Practice Supervisor- Dietitian- Adult Community

Ideal Senior Dietitian leadership position within our Adult Community team?
- This 0.6FTE (24hours a week) permanent Practice Supervisor position is perfect for you
- Join now to be part of Te Toka Tumai's Adult Community Services Directorate

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity
Are you an enthusiastic and dynamic Dietitian with extensive clinical skills and experience, looking to develop your leadership skills? An opportunity has arisen to join our forward thinking and dynamic community Dietetics team, part of Adult Community and Long-Term Conditions Directorate, working across Te Toka Tumai, Auckland, providing clinical leadership and delivery in the area of adult community nutritional support.
This role will support the community Dietetic team across two sites with caseload management and prioritisation with a view to providing an excellent quality of care to patients in receipt of nutritional support referred across the service.
The Practice Supervisor role carries a clinical caseload and oversees the day-to-day clinical work of the community Dietetic team. They are involved in planning, undertaking and evaluating training, and support student training. They will also lead, innovate and drive forward policies, procedures and nutritional care pathways in the area of community nutritional support. This role will work across Greenlane Clinical Centre and Pt Chev Clinical Centre.
Our Dietitians work in locality teams and are committed to the holistic delivery of health services within the Te Toka Tumai community. We offer dietetic advice and support to clients with a range of medical conditions including home enteral nutrition, malnutrition, dysphagia, oncology, wound healing, obesity with co-morbidities and irritable bowel syndrome. Services are provided in both the home and clinic settings.
Te Toka Tumai's values reflect who we are and how we behave. We continuously work together to be the best we can be, as we respect and strive to develop and deliver excellent services, welcoming people, and putting them at the heart of everything we do. Throughout our recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you would demonstrate these values in the way that you work with us.
For further details, please refer to the position description here.
Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

**We are looking for an individual who**:

- Is a NZ Registered Dietitian with a current APC and drivers licence
- Has a minimum of 7 years' clinical experience in dietetics, preferably in community practice
- Is looking for an opportunity to develop or expand their leadership skills
- Have an understanding of current issues related to the delivery of community-based care
- Have experience in working in a multidisciplinary team
- Have experience in the provision of professional supervision
- Has effective clinical reasoning skills and values evidence-based practice

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation
We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children's Hospital, located in central Auckland.
We are part of Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand's national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.
We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.
He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here
We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland. Our commitment to you is to provide:

- A supportive collegial team
- Professional support and mentoring
- Exceptional professional development opportunities

For more information on what we offer, please click here.
Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply
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The remuneration for this position is covered by a collective agreement (PSA Allied Health, Public Health and Technical MECA)

**Salary Scale based on experience**: Step 10 - Step 14