About us: 

We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services. Our values were developed by our staff, patients, and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

About you: 

You are a qualified Dietitian with ability to apply knowledge, skill, and expertise in clinical nutrition and dietetic practice across a broad spectrum of clinical areas and service models including delivery of group programs. You have demonstrated ability to work in a multidisciplinary team environment utilising effective written, interpersonal, and consultative communication skills, as well as enable effective interaction with individual clients, groups, peers, professional and operational supervisors and can contribute to quality activities to enhance the delivery of nutrition and dietetic services. 

Your opportunity: 

To deliver best practice, contemporary, nutrition and dietetic service, appropriate with level of clinical experience to Queensland Health clients of CHHHS in accordance with prescribed professional and ethical standards. The role may require inreach services to Cairns Hospital and outreach services within CHHHS. This position reports operationally to the Cairns Diabetes Centre Team Leader/ Nurse Unit Manager and professionally to the Director of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Your role: 

• Manage an allocated caseload to deliver nutrition and dietetic services commensurate with experience (including screening, assessment, intervention, and evaluation) across the continuum of care, within a multi-professional team and in accordance with professional and ethical standards. This includes independent day to day planning, service prioritisation, demand management, administration, service advocacy and resource management activities.
• Incorporate health behaviours change techniques into treatment, where appropriate.
• Contribute to the development of clinical practices, procedures, and protocols within the Cairns Diabetes Centre and or Cairns Nutrition and Dietetic Department.
• Undertake routine dietetic tasks within well-established clinical protocols relevant to the caseload.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding, or a willingness to learn, of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures within Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait and apply this knowledge and awareness into clinical practice.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland )