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Dietitian
Job title: Dietitian
Company: Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation
Location: Broken Hill, New South Wales
Salary: Earn up to $72,500 – $101,000 gross per annum plus superannuation, depending on experience
- Temporary accommodation, up to 4 weeks + Relocation assistance to help you get to Broken Hill.
- Working Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm only + 5 weeks paid annual leave per year + Accrued Days Off
- Supported advanced education and training + excellent personal development opportunities.
Summary: Develop in our supportive team working 40 hours a week only. delivering clinical dietetic, preventive health and nutrition interventions for the management of chronic disease.
About Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation
Maari Ma Health is an Aboriginal community-controlled regional health service that has been providing a quality service to the Aboriginal people of far western New South Wales for more than 20 years and employs over 140 people within the region.
About the role
Our supportive team is on the look-out for an experienced Dietitian to deliver clinical dietetic, preventive health and nutrition interventions for the management of chronic disease to the Aboriginal people of far western New South Wales.
Reporting to the Manager Child and Family Health and Keeping Well Services, this full-time opportunity includes key responsibilities such as:
- Delivering Dietetic services on a one-to-one basis providing assessment, nutrition information, education, health coaching and monitoring.
- Devising eating plans and tailored recipes to meet individual client health needs.
- Liaising with the Diabetic educator and Diabetes CNC to involved in client care, to ensure the Dietetic service integrated into the client’s overall team care arrangement.
- Providing feedback to referring GP regarding the outcome of the referral, including nutritional management plan for the client.
- Monitoring and follow-up of clients as per their nutritional management plan.
- Deliver health promotion actives with an emphasis on illness prevention.
- Develop and refine resources to be used by Aboriginal Health Practitioners, Registered Nurses and General Practitioners in providing brief interventions, education and support to clients in the prevention and management of chronic disease.
- Develop, deliver and evaluate nutritional cooking groups.
- Engage families with young children via our Play Group and other services, providing nutritional education and coaching
Benefits
- Annual salary $72,500 – $101,000 gross per annum plus superannuation, depending on experience.
- Working Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm only, no shift weekend or on call.
- Generous Salary Packaging, standard up to $15,900 per year. Plus, access to Salary Packaging Novated Leasing, Meal Entertainment and Accommodation card and Remote Area Benefits to increase the standard amount you can salary package – full benefits go to the employee.
- Onsite parking, uniform, and further allowances.
- 5 weeks Annual Leave
- Paid accrued days off (up to 12 per year)
- Christmas Closure including additional paid leave to cover the period (4 days)
- Flexible leave accrual
- Public holidays off
- CPI increases annually.
- Access to use our accredited health care service for you and your family (conditions apply)
Skills and experience
- Degree or equivalent in Nutrition and Dietetics, full membership of the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) and current AHPRA registration.
- Demonstrated ability to provide individual nutrition management of clients
- A sound understanding of the Closing the Gap strategy and how it relates to the role.
- Ability to work with Aboriginal staff and communities in a way that fosters mutual respect. Proven experience using clinical IT systems.
- Computing skills relevant to the position and competent in the use of information and communication technology including Microsoft Word, email and internet applications and the ability to quickly acquire skills in other applications.
- Proven ability to communicate in a clear, considerate manner with genuine compassion.
The Location:
We are proud to work on Paakintji country. The Oasis of the Outback, Broken Hill is a living, breathing time capsule where the great mining prosperity of yesteryear blends seamlessly with a rising modern art scene, all set amid a sprawling desert landscape. It is a place of huge skies, rocky red earth, and a fascinating and internationally significant history. This historic town is great for all ages and has several day-cares, primary schools, high schools, and TAFE. Beyond Broken Hill and on your doorstep, you can discover spectacular and culturally significant national parks, lush rivers and lakes, abundant wildlife, and other classic towns of outback New South Wales and beyond. Broken Hill has an airport servicing both Qantas and Rex with two-three flights a day from Sydney and Adelaide and is only a 5-hour drive from Adelaide.
How to apply
If this sounds like you then we want to hear from you! Simply click on “Working with us” page of our website. www.maarima.com.au/employment and follow the prompts. We will get in touch if you are shortlisted for this opportunity.
If you would like to learn more, please reach out to Claire Allan on +61447 807 183 for a confidential chat.
Please view our website and see the Strategic Plan, Chronic Disease Strategy and Annual Report at www.maarima.com.au
All Maari Ma Aboriginal Health employees are required to have two doses of a COVID-19 vaccination or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are encouraged to apply for this position.
Maari Ma acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land in which we live, and we pay our respect to their Elders both past and present and emerging.