Dietitian

**Full Time permanent position (40 hours per week)**:

- **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 excellent communication skills and knowledge? 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 nutritional care for patients in the area of adult community services.

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 **clean** **drivers licence**:

- Preferably has a minimum of 18 months clinical experience in dietetics; previous experience working in community setting is desirable. We would accept expressions of interest from new graduates.
- Has a drive to ensure best health outcomes for people with a special interest in community-based care.
- Has a flexible, pro-active and can-do approach with experience supporting staff and students
- Have an understanding of current issues related to the delivery of community-based care
- Have experience in working in a multidisciplinary team
- Has effective clinical reasoning skills and values evidence-based practice
- Has the ability to work autonomously in a bicultural environment
- Has excellent organisational, communication and inter-personal skills

**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**

**Click here to view details about our recruitment process**

**Immigration/Visa Support**

The remuneration for this position is covered by a collective agreement

Salary Scale based on experience: Step 3 - Step 10 $88,627 to $116,390 depending on expereince