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 have demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with patients, carers, and work collaboratively as part of a health care team with a good understanding of own scope of practice in a complex and demanding work environment. You can acquire/demonstrate the skills to provide clinical assessments and tasks as delegated by a Dietitian (including basic nutrition education). You are confident to make informed decisions within scope of practice based on knowledge of basic human nutrition and food production systems using local delegation pathways and procedures.

Your opportunity: 

This position plays an essential role in ensuring patients have access to optimal nutrition through involvement in menu preparation and completion, management of nutrition support products, and in working closely with the dietitians in patient screening and implementation of nutrition care plans. This position may be required to operate across multiple sites within Cairns.

Your role: 

• This role works closely with patients, caregivers, nursing staff, dietitians, speech pathologists, and food services personnel and makes use of new technologies to determine food production requirements and assist with the identification of appropriate meal items for patients with specific dietary requirements.
• Utilise high-level interpersonal and communication skills and a range of media to liaise with patients and staff, including the provision of education on meal ordering processes.
• Communicate with patients and their carers effectively, with cultural sensitivity and confidentially.
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of basic nutrition principles and diet-disease relationships in guiding patients with menu choices that optimise nutritional care.
• Collate specialised meal orders under the direction of a dietitian.
• Utilise basic problem solving and decision-making skills to provide appropriate meal options and menu modifications for patients with complex dietary requirements by applying knowledge of existing guidelines and direction received from dietitians.

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 )