Dietitian (Nutrition and Food Services)

**Dietitian (Nutrition and Food Services)**

**Job Number***:
**WAI26459**

**Where you’ll be working**:Rural Hospitals (based at Waikato Hospital)

**The details**:Fixed Term (9 months to cover Parental leave)

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

Are you looking for a supportive learning opportunity to develop your dietetic knowledge and skills? Nutrition and Food Services is dietitian led, with a strong focus on improving patient nutrition and food experience through a quality food service.
- This position would suit a new graduate dietitian that enjoys variety and a different challenge every day. It will enable you use your dietetic knowledge to lead projects to further develop our food safety, nutrition, quality, and training programme. You will be able to widen your technical knowledge and practical skills, by working with a range of health professionals in assuring safe, nutritious and quality food is provided. This is also a great opportunity to develop your collaborative, problem solving, and teaching skills.
- This role will see you out and about as it involves travel around the Waikato region to the rural hospitals, but you will be based at Waikato Hospital alongside a team of dietitians and food service managers. Whilst this is a fixed term appointment, there are likely to be other dietetic opportunities within Te Whatu Ora, Waikato in the future.

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**Mōu | About you**
- If you have the following attributes, we look forward to hearing from you:
- Keen to work as part of a small team and have the ability to work independently-
- Want to be practical, hands on and enjoys problem solving-
- Able to use initiative and show flexibility in a range of settings-
- Keen to lead or co-lead projects-
- Resourceful and can think outside the box-
- Have worked in the food industry will be an advantage-
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and able to work with a wide variety of people in different industries-
- Want to enjoy a lifestyle where you can travel on the weekends Hamilton is a very central place to many other beautiful destinations such as Raglan, Coromandel, Tauranga, Rotorua, Taupo**Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation**

**Te iwi Ngakaunui - People at Heart**- Whakamana - Give and earn respect-
- Whakaronga - Listen to me; Talk to me-
- Mauri Pai - Fair play-
- Whakapakari - Growing the good-
- Kotahitanga - Stronger togetherIt is not very often something happens that is big; like, really big. Big to the point that it will touch the lives of every single person in the country. That is what we are talking about here. The provision of Health in Aotearoa New Zealand, and how its run is about to change in a big way.
- Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora - Māori Health Authority will together shape the delivery of Health services in Aotearoa New Zealand for generations to come, and will form the core of a modern and integrated service looking after the needs of all our Whānau.
- We are dedicated to achieving health equity for Māori and other priority populations. We are a Crown entity and an active partner in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand is guided by Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to upholding the articles.
- Here at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, Waikato we have a team of 8,000 working across the Waikato where everyone plays a vital role in the care of our patients - directly or non-directly. Our vision is Healthy People. Excellent Care.
- Te Whatu Ora, Waikato serves the largest Māori population and third largest Pacific population in Aotearoa New Zealand. Waikato Hospital in Hamilton is one of New Zealand’s largest tertiary, teaching hospitals with over 600 inpatient beds and 22 operating theatres. Clinical specialities include Women’s and Children Services, Cardiology / Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oncology and Haematology, Surgical services, and Mental Health and Addiction. Waikato Hospital is the Midland regional referral centre for multiple specialties including trauma surgery, oncology, and neurology.
- We are a values-based and inclusive organisation that is committed to deliver the best health outcomes for our total population. Reflecting the population we serve is an important part of the care we deliver to the community. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds with the necessary capability and who share our values to apply. We proactively develop pathways that maximise opportunity for Māori and encourage Māori to apply.

**He aha Waikato**

Waikato is the fourth largest region in Aotearoa New Zealand and located just south of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. It features a wide range of world-class outdoor and cultural experiences. You can surf the world-famous beaches of Whāingaroa Raglan, swim at the beautiful beaches of the Kapanga Coromandel, hike our