Senior Clinical Practice Educator in Nutrition and Dietetics

The School of Health (SOH)

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Are you eager to make a difference in health education and research? Join our dedicated team of researchers and educators at the School of Health (SOH). We have a strong focus on cultivating healthy minds, bodies, and environments through our teaching, research, and outreach efforts. With a purpose that extends regionally and impacts globally, we are committed to advancing knowledge in the health sector and improving the well-being of our communities. Together, let's create healthier communities now and for the generations to come.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Clinical Practice Educator in Nutrition and Dietetics, you will lead the design, coordination, and continuous improvement of high-quality professional placement programs, with a particular focus on developing and strengthening UniSC’s nutrition and dietetics clinics. You will provide leadership and drive innovative placement models across internal and external settings, build capability among clinical educators and facilitators, and ensure robust systems are in place to support student success, progression, and assessment. You will develop new clinic opportunities and ensure high quality placement governance and supervisor education and training. Working closely with the Discipline Lead, you will contribute to strategic improvements that enhance placement quality, efficiency, sustainability, and graduate readiness across nutrition and dietetics programs.

You will also play a key role in expanding interprofessional learning opportunities across health disciplines, strengthening partnerships with hospitals, community services, private practice, and industry stakeholders. Through these relationships, you will help ensure students gain exposure to diverse clinical environments while contributing to service innovation and workforce development. Alongside your leadership in clinical education, you may also contribute to teaching, scholarship, research, and service activities aligned with your expertise and the strategic priorities of the University.

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You will:

• lead the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of innovative nutrition and dietetics clinical placement programs across internal clinics and external partner sites;
• develop and maintain effective systems and approaches to enhance clinical educator and facilitator capability, support supervisor training, ensure quality supervision and assessment, and monitor student performance and progression;
• contribute to strategic improvements that enhance placement quality, enable efficiencies across programs, improve sustainability and strengthen graduate readiness;
• develop and strengthen industry, community, and health sector partnerships to expand placement and clinic opportunities and support high-quality placement governance; and
• contribute to interprofessional education, academic collaboration, and scholarship or research activities that advance clinical education practice and impact.