Senior Paediatric Dietitian, Brighter Beginnings Health and Development Checks in Preschool Team

Join us as the paediatric dietitian in the Brighter Beginnings Health and Development Checks in Preschools Service Team, part of the Northern Sydney Local Health District Child, Youth and Family Community Health Service. You’ll work alongside experienced colleagues, playing an essential role in delivering the NSW First 2000 Days Framework to support preschool-aged children and their families in early childhood education settings.

Employment Type:PermanentPart Time
Position Classification:Dietitian Level 3
Remuneration:$61.31 - $63.30 per hour
Hours Per Week:16
Requisition ID:REQ702329

Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone. There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.

- Innovation is at our core, with opportunities for research driven evidence based practice, ensuring our work remains engaging and fulfilling.
- Clear pathways for career progression, supported by training secondments, recognition and mentorship, empower employee and leaders alike to reach their professional goals.




- Join us on a journey to a place where every achievement is celebrated and every opportunity is embraced.

NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.

Where you'll be working
Royal North Shore Community Health Centre, St Leonards.

What you'll be doing
The Senior Paediatric Dietitian is a key member of the interdisciplinary Brighter Beginnings Health and Development Checks (BBHDC) Preschool Team, within the NSLHD Child, Youth and Family (CYF) Community Health Service. You’ll provide clinical leadership within a developmental surveillance screening service for preschool-aged children attending Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services across Northern Sydney.
BBHDC is a collaboration between NSW Health and the NSW Department of Education. Its purpose is early identification of children’s health and developmental needs before school entry.
You’ll work within a structured service model focused on assessment, recommendation and referral. Your main contribution will be in the post-screening phase, providing discipline-specific input for children with nutritional concerns, including targeted follow-up to support safe and timely access to services.



You’ll bring advanced expertise in infant and child nutrition in the first 2000 days to help families understand their child’s needs, and you’ll work in partnership with families, educators and CYF services, including families experiencing vulnerability and complexity. You’ll contribute to case discussions, referral pathways and capacity-building for ECEC services, and, on a limited, critical-needs basis, provide consultation and multidisciplinary support to CYF services. When needed, you may also join the screening teams to conduct or observe screening activity in early childhood settings.
You’ll provide clinical leadership within scope of practice, support Level 1/2 clinicians and students, contribute to resources, quality improvement and help maintain program fidelity.
Our philosophy of care is child-centred, culturally safe, trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming and evidence-based.

People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

- Tertiary qualification in Nutrition and Dietetics that provides eligibility for full membership of Dietitians Australia.
- Demonstrated ability to apply advanced clinical reasoning and professional judgement within a structured service model, including identification of needs, provision of evidence-informed recommendations, and determination of appropriate referral pathways (rather than ongoing intervention management).
- Demonstrated experience working in partnership with families and priority populations, including the ability to deliver culturally protected, trauma-informed, and family-centred care.
- Demonstrated ability to work eff

📌 Senior Paediatric Dietitian, Brighter Beginnings Health and Development Checks in Preschool Team (St Leonards)
🏢 NSW Health
📍 St Leonards