Kate Young

Clinical Dietitian at Tube Dietitian
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Greater Melbourne Area, AU

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Experience

    • Australia
    • Medical Practices
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Clinical Dietitian
      • Dec 2022 - Present

      Providing virtual and home visit consultations for tube fed patients in the community Providing virtual and home visit consultations for tube fed patients in the community

    • Australia
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Grade 2 Clinical Dietitian
      • Sep 2019 - Present

      Inpatient services across St John of God Berwick and Mulgrave Private Hospital. Primary Units - Critical Care - Oncology - Gastroenterology - Upper GI Surgery - General Medicine - Enteral & Parenteral Nutrition - Home Enteral Nutrition - Rehabilitation Inpatient services across St John of God Berwick and Mulgrave Private Hospital. Primary Units - Critical Care - Oncology - Gastroenterology - Upper GI Surgery - General Medicine - Enteral & Parenteral Nutrition - Home Enteral Nutrition - Rehabilitation

    • Australia
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Grade 1 Clinical Dietitian
      • Mar 2018 - Sep 2019
    • Retail Office Equipment
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Nov 2017 - Dec 2018
    • Australia
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Clincial Placement - Dietetics
      • Mar 2017 - Apr 2017

      • Inpatient & outpatient consultations, home visits, acute, subacute & rehabilitation experience and interventions. Worked within a multidisciplinary team, developed counselling skills, nutrition education and advocated for nutrition. • Gained knowledge and practical experience in providing nutritional counselling and interventions to a wide variety of patients with a broad range of clinical aetiologies including diabetes, oncology, renal, liver, gastroenterology, surgical, palliative & ICU. • Allowed professional development including improvements in clinical knowledge, counselling skills, time management, prioritisation of workload, communication with patients, supervisors and colleagues, clinical reasoning and stress management. Show less

    • Australia
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Food Service Placement - Dietetics
      • Sep 2016 - Oct 2016

      • Data collection; weighed meals to measure the consistency of serves and assess whether current practice was meeting national standards for serves sizes. Assessed food fortification of small meals & compared to national standards. • Developed standardised guidelines for serving of small and medium meals including policies and recommendations on provision of standard serve sizes, meal size consistency and fortification of small meals. Developed two resources for the food service team to assist in implementing the recommendations and meeting national guidelines for serve sizes and fortification. Show less

    • Australia
    • Wellness and Fitness Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Community Placement - Dietetics
      • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

      • Main project; developed interview questions and conducted interviews with caterers to source the most relevant catering services for the Aboriginal Health Service’s ‘Elders Program’. Assessed potential caters who could provide catering in line with the Traffic Light Guide and Health Eating Policy of the organisation while staying within budget. Provided top three recommended caterers to the organisation and recruited the most applicable candidate. • Additional activities; Provided diabetes education sessions with patients who utilise the health services at VAHS, observed diabetic outpatient clinics across the multidisciplinary team including dietetics, podiatry, diabetes educators and doctors. Show less

    • Placement - Administrative Assistant & Personal Trainer
      • Jul 2015 - Sep 2015

      • Provided personal training sessions to patients who were utilising the Dietetic services within the organisation to address their weight and fitness goals and improve mental health. • Assisted with administration activities required for a Dietetic private practice including filing of patient information, processing bulk bill claims online, booking appointments, delivering GP letters, completing payments and taking phone enquiries. Produced the Enhanced Primary Care file organisation system to enhance the organisations filing system of legal paperwork & patient histories. Show less

Education

  • Deakin University
    Master's degree, Dietetics/Dietitian
    2016 - 2017
  • Deakin University
    Bachelor's degree, Sports and Exercise
    2013 - 2015

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