Professional Leader - Dietitian

Professional Leader – Dietitian

• District wide- Invercargill or Dunedin
• 0.3 FTE (12hrs per week)
• Salary $117,420 - $122,570 per annum pro-rata + Kiwisaver

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

Professional Leaders are to provide the following for their relevant discipline:

• Strategic thinking to enable innovation and creativity in your profession
• Credentialling of your specific workforce
• Enable intersectoral collaboration and/or clinical partnerships

In this role you will be accountable for district-wide, professional leadership of the dietitian workforce. You will lead excellence in professional governance, quality practice and professional conduct, contributing to new models of care & workforce planning/development for dietetics. 

Our preference is for all professional leads to concurrently hold a clinical role.

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About you

• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to network, develop key relationships and partnership
• Innovative, proactive, enthusiastic, and flexible
• Ability to problem solve
• Demonstrable peer credibility and respect
• Broad understanding of profession specific practice areas
• Drive for results

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.  

Salary range 

This role belongs to the PSA/DHBs Allied, Public Health and Technical Multi-Employer Collective Agreement and falls between designated B step 1 (117,420 p.a) and Step 3 ($122,570 p.a pro rata) of Technical, Designated Allied, Public Health and Technical scale.

How to Apply

To apply please click “apply now.”  All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal by Friday 4 April 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact James via: james.boyd@tewhatuora.govt.nz

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.