Core Inpatient Dietitian, Acute Allied Health

Part time 0.75FTE (30 hours per week), permanent role

Remuneration as per PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines (between step 3 - 10)

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

The Opportunity:

We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Dietitian to join our Acute Dietetic team based at Middlemore Hospital. This is a wonderful opportunity to use your inpatient experience to work alongside the multi-disciplinary team in this busy hospital setting. This role will likely sit within our medical wards with some outpatient clinic time as well. Specific wards will be allocated depending on candidates experience and interest. 

The ideal applicant is self-motivated and enjoys working in a flexible and challenging environment, has great communication skills, able to think outside the box, efficient in time management, and enjoys working both independently and as part of a strong quality-focussed team. You will also be involved with dietetic student training and encouraged to participate in service development and project work.

Employment package includes the refund of your annual practicing certificate, support towards the cost of your Dietitians New Zealand subscription and a personal study allowance. We provide and support regular professional development opportunities, practice review, performance development planning and regular professional supervision.

Essential:

• BCapSc or BSc, and Post Grad Dip Diet or MSc Dietetics (or equivalent as recognised by the NZ Dietitians Board)
• NZRD with current Annual Practising Certificate
• Experience in managing a caseload, ideally in an inpatient/acute setting
• Cultural awareness and understanding
• Excellent time management and communication skills

Benefits:

• Annual practicing certificate is refunded
• Discounted services as part of our work perks

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to apply

To apply please click 'apply now'. All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by 30th September 2025. To review the position description, please click here. 

For more information, please contact Amy Lin on amy.lin@middlemore.co.nz.

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind –Manaakitanga, Together –Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.