• Eyre and Far North Local Health Net­work, Port Lincoln
• Salary: AHP3 $108,347 to $116,216 p.a. + Super­an­nu­a­tion + leave Load­ing & Salary Sacrifice
• Per­ma­nent Full time position
• Eli­gi­bil­i­ty Open to Everyone

About the Role The Senior Dietit­ian – Food Ser­vices is an expe­ri­enced and high­ly skilled clin­i­cian who pro­vides lead­er­ship and exper­tise in nutri­tion, hydra­tion, and food ser­vices across the Eyre and Far North Local Health Net­work (EFNL­HN).

Based in Port Lin­coln, this role is respon­si­ble for ensur­ing safe, high-qual­i­ty, and con­sumer-cen­tred nutri­tion­al care for res­i­dents and patients across EFNLHN’s Mul­ti-Pur­pose Ser­vices and acute hos­pi­tal sites. You will lead ser­vice devel­op­ment, clin­i­cal projects, and qual­i­ty improve­ment ini­tia­tives to opti­mise nutri­tion and meal­time expe­ri­ences, align­ing food ser­vices with best prac­tice stan­dards and accred­i­ta­tion requirements.

Key respon­si­bil­i­ties include:

• Pro­vid­ing pro­fes­sion­al lead­er­ship and advice on menu plan­ning, nutri­tion stan­dards, and ther­a­peu­tic diets.
• Lead­ing audits, menu reviews, and con­sumer sat­is­fac­tion eval­u­a­tions relat­ed to food and nutrition.
• Col­lab­o­rat­ing with clin­i­cal, cor­po­rate, and food ser­vice teams to deliv­er cul­tur­al­ly safe and per­son-cen­tred nutri­tion care.
• Sup­port­ing accred­i­ta­tion process­es and report­ing on qual­i­ty and per­for­mance indi­ca­tors relat­ed to food services.
• Pro­vid­ing clin­i­cal super­vi­sion, edu­ca­tion, and men­tor­ing for dieti­tians, allied health assis­tants, and students.

About You
You are an inno­v­a­tive and moti­vat­ed dietit­ian who demon­strates advanced clin­i­cal knowl­edge, lead­er­ship skills, and a pas­sion for improv­ing food and nutri­tion out­comes in health and aged care settings.

To be suc­cess­ful, you will have:

• A recog­nised qual­i­fi­ca­tion in Dietet­ics and eli­gi­bil­i­ty for full mem­ber­ship with Dieti­tians Australia.
• Demon­strat­ed expe­ri­ence in food ser­vice dietet­ics and/​or lead­er­ship in health or aged care settings.
• Strong com­mu­ni­ca­tion and col­lab­o­ra­tion skills with the abil­i­ty to lead mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary teams.
• Expe­ri­ence in qual­i­ty improve­ment, ser­vice devel­op­ment, and clin­i­cal education.
• A com­mit­ment to cul­tur­al­ly safe and inclu­sive practice.
• Par­tic­i­pa­tion in the Accred­it­ed Prac­tis­ing Dietit­ian (APD) pro­gram is desirable.

About Us
With its ancient out­back land­scapes, bou­tique vine­yards, oys­ter farms and Australia’s best-kept-secret surf coast, Eyre and Far North will inspire and ener­gise you.

The Eyre and Far North Local Health Net­work (EFNL­HN) is respon­si­ble for the plan­ning and deliv­ery of hos­pi­tal and health ser­vices over 337,626 square kilo­me­tres, tak­ing in the Eyre Penin­su­la, west­ern part of South Aus­tralia and north to Coober Pedy. We are one of the largest LHNs by area in Aus­tralia and com­mu­ni­ties include Ceduna, Cleve, Coober Pedy, Cow­ell, Cum­mins, Ellis­ton, Kim­ba, Ood­na­dat­ta, Port Lin­coln, Streaky Bay, Tum­by Bay and Wudinna.

Ser­vices include acute care, med­ical, acci­dent and emer­gency, surgery, birthing and mid­wifery, spe­cial­ist con­sul­tan­cy, renal dial­y­sis, chemother­a­py, trans­fu­sions, reha­bil­i­ta­tion, res­i­den­tial and com­mu­ni­ty aged care, respite care, tran­si­tion­al care pack­ages, Abo­rig­i­nal health, men­tal health, allied health, com­mu­ni­ty health, com­mu­ni­ty nurs­ing, pal­lia­tive care, com­mu­ni­ty home sup­port pack­ages and home modifications. 

Click here to learn more about liv­ing and work­ing in Eyre and Far North Local Health Network.

Why Join Us

• Make a real dif­fer­ence and feel like an impor­tant part of the com­mu­ni­ty. Being part of Eyre & Far North means you will be sup­port­ed both per­son­al­ly and pro­fes­sion­al­ly, can take advan­tage of edu­ca­tion and train­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties, will have access to flex­i­ble work­ing hours and be part of an inter-pro­fes­sion­al approach to holis­tic health care.
• Job secu­ri­ty and inclu­sions: in addi­tion to the annu­al salary and enti­tle­ments (super­an­nu­a­tion, leave load­ing and allowances), we also offer salary sac­ri­fice ben­e­fits, watch a short video about what salary pack­ag­ing is.
• Relo­ca­tion reim­burse­ment of up to $15,000 may be avail­able to peo­ple relo­cat­ing for this oppor­tu­ni­ty. More infor­ma­tion avail­able from SA Health Careers — Relo­ca­tion sup­port.
• Sup­port­ive and col­lab­o­ra­tive work envi­ron­ment where your con­tri­bu­tions are val­ued and recognised.

Appli­cant Infor­ma­tion
The South Aus­tralian pub­lic sec­tor pro­motes diver­si­ty and flex­i­ble ways of work­ing part-time.

Appli­cants are encour­aged to dis­cuss the flex­i­ble work­ing arrange­ments for this role.

Appoint­ment will be sub­ject to a sat­is­fac­to­ry Crim­i­nal His­to­ry Check and appro­pri­ate immu­ni­sa­tion requirements.

Check(s)

• DHS Work­ing With Chil­dren Check (WWCC)
• DHS Nation­al Dis­abil­i­ty Insur­ance Scheme (NDIS) Work­er Check
• Nation­al Police Cer­tifi­cate (NPC) for employ­ment involv­ing unsu­per­vised con­tact with vul­ner­a­ble groups required for this posi­tion (E.g. aged care employ­ment or work involv­ing vul­ner­a­ble clients)

Immu­ni­sa­tion Risk for this posi­tion is — Cat­e­go­ry A (direct con­tact with blood or body sub­stances)

SA Health Ser­vices are required to imple­ment the Address­ing vac­cine pre­ventable dis­ease: Occu­pa­tion­al assess­ment, screen­ing and vac­ci­na­tion pol­i­cy in the workplace.

Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander appli­cants are encour­aged to apply. Job ref: 918714

Enquiries
Sarah Toome
Posi­tion: Clin­i­cal Oper­a­tions Man­ag­er Allied Health
Phone: 08 8683 2077
E‑mail: Sarah.​Toome@​sa.​gov.​au

Appli­ca­tion Clos­ing Date
14 Novem­ber 2025 - 2 week close — 11.55PM
Refer to the SA Health Career Web­site — How to apply for fur­ther information

For fur­ther infor­ma­tion and to apply vis­it https://careers.sahealth.sa.go…