Diabetes Dietitian

Full time (1.0 FTE) and part time positions available (0.5 FTE permanent with option of a 0.2 fixed

term parental leave cover until January 2024)

• Join an experienced and passionate

team of healthcare professionals and expand your specialist expertise

• Diabetes specialist experience

is preferred, and current NZ Registration with the Dietitians Board is
essentialMō te tūnga | About the role
Nutrition and Dietetics are seeking a NZ Registered
Dietitian to join the team on the Christchurch Health Campus. Working closely
with patients with complex diabetes requires sound knowledge, skill and
experience.
This exciting and challenging role will capitalise
on your passion for education as well as your ability to enthuse your patients
and motivate real behaviour change. You - ll be working in an outpatient setting
predominantly, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, liaising with specialist
health providers and you - ll be driven to ensure best health outcomes for people
to live well with diabetes.
In this role, you will be
responsible for providing nutritional
assessment and education to patients with diabetes including gestational
diabetes, both one on one and in education groups as well as by telehealth. You
will have a high level of results-driven principles of practice and will be a
team-player with a willingness to operate as an educational resource for health
professionals, building partnerships with practitioners and patients supporting
their self-management successes and challenges.
Ko wai koe | About You;
Your skills will

include:

• Confidence and skills in presenting to both

patient groups, and health professionals alike;

• Skilled ability to engage with people in a variety

of settings;

• Preferably experience with both type 1 and

type 2 patients, including diabetes technology and an appreciation of
gestational diabetes, along with an understanding of partnership
integration models shared between primary care, outpatients - services and
hospital based systems;

• Knowledge of and commitment to progressing

diabetes dietitian specialist skills against the NZ National Integrated
Knowledge, Skills and Career Framework for Diabetes Dietitians 201- Current NZ Registration is essential, would consider a new
graduate.
We are looking for
self-motivated dietitian who enjoys a challenge, enjoys innovation and applies
health improvement models to practice.
Mō mātou | About Us

• Ko ngā tāngata, te mātua mahi
• Putting people at the heart of all

we do

• Te Whatu Ora, Health New Zealand, leads the

day-to-day running of our health system across New Zealand, with functions
delivered at local, district, regional and national levels. It weaves the
functions of the 20 former District Health Boards into its regional divisions
and district offices, ensuring continuity of services in the health system.
Here in Waitaha, Canterbury we deliver health
services to the almost 600,000 people that live in the Canterbury region.
We are committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles by ensuring
our partnership with Māori are at the forefront of all our conversations.
Ngā hua |
Benefits of working at Te Whatu Ora [Health New Zealand]
When you work at the Te Whatu Ora, you are part of
a wider whānau that will support you along your journey. We offer great
coaching, mentoring and learning outcomes for all staff. We are always
improving our facilities across all campuses and have amazing discounts from
select retailers, restaurants and business.
We have a range of clinical and non-clinical roles at Health New Zealand, there could be a place for you
Please visit our careers website for other roles and find your ideal fit within Health New Zealand.
The Future of the Health Industry
only be performed by a person who has been vaccinated against Covid-19.
Covid-19. As a person working in the health and disability sector you will come
into contact with a large number of people, some of whom may be
vulnerable. Without a vaccine, there is the risk that you may contract
Covid-19. The requirement to be vaccinated is to keep you safe and also
to endeavour to protect others against the potential transmission of Covid-19
as a result of you contracting it in the course of your employment.

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