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Join our Women’s & Children’s Team

Working in our dedicated Women and Children's unit, you will provide expert nutritional care to mothers, infants, children, and adolescents. This role combines clinical excellence with professional growth opportunities in one of South Australia's leading healthcare facilities.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Allied Health Service Manager this role is integral to high quality clinical dietetic and nutrition service to patients with Paediatric Diabetes within the Women’s and Children’s Division.

Duties for the role will include:

• Provide specialised high quality and effective nutritional care, including nutrition assessment and education to both inpatients and outpatients to optimise outcomes within the paediatric diabetes service.
• Provide appropriate specialised therapeutic diet, and nutrition support for individual patient care through liaison with food services and skills and knowledge in specific diabetes technologies (CGM, CSII).
• Provide a consultancy service regarding dietetic management of paediatric diabetes to members of clinical team and broader hospital staff, and externally to other service providers in SA and interstate where appropriate.
• Liaise with SALHN Food Service Dietitians and staff regarding effective provision of therapeutic diets and feeds for patients within area of clinical expertise.
• Guiding, teaching and evaluating junior dietitians, dietetic students and allied health support staff in the area of nutritional management of paediatric diabetes patients in W&C Division. 
• Initiate, plan and participate in local and national external activities within paediatric diabetes – e.g. conferences including presenting research, being involved in research, guideline and protocol development, patient information material development.
• Contributing to the development of an integrated team approach and culture which is highly responsive to the needs of our consumers.

About you:

• Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which gives eligibility for full membership of the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA).
• Demonstrated skills and abilities in leadership, initiative, problem solving, supervision of staff, flexibility, working independently and within an inter-disciplinary team, managing variable workloads and competing priorities, and adapting to changing service provision needs. 
• Demonstrated high level interpersonal skills including negotiation, consultation and conflict resolution.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective networks and partnerships with a broad range of diverse clients and stakeholders, including patients and their families, community services / agencies and other service providers, within a multi-disciplinary setting.
• Experience in the following;
  • Management of paediatric diabetes
  • A leadership role
  • Delivery and assessment of student education and student supervision including placements, projects and research
  • Developing, co-ordinating and completing quality improvement projects and research 

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Sally Bailey, Senior Speech Pathologist, 82044172, Sally.Bailey@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 24 May 2026

Attachments:

• Senior Dietitian Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 936058