Join an expanding Health Service with a culture of collaboration, trust, respect and teamwork. Our workplace is fast paced, challenging and supportive, where every employee plays a critical role in our success.
Working for Mackay Hospital and Health Service whether in regional, rural and remote will give you unique opportunities that you won’t experience in any metropolitan hospital.
Role details
The Clinical Support Services at the Proserpine Hospital is seeking applications for a Senior Dietitian to join their team on a temporary basis.
How to apply and for mandatory requirements regarding this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Your opportunity
- The purpose of this position is to deliver high level nutrition and dietetic services to patients within Proserpine, Bowen and Collinsville Hospitals to achieve excellence in patient care, education and research. This position is required to undertake duties of a complex and varied nature exercising a high level of independence.
- The position also provides mentoring and professional practice supervision to less experienced staff and students.
- This position provides clinical care in person, via tele-heath and outreach throughout the three Whitsunday Region Hospitals and Community Health Centres. In certain circumstances overnight accommodation may be necessary.
- This position can have a flexible working arrangement. This includes working from another Mackay Hospital and Health Service faccility or working from home. Services can be delivered via tele-health.
About the Team
Our Nutrition and Dietetics Service delivers care to patients, both children and adults, throughout our hospital departments as well as in outpatient, community and rural settings. As experts in nutrition, our Dietitians provide education and practical support to enable patients to make dietary choices that will maximise their health and wellbeing. The Nutrition and Dietetic Department also:
- Facilitates practical placements for student dietitians and on the job training for new graduates;
- Undertakes quality improvement activities, and contributes to research and advancement of best practice nutrition care;
- Provides expert guidance and support to Foodservice operations at each hospital facility.
Visit: http://www.mackay.health.qld.gov.au/your-hospitals/mackay-base-hospital/dietetics/.
About our Hospital and Health Service
Mackay Hospital and Health Service has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.
Some of our great benefits on offer
- Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
- Flexible working arrangements
- A diverse work culture
- Career development
- Professional development opportunities
- Education opportunities, Study and Research
- Paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discounted Private Health Insurance
- Fitness Passport
Workforce attraction incentive scheme
You may be eligible to receive the Incentive Scheme 2, the scheme is available to health workers (new and current Qld Health employees) that relocate from intrastate (MM1 to MM2), interstate or international to come work within our team may receive up to $70,000 in incentive payments under the Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme (conditions apply).
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation by attaching to their online application. Applications remain current for 12 months (permanent roles) or for the duration of the vacancy (temporary roles).
Documents
Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.