Paediatric Dietitian- Advanced Clinician

Advanced Clinician-Paediatric Dietitian, Starship Child Health

• Starship - New Zealand’s premier children’s hospital
• Permanent, part-time (0.6FTE) position
• Excellent opportunity to work with New Zealand’s leading provider of paediatric care

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.

About the role

We have an exciting position for a Paediatric Dietitian. This is an Advanced Clinician role in paediatric diabetes and ketogenic diet therapy and is a permanent, part-time (0.6FTE) position.

The primary purpose of the role is to provide optimal nutritional care for babies, children and adolescent inpatients and outpatients with diabetes and those requiring a ketogenic diet. The Advanced Clinician Paediatric Dietitian is an Allied Health professional providing an advanced level of allied health care and expertise both in direct care delivery and support to other staff. The Advanced Clinician will work primarily in a specific area of practice with a focus on care delivery and will contribute to the profession through the local application of contemporary, evidence-based practice and policy that contribute to developing and implementing a high-quality service in the area of specialty locally and regionally.

About the team

This role is part of our dedicated team of 22 paediatric dietitians co-located with the Auckland City Hospital team of dietitians. Our team, which is part of Starship Allied Health, is driven by providing a high-quality clinical service across New Zealand, based at Starship Child Health.

About you

We are seeking someone with the following attributes:

• You will be a New Zealand registered dietitian and have a current Annual Practising Certificate
• A total of 6 years postgraduate experience including equivalent of four years full time experience within the area of specialty (paediatrics)
• Minimum of 2 years’ full time equivalent experience working with children with diabetes who use diabetes technology (insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring) and advanced carb counting
• Minimum of 2 years’ full time equivalent experience managing children using ketogenic diet therapy for the management of seizures
• An understanding of health care in New Zealand
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office and clinical applications
• Intravenous nutrition prescribing credentialing and experience (desired)
• Experience in supervising students (desired)
• Clinical leadership training (desired)

For all aspects of this role and experience/knowledge required please see the position description. 

For further information about the position please contact the Clinical Lead, Barbara Cormack via on bcormack@adhb.govt.nz

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.

Starship Child Health is a dedicated paediatric healthcare service and major teaching centre, providing family centred care to neonates, children and young people throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific. Starship is a part of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora and is the only comprehensive children’s hospital in New Zealand serving a population of approximately 1 million children.

How to apply

We’ll be reviewing applications and conducting interviews as they come in, so the position may close before the listed deadline. If you're interested, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

To apply please click on the ‘Apply’ tab below, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role and attaching your updated CV and Covering Letter.

If you have any accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Anél Foord, Recruitment Consultant at Anel.Foord@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz quoting ADHB22889 to discuss how we can best support your application.