Senior Dietitian (Paediatric Feeding and Nutrition)

Senior clinical dietetics with real range: ARFID and fussy eating, early intervention, growth and gut health, Helpful Habits, all inside a true MDT.

Western Kids Health, Shenton Park and Hillarys, Perth WA. Part time, 0.6 FTE (22.8 hours per week) across three days. Maximum term parental leave cover, 12 months, starting February or March 2027.

Why this role

This is a senior clinical role with real range. You will carry an advanced paediatric caseload across our specialised Feeding and ARFID clinic, Early Intervention and our Helpful Habits program, work in joint appointments with psychology, OT, speech pathology and physiotherapy, and be the senior clinical voice for dietetics at Western Kids Health. Supervision, triage and program work have their own time in your week.

About Western Kids Health

Western Kids Health is a multidisciplinary paediatric allied health practice in Perth, founded in 2018. Our physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, psychologists and dietitians work side by side across two clinics, Victoria House in Shenton Park and our Hillarys clinic, supporting children and families from the early years through to adolescence.

Our services are organised into clinics: Early Intervention, Mental Health, Gender Diversity, Feeding and ARFID, School Aged Services and Complex Care. Within each, our team works as a true MDT, including joint appointments where clinicians from different disciplines see a child and family together in the same session.

Our model of care is family centred, strengths based and attachment informed, within a family systems framework. We see parents as the experts in their own child and we work alongside them. The same approach shapes how we lead our team.

Beyond the clinic room, our team runs group programs, delivers professional development on emotional regulation and mental health for schools and other services, and provides outreach. Western Kids Health works closely with not-for-profits including Tiny Sparks WA, Arthritis & Osteoporosis WA and PlaygroupWA, and holds a Commonwealth contract for allied health outreach to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

About the role

Our dietitians work across three parts of the practice. The Feeding and ARFID clinic brings dietetics together with psychology, OT and speech pathology for children with fussy eating, ARFID and complex feeding presentations, often in the same appointment. Helpful Habits is our family based healthy habits and weight management program,



delivered with psychology and physiotherapy. In Early Intervention you support babies and toddlers and their parents with starting solids, fussy eating and growth faltering. Around these sits the everyday paediatric caseload: nutritional deficiencies and gastrointestinal concerns such as constipation and IBS.

As Senior Dietitian you hold the advanced caseload, supervise less experienced dietitians, allied health assistants and students, triage new dietetics referrals, and act as the senior clinical reference point for dietetics across the practice. You work closely in our Feeding Program on program development, including building our ARFID service into a centre of excellence.

Your week

At 0.6 FTE (22.8 hours per week) the clinical target is an average of five billable hours per clinical day, or 15 billable hours a week across three clinical days. The rest of your week is non billable time for supervision, triage, documentation, Feeding Program work and community education, so the senior parts of the role are planned for rather than fitted around the edges.

Your role

- Hold an advanced paediatric caseload across the Feeding and ARFID clinic, Early Intervention (starting solids, fussy eating and growth faltering), the Helpful Habits program, nutritional deficiencies and gastrointestinal concerns such as constipation and IBS

- Work in joint appointments and case conferences with psychology, OT, speech pathology and physiotherapy

- Provide day to day clinical supervision to less experienced dietitians, allied health assistants and students on placement

- Triage current dietetics enquiries and support less experienced dietitians with complex triage decisions

- Contribute to the Feeding Program with the Feeding Program Lead: education, resources, outcome measurement and the development of our ARFID service

- Write point of contact letters to referrers and build senior relationships with paediatricians, gastroenterologists and GPs

- Deliver or contribute to community workshops, family resources and WKH content within your specialty area

What you will bring

Essential





- A tertiary qualification in Nutrition and Dietetics and current Accredited Practising Dietitian credentialing with Dietitians Australia

- At least four years post credentialing experience, with clinical practice in paediatric dietetics or feeding

- Demonstrated advanced knowledge and skills across paediatric feeding, growth and nutrition

- The ability to provide clinical supervision, direction and guidance to less experienced clinicians

- A commitment to family centred, strengths based and neuroaffirming practice

- A non stigmatising, weight inclusive approach to children’s bodies and eating

- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, and the confidence to bring a senior dietetics perspective to a multidisciplinary team

- Current Working With Children Check, National Police Clearance and a C or CA class driver’s licence

Desirable

- A postgraduate qualification in paediatric dietetics, feeding or a related area

- Advanced practice credentialing, for example in ARFID or sensory based feeding

- Experience with neurodivergent feeding presentations and lived experience co-design

- Clinical research or quality improvement experience

- Experience in private practice, including Medicare and NDIS funded services

What we offer

- A specialised Feeding and ARFID clinic, Early Intervention and the Helpful Habits program, with joint appointments as part of how we work

- The senior clinical voice for dietetics at WKH, working directly with the Managing Director and the Feeding Program Lead

- Protected non billable time for supervision, triage and program work

- Work that reaches beyond the clinic room: groups, workshops, outreach and not-for-profit partnerships

- Colleagues down the hall in psychology, occupational therapy, speech pathology and physiotherapy

- Support for your own professional development, including senior clinical supervision

- Remuneration commensurate with experience

- A three day week, with the days agreed with you across Shenton Park and Hillarys.

How to apply

For a confidential conversation about the role, contact Nicole Pates, Managing Director, or send your CV and a short cover letter to ••••@westernkidshealth.com. Rather than a formal response to selection criteria, tell us about your paediatric feeding experience and what draws you to working with children and families.

Applications close 15 December 2026 We will be reviewing applications as they come in, so an early application is welcome.

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