About the role

Mater Dietetics and Food Services team have an exciting opportunity for a Dietetic Assistant to join the team on a part-time basis working 27 hours per week. 

Mater Dietetics and Food Services department provides comprehensive, high quality, evidence-based nutrition and dietetic services to all hospitals in Mater Group. Our dietetic assistants are a valued part of the team and complement the role of the dietitians in the department.

Salary range: $33.19 - $34.67 per hour plus 11.5% superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900  + access to many staff benefits! 

What you’ll be doing

Working as a part of a close knit team, you will be required to provide clinical support to the Dietitians across all Mater Hospitals. Your responsibilities may include (but are not limited to):

• Delivering clinical nutrition and dietetic support services to patients under the direction of more senior staff within Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Interpret data from relevant databases into meaningful information to generate appropriate feed production 
• Be directly responsible for the daily production, storage and delivery of formula milk in line with hospital procedures
• Receive, store, track and dispense expressed breast milk, pasteurised donor human milk and human milk for donation as per hospital procedures
• Conduct malnutrition screening and related assessment processes
• Manage relevant clinical documentation

This position will be required to cover the full range of shifts of length of 6 hours within the service hours of operation, (8:00am to 7:30pm, 7 days a week).

About you

To be successful in this role you will require:

• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team, as well as independently
• Excellent communication skills
• Flexibility to manage competing demands.
• High level literacy, numeracy and computer skills.
• Previous experience working in a hospital formula preparation room
• Previous experience conducting malnutrition screening with hospital inpatients.
• Certificate IV, Allied Health Assistance (Nutrition & Dietetic Assistance), including competency in formula preparation is highly regarded.

For further information, please contact the Dietetics Team Leaders on 07 3163 6000.

For more information specific to the role, please view the PD here –  Position Description.pdf

Why join us?

Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.

We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE

• Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
• Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
• Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
• Discounts to local and national business/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other
• Unlimited access to a multitude of discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
• Access to on-site, discounted parking
• Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues
• Access to gym, pool and end of trip facilities within our new purpose-built corporate office in Newstead

Applications close 20^th November 2024. Please note, we may contact applications prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW!

Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.

Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.

Mater Group is dedicated to creating a workplace that values diversity and inclusion. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and abilities. We believe in providing equal opportunities for all qualified candidates.

For more information regarding Reconciliation at Mater, please visit our Reconciliation webpage.