Dietitian
You will join our dynamic multidisciplinary team and lead our nutrition and health promotion programs. This involves conducting local and outreach services in a wide range of settings, including schools, our Early Years groups and in communities in the Far West region of NSW (Wilcannia, Menindee, Balranald and Ivanhoe). The role has a strong emphasis on education and prevention as part of our Chronic Disease Strategy.
The Dietitian is responsible for delivering clinical dietetic, preventive health and nutrition interventions for the management of chronic disease. The position is also responsible for delivering health promotion activities with an emphasis on illness prevention, through community wide and group-based activities. The clinical responsibilities are primarily focused on supporting Maari Ma’s Keeping Well Chronic Disease team around metabolic obesity referrals; however, the position may also receive some other adult and children’s referrals.
For experienced Dietitians the workload may be organised into approximately 50% health promotion and 50% clinical. For new graduate Dietitian, the workload is approximately 30% health promotion and 70% clinical this will provide a new grad the opportunity to consolidate their clinical skills, with some flexibility at the margins depending on current priorities and workloads.
New Grads are encouraged to apply.
Regular travel within the Maari Ma region is a requirement of the position with occasional overnight stays.
Salary $72,700 – $105,300 gross per annum plus superannuation (depending on qualification and years of experience).
Incentives for this position
· Retention bonus of $5,000 paid following 1 and 2 years of full-time service
· Temporary accommodation for 6 weeks
· Relocation assistance to help you get to Broken Hill
· Home base travel allowance to keep in touch with your family – $600 allowance on completion of each 6 months of service for 2 years.
FURTHER INFORMATION AND TO APPLY ONLINE – please go to the “Working with us” page of our website. www.maarima.com.au/employment
TO DISCUSS the role please contact Lavinia Henderson on or email
APPLY ONLINE – please go to the “Working with us” page of our website. www.maarima.com.au/employment
Maari Ma offers a great range of benefits including:
· Working Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm
· 5 weeks paid annual leave per year
· Christmas Closure including additional paid leave to cover the period (4 days)
· Public holidays off
· Paid accrued day off (up to 12 per year)
· Flexible leave accrual
· Remote allowance
· Generous Salary Packaging, standard up to $15,900 per year. Plus access to SP Novated Leasing, Meal and Accommodation card and Remote Area Benefits – full benefits go to the employee.
· Supported advanced education and training and excellent personal development opportunities
· Access to use our accredited health care service for you and your family (conditions apply).
· CPI increases annually.
All Maari Ma Aboriginal Health employees are required to have two doses of a COVID-19 vaccination or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are encouraged to apply for this position.
Maari Ma acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land in which we live, and we pay our respect to their Elders both past and present and emerging.