Nutrition Assistant

Job Description:

The role:

We are seeking a highly motivated Nutrition Assistant to join our Nutrition Services team at Sydney Private Hospital Sydney.

We currently have a casual opportunity for a Nutrition Assistant to deliver outstanding customer service and interpersonal skills to provide a high quality menu and nutrition based service to our patients. The position requires a strong focus on patient interaction and menu selection via our patient bedside menu service.

Your responsibilities will include (but not limited to):

• Provide nutritional support to patients by assisting patients with their meal selections according to their dietary social and physical needs through the co-ordination of menus and meals using a computerised Bedside Menu Service

• Customer Service is delivered through a high standard of menu and meal service to ensure patient satisfaction

• Co-ordinate all patient food and beverage requirements from the patient care level to Food Services

• Encourage and promote communication between dietitians food service staff and nursing staff on patient care levels to ensure patients needs are met

• Works collaboratively both within and outside the team and takes ownership of delivering accurate and timely results

• Manages own work load to deliver results which ensures department as a whole is productive and efficient

About you:

• Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance (Nutrition & Dietetics) or Certificate III Health Service Assistant (Nutrition & Dietetics)

• Availability and flexibility

• Sound knowledge of nutrition and therapeutic diets

• Excellent written and verbal communication interpersonal skills and customer relations skills and experience

• Demonstrated ability to work well in a team and independently

• Strong computer and administrative skills

Previous experience as a Nutrition Assistant or Diet Aide and experience using the Cbord Food Service System is highly desirable.

The position is based on shift work and requires you to be flexible; including being available to work weekends and extra shifts where required by the department. The hours of work are not specific however a roster will be provided 2 weeks in advance.

Any questions
If you would like to confidentially discuss this opportunity please contact Hanna Dufty Nutrition Assistant Coordinator at

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Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincents we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming safe equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

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