Dietitian - Icu

**Permanent 0.9FTE (36 hours per week) and fixed term 0.5FTE (20 hours per week) through to the 30th June 2025, please indicate your preference in your cover letter**:

- ** Current NZ Registration, APC and Endorsed prescriber status is essential**

**Mō te tūnga | About the Role**
Our team of dynamic and motivated Dietitians based primarily at Christchurch Campus provides support to patients across a range of clinical specialties including oncology, orthopaedics, otolaryngology, respiratory, neurology, general medical, surgical wards and outpatients particularly radiation oncology.

We are seeking enthusiastic, positive team players with clinical experience in adult medical and surgical nutrition and preferably also in critical care. This is a newly established role as the ICU is expanded to meet the demands in the current healthcare environment. Working as part of a close-knit team, you will receive regular supervision and opportunities for professional development and you will also be encouraged to develop your skills and professional interests.

There is a permanent and a fixed term opportunity providing nutrition support to our ICU. Hours/days will be required to suit our service delivery, this can be discussed further at interview.

**Ko wai koe | About You**

In this role, you will be responsible for:

- Undertaking nutrition assessment and implementing an appropriate nutrition support plan for critically ill patients
- Working collaboratively and contributing to consultant-led ward rounds, MDT meetings, and have regular consultant communication where nutritional goals, risks and plans are discussed
- Collaborating on the development and implementation of any local nutrition support guidelines
- Contributing to appropriate strategic meetings and clinical governance activities, including leading regular nutrition-related audits and acting on the results, plus undertaking quality improvement projects that demonstrate the impact of dietetics on service delivery, quality and effectiveness
- Providing ongoing education and training for other healthcare professionals
- Providing a structured handover to a ward dietitian when patients are discharged from the critical care unit, considering nutrition-related morbidity
- Considering undertaking and disseminating nutrition-related research to widen the evidence base

**Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and Experience**

Your skills will include:

- A drive to ensure best health outcomes for people in critical care
- The ability to work within a team and contribute to the provision of quality care within the service
- Self-motivated, organised and enjoy a challenge
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build and nurture relationships with patients and other people within the service
- New Zealand Registered Dietitian with a current NZ Practising Certificate and Prescriber Endorsement

**Mō mātou | About Us**
- Ko ngā tāngata, te mātua mahi_ - _Putting people at the heart of all we do - _

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, 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 Health New Zealand**

When you work at Health New Zealand, you are part of a wider whānau that will support you along your career journey. We offer great professional development and learning opportunities for all staff. We are always improving our facilities across all campuses and have access to amazing kaimahi/staff discounts from select retailers, restaurants and businesses.

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