Dietitian | Ashburton | Part time

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Use your broad range or dietetic abilities to help within a talented multi-disciplinary team.
• 16 hour a week post covering Parental leave
• NZ Registered Dietitian essential

Mō te tūnga | About the Role

Ashburton Hospital provides a range of Inpatient, Day patient, Outpatient and Community based health services to the community. The Hospital has 74 beds and annually admits around 5,000 patients, cares for 2,600 day patients and 15,000 patients attend outpatient appointments.

Rural health services employ around 550 full time and part time staff, which includes a clinical workforce in medicine, surgery and gynaecology, supported by nursing and allied health professionals with extensive experience in a wide range of clinical situations.

This role will involve providing clinical dietetic inpatient and outpatient services to Ashburton and Rural Health Service. You would be part of a small team of dietitians who work together to provide a generalist service. The dietitians are supported by the Professional Lead of Nutrition and Dietetics from the Christchurch Health Campus.

Ko wai koe | About You

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Providing nutritional assessment and nutritional care plans to inpatients and outpatients
• Providing nutritional education to patients, enthusing and motivating real behaviour change
• Working within a multi-disciplinary team and liaising with health providers

Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and Experience

Your skills will include:

• A drive to ensure best health outcomes for people with nutrition related disorders;
• The ability to work within a team and contribute to the provision of quality care;
• Being self-motivated, organised and enjoy a challenge;
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build and nurture relationships with patients and other people;
• You - ll be a NZ Registered Dietitian, preferably with 2 years - experience, with a current APC, being an Endorsed Prescriber and DNZ membership.

Mō mātou | About Us

- Ko ngā tāngata, te mātua mahi - Putting people at the heart of all we do -

Te Whatu Ora, Health New Zealand, leads the day-to-day running of our health system across New Zealand, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels. It weaves the functions of the 20 former District Health Boards into its regional divisions and district offices, ensuring continuity of services in the health system.

Here in Waitaha, Canterbury we deliver health services to the almost 600,000 people that live in the Canterbury region. We are committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles by ensuring our partnership with Māori are at the forefront of all our conversations.

Ngā hua | Benefits of working at Te Whatu Ora [Health New Zealand]

When you work at the Te Whatu Ora, you are part of a wider whānau that will support you along your journey. We offer great coaching, mentoring and learning outcomes for all staff. We are always improving our facilities across all campuses and have amazing discounts from select retailers, restaurants and business. We offer relocation packages for international applicants. 

Tono ināianei | Apply Now

Only applications submitted via our career site will be accepted, therefore apply directly on our career site here. For additional information about this role please contact Alex Jay, Recruitment Partner on alexandra.jay@cdhb.health.nz

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