Welcome to St John of God Health Care

St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 26 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,300 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs. .

As a Catholic, not-for-profit group, we invest all profits to the communities we serve by updating and expanding our facilities and technology; expanding existing services and developing and acquiring new services; and providing Social Outreach services to people experiencing disadvantage to improve health and wellbeing.

St John of God Bendigo Hospital is a 122-bed contemporary private hospital located in central Victoria providing high quality acute medical and surgical health care services for people in Bendigo and surrounding areas.

Your role at St John of God Bendigo Hospital
You will work alongside the Multi-disciplinary team to provide clinical nutrition and dietetic services to clients using advanced clinical practice skills. Ensures practice is in accordance to the Dietitians Australia (DA) Professional Standards and Code of Conduct and SJGHC policies and guidelines.
The Grade 2 Dietitian is expected to work independently and demonstrate a specialist level of knowledge and depth of experience. The Grade 2 Dietitian is expected to initiate and participate in teaching, training, research and quality activities, to supervise students and supervise and mentor junior caregivers.

The Position

• Provides a senior nutrition and dietetic service to patients/clients and or carers on an individual or group level for both inpatients and or outpatients including management of more complex patients.
• Coordinate the provision of special dietary requirements of patients/clients
• Provide consultation and support to medical, nursing, catering and allied health professionals within the Division, and external agencies, as appropriate.
• Uses expert nutritional knowledge acts as a consultant to the hospital catering service to inform menu development and compliance with the relevant hospital Nutritional standards.
• Document patients' medical nutrition therapy in the approved manner.
• Participate in multidisciplinary activities e.g. team meetings, ward rounds, or case conferences, as required.
• Participate in the delivery of education programmes within the dietetics service and for other caregiver groups.
• Develop and review dietary education resources.

You will have tertiary qualification in Dietetics and eligible for full membership with Dietitians Australia (DA) (formerly known as Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA)) and evidence of Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) status.

To succeed you will demonstrate ability to plan and implement assessments and appropriately apply evidence based practice and dietetic knowledge to patient/client management, treatment interventions and discharge planning at advanced level of practice.
Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer you

• Novated leasing
• work related expenses
• self-education and
• additional superannuation
  

• Salary: $94,474 to $107,963 (pro rata basis for part time) plus11.5% superannuation
• Permanent full time
• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:
  
  

• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave and well-being programs
• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance
• Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Access to a range of Lifestyle, Health & Wellbeing rewards and discounts
• Opportunities for post-graduate course support
• Dynamic multidisciplinary team
  

St John of God Health Care embraces diversity and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing a safe environment for all children and vulnerable people in our care and proactively take measures to protect children/vulnerable people from abuse.

For enquiries about this position, applicants should contact Ganesh Kuppa, Allied Health Manager (03) 5434 3216
Application closes on 29th April 2025