Allied Health Assistant - Dietetics

The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards. 

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

• Excellent employee benefits including salary packaging
• Work for Australia’s leading Children’s Hospital
• Friendly and supportive team environment

About the Role:

This is a Fixed Term Part Time position from February 2026 - October 2026 at 0.6 FTE working Wednesday-Friday, within the Nutrition and Food Services department.

This position provides clinical education and support under the guidance of dietitians and HEN technician to undertake a range of support activities to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of the dietetic department. The AHA predominately works in the Home Enteral Nutrition space; providing feeding pump trainings to ensure timely discharge and ordering of HEN supplies for patients. Additional support roles including assistance with the indirect calorimeter, provision of simple educations, food diary assessment and general administrative tasks may also be required.

Classification for this position will be AHA Grade 3, IN30 (Full-time equivalent base salary $65,754 per annum pro-rata, plus superannuation).

What you’ll achieve:

• Support the clinical work of the dietetic clinicians by working collaboratively with the dietitians, HEN administrative officer and manager to maintain and improve the clinical environment and delivery of service
• Support the effective and efficient operation of the dietetic department by providing feeding pump training to patients to facilitate timely discharge
• Ensure that appropriate equipment / stock is available for clinician use by maintaining requirements and ordering stock for clinical practice 
• Communicate with other team members to ensure that tasks are undertaken effectively and that patient needs are met
• Ensure that equipment is maintained in a suitable condition for use by cleaning of designated equipment when required. Reporting faults and damage to equipment as appropriate

Your skills and experience:

• Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance (Major in Nutrition & Dietetics) or relevant other degree
• Proficient computer skills
• Experience in working directly with paediatric patients as an Allied Health Assistant
• Previous experience in a hospital setting

If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.

About the Department:

The Department of Nutrition and Food Services at The Royal Children's Hospital incorporates the clinical dietetic service, the Main Kitchen that caters for inpatient meals and the Central Formula Room that produces formula, enteral feeds and fortifies expressed breast milk to meet the nutritional needs of patients.

What we offer:

• Staff Wellbeing Hub
• Parkville location and close to public transport

Other requirements:

• Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
• Valid Working with Children Check
• Current NDIS Worker Screening Check, or willing to obtain
• Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

Application process:

To apply, you will need a CV and a 1-page tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately, we encourage you to apply promptly!

For more information about this position please contact Keryn Coster, Manager Nutrition & Food Services (03)9345 5668 or SFRecruitment.NandFS@rch.org.au

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital.  Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks. 

Are you ready to join our team? 

 Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button

Applications close 15 December, 2025.