Senior Dietitian Casual
Core
Senior Dietitian providing clinical nutrition services, managing complex patients, and mentoring junior staff in a new hospital.
Role type
Senior Dietitian (Clinical)
Builds
Clinical nutrition services and patient care plans
Domain
Healthcare / Clinical Nutrition
Required skills
Clinical nutrition assessment, Evidence Based Practice, Patient management, Menu development consultation, Teaching and mentoring, Multidisciplinary collaboration, Professional ethics
Preferred skills
Advanced clinical practice, Research participation
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Provide senior nutrition and dietetic service to patients/clients on an individual or group level for both inpatients and outpatients including management of more complex patients; Coordinate the provision of special dietary requirements; Provide consultation and support to medical, nursing, catering and allied health professionals; Use expert nutritional knowledge to act as a consultant to the hospital catering service; Document patients' medical nutrition therapy; Participate in multidisciplinary activities; Supervise, instruct and assess dietetic junior caregivers and students; Promote professional values and ethics; Demonstrate consolidated, current knowledge of research and evidence-based practice.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities