Eating Disorders Coordinator
North West Area Mental Health Service

• Do you have approved training, experience and expertise in nutrition and dietetics?
• Part time (0.5 EFT) opportunity, servicing the North West Area Mental Health Service programs
• Contribute to excellence in patient care through nutrition services

NorthWestern Mental Health is zone of the largest providers of Mental Health Services in Victoria. Our multi-disciplinary workforce of skilled and dynamic clinicians, consumers and carers, provide a recovery- oriented approach to care.

We are dedicated to providing a caring and high quality range of specialist, community and hospital-based mental health services for youth, adult and aged people who are experiencing, or are at risk of developing a serious mental illness.

The position requires approved training, experience and expertise in nutrition and dietetics with a commitment to high standards of patient care. The position also requires a demonstrated capacity to work effectively as a member of the multidisciplinary team.

This is a multidisciplinary role and is open to Registered Psychiatric Nurses, Occupation Therapists, and Social Workers.

Your new role:

• Focus on the provision of individual nutrition support for consumers with severe mental illness who are at risk of or experiencing metabolic syndrome and severe eating disorders
• Provide education and practical meal support to consumers, and may require experience in the provision of group work and education provision
• Lead and contribute to innovation in quality improvement, service evaluation and research
• Engage with people experiencing severe mental health issues and an understanding of risk issues in mental health

About You:

• Comprehensive clinical experience post graduating and demonstrated experience in a range of clinical areas
• Demonstrated experience in the management of consumers with severe mental illness including eating disorders
• Demonstrated experience supervising students and junior clinicians
• Experience in individual and group counselling and ability to demonstrate effective presentation skills for the purpose of education for staff, students and consumers

Benefit of working with NorthWestern Mental Health:

• Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals
• Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
• Salary packaging, onsite car parking and, close to public transport

Interested?

If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us.

For a confidential discussion please connect via the details below.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment and COVID-19 Vaccination prior to commencement