Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: $94,478 - $106,906
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery
Location: Melbourne - Western suburbs
Reference: 15490
About the Role:
This is a full-time (80 hours/fortnight including ADOs) fixed term role to cover parental leave from 18.01.2027-19.09.2027. This role will predominately work in the areas of oncology, adolescent medicine and mental health. Covering across other speciality units will be required.
All roles include inclusion on the weekend on-call roster and include work in the HEN/NDIS space.
Classification for this position is governed by Award 18 - Medical Scientists and will range from AJ1 (Grade 2, Year 1) – AJ4 (Grade 2, Year 4) depending on experience, from $94,478.80 to $106,906.80 per annum, pro rata for part-time, plus superannuation.
What you’ll achieve:
Deliver excellent evidence-based practice dietetic assessments and interventions for patients across a wide variety of clinical specialties
Provide child centred, family focused care through partnership with parents/ families
Possess well-developed verbal communication and interpersonal skills and attention to detail with the ability to interact with a variety of stakeholders
Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to ensure patient and department needs are addressed effectively
Participate in quality improvement and research projects
Deliver educational sessions to students, dietitians, and other healthcare professionals through lectures, workshops, and diverse learning formats
Your skills and experience:
Meet the eligibility criteria for full membership of Dietitians Australia
At least 2 years full time equivalent experience in acute paediatric dietetics
If this sounds like you, or if you would like more information, please click here to view the position description.
About the Department:
The Department of Nutrition and Food Services incorporates the clinical dietetic service, the Main Kitchen that caters for inpatient meals and the Central Formula Room that produces formula, enteral feeds and fortifies expressed breast milk to meet the nutritional needs of patients.
Dietitians provide services to inpatient medical/specialty units and to specialist outpatient clinics and are available to consult on all aspects of infant and child nutrition including assessment, recommendations for nutritional management, implementation of therapeutic diets, enteral feeding and tube weaning within the hospital setting. We are a registered NDIS Nutrition service to provide disability-related nutrition supports to eligible patients. We also support a large number of families on our Home Enteral Nutrition Program.
The Nutrition and Food Services Department sits within the Allied Health and Digital Directorate in the organisational structure at the Royal Children’s Hospital.
What we offer:
Other requirements:
Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
Valid Working with Children Check
Current NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willing to obtain
Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure
Application process:
To apply, you will need a resume and a one-page tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.
Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
For more information about this position please contact Keryn Coster, Manager Nutrition & Food Services or Sarah Efklides, Senior Dietitian via email: [email protected] OR phone: 9345 5668.
Why work at the RCH?
RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.
We also offer staff benefits such as discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.
The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.
It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.
It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks.
Are you ready to join our team?
Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button
Applications close: 22 October 2026.