Dietitian - Port Augusta
Dietitian – Port Augusta
- Full Time, fixed term position until 1st July 2024 (parental leave backfill)
- Work for Australia’s most trust charity!
- Relocation assistance available and attractive salary packaging benefits!
About the Royal Flying Doctor Service Central Operations (serving SA/NT)
Saving and improving lives for over 90 years, the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (RFDS) is a leader in the delivery of emergency aeromedical and community health care services to rural and remote Australia.
Serving South Australia and the Northern Territory, the team at RFDS Central Operations exists to support happier and healthier Australians, no matter where they live, work or play. We continually invest in our people, infrastructure and technology to improve our patient-centred care.
About this Opportunity
Working within our dynamic and highly skilled multidisciplinary Primary Health Care Team as a Dietitian, you will be inspired to provide comprehensive and complex dietetics advice to people living in remote and isolated areas of the far North and West of South Australia.
With a focus on health promotion and community development, you will coordinate a holistic care approach to achieve better diet outcomes for our diverse range of patients whilst applying the science of human nutrition to food and health. Based in Port Augusta, this role will specifically require you to:
- Facilitate patient participation in lifestyle modification programs that supports the development of sustainable healthy eating
- Adapt service delivery and resources to suit rural and remote communities using an evidenced based, community centred program
- structure that is culturally appropriate and consultative to RFDSCO patients
- Assist patients to access supports that are important to them achieving their goals using a patient centred approach.
This position will enable you to build on your scope of practice in regional & remote Australia and experience all that the RFDS has to offer!
About You
You are:
- Experienced in the delivery of dietetics in regional and remote areas, with an understanding of the barriers remote Australian’s face when seeking to lead a healthy lifestyle
- A passionate advocate for Primary Health Care, including patient education and health promotion in regional areas
- Computer savvy (experience across Best Practice and PenCS CAT4 would be ideal) and in possession of high-level clinical documentation skills
- An astute problem solver who can work both autonomously and part of a team
- A strong communicator who can adapt easily to the needs of a variety of stakeholders
- Seeking to work in a dynamic role with an organisation that makes a difference to the lives of rural and remote Australians!
Why join us?
As part of our team, you can expect to be provided with challenging, interesting work and be supported to achieve your best. The RFDS offers attractive remuneration, including salary packaging benefits, within a supportive environment where our people are valued and professional development is encouraged.
Further Information
To access a copy of the position description click here.
For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Mandy Smallacombe, Manager Primary Health Care Health Services via 0428 833 791.
Applications close at 11:59pm on Sunday 7th May 2023.
The RFDS has mandatory vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service is an equal opportunity employer that fosters a positive culture and offers a diverse, safe and supportive work environment. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.
