Research Dietitian
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Closing date
- 9 Sep 2020
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- Academic Discipline
- Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health, Other Health & Social Care
- Job Type
- Research Related, Other Research Related
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Part Time
Job Details
Work type: Fixed Term
Location: Hospital based
Division/Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Department/School: Melbourne Medical School
Salary: $73,669 - $99,964 (Level A)
Role & Superannuation rate: Academic - Part time - 9.5% super
About the role:
Located at St Vincent's Hospital in the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, the position available is for a part time Research Dietitian to support a clinical research project in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). The position involves working as part of a clinical research team who are introducing dietary interventions for patients with IBD. The appointed research dietitian will have direct contact with patients to put in place a dietary intervention programme. They will also be involved in all aspects of the study, including diet analysis, data entry and analysis, and write-up of manuscripts for publication.
You will join a dynamic, friendly and capable, but small, research team of a senior dietitian, doctors, nurses, and clinical scientists. The team conducts multiple clinical studies that have a dietary component. Our studies have direct clinical relevance.
The incumbent will report to the Study Principal Investigators, Dr Gina Trakman (dietitian) and Professor Michael Kamm (gastroenterologist), and work closely with senior staff in St Vincent’s Hospital Department of Gastroenterology and the University Of Melbourne Department Of Medicine.
About you:
Minimum Qualifications Required: Honours or Master’s degree in dietetics with relevant experience
Skills and Experience required to fulfil the position:
- Proven track record with counselling clients one-on-one in an outpatient setting
- Demonstrated knowledge in and/or knowledge of experimental research design
- Analytical and conceptual skills to analyse and interpret scientific data
- Demonstrated skill with FoodWorks™ dietary analysis packages and dietary intake assessment using surveys and food frequency questionnaires
- Demonstrated interest in human diseases and researching their therapy
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders, including hospital departments and clinical and scientific collaborators involved in studies
- Ability to work autonomously and as a team member
- Demonstrated initiative, judgement and understanding of the importance of following procedures and protocols
- Organisational skills and a demonstrated ability to manage competing deadlines
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to present information appropriately to a variety of audiences.
Applications close: 09 Sep 2020 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time
Company
The University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings consistently placing us as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and one of the world’s top 50*.
Melbourne attracts the best and brightest students and researchers and, with a history of over 160 years, we occupy a special place at the heart of our city’s cultural scene.
Melbourne is a leading research university, widely renowned for its teaching and the social and economic contributions it makes through knowledge transfer. The University’s performance in international rankings puts it at the forefront of higher education in the Asia-Pacific and beyond.
Internationally, the University is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world, with its international peers placing it in the top 20 worldwide, and employers placing it in the top 10. In the recent Times Higher Education rankings of the world’s top 200 universities, Melbourne ranked top in Australia and 33 in the world.
Melbourne’s international research pre-eminence was also acknowledged with a top 100 ranking in the Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings. Ranked No. 44 in 2015, the University has climbed steadily in the rankings since first appearing at No. 92 in 2003.
The Melbourne Model introduces undergraduate programs characterised by both breadth and depth, followed by a graduate professional degree, a research higher degree or entry directly into employment.
In 2008 Melbourne commenced offering six New Generation undergraduate degrees in Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments, Music and Science. The Melbourne Model also introduces a new graduate school experience to Australia, providing the best and brightest with a more focused, intense and professionally relevant degree in areas such as Law, Architecture, Teaching and Nursing. With the Melbourne curriculum now aligning the University with the world’s top universities in Europe, North America and Asia, we enable our students to develop the skills and attributes required by employers all over the world.
More than 50,000 students from over 120 countries take courses in the University’s 12 faculties and graduate schools.
For more information please visit: http://www.unimelb.edu.au
*Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015
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- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Telephone
- +61 (3) 8344 4000
- Location
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Parkville
Melbourne
Victoria
VIC 3010
Australia
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