Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
Location: ORA Community Service - Wellington Region
Contract: Permanent, Part Time (0.4 FTE / 16 hours per week)
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we - re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.
About the Role
Salary: $88,627 - $110,210
Although this role is with the ORA Wellington Community Team, the successful clinician may be based at either our Wellington, Kenepuru or Kapiti sites, and will be working across the Wellington and Porirua region. The community caseload consists of providing nutritional support (including the management of patients with long term chronic conditions), managing patients on enteral feeds and home parenteral feed and working with patients with malnutrition.
About the Team/Service/Location
We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated Dietitian with at least 2 years post graduate and work experience to join us at the ORA Wellington Community Team at Capital & Coast District Health Board. This is a permanent part-time position. The ORA Community Team is an interdisciplinary team of allied health, nursing and medical professionals working together with people aged 16 and above within their own homes and occasionally as outpatients.
About you
Our successful candidate will have:
- Experience of working with a diverse group of patients with significant health needs,
- Experience in managing patients with enteral feeding and nutritional support needs
- Excellent clinical and communication skills and have a flexible, problem solving approach.
- The ability to will work together flexibly with community dietitian colleagues to manage the community caseload
- The ability to quickly build strong working relationships with patients, whānau and the wider multidisciplinary team
- Excellent time management and prioritisation skills.
Working at Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is - the weaving of wellness - . We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations. We embrace diversity and welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.
How to Apply
To apply please click - apply now. - All applications must be submitted through our online careers - portal by 8 May. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Philip.Adamson@tewhatuora.govt.nz
We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advertisement.