Nutrition and Dietetics at Monash Health provides expert nutrition advice and intervention that optimises health for the prevention and treatment of illness.
Areas of Nutrition and Dietetic practice include acute care, aged care, rehabilitation, aged persons mental health, rehabilitation, residential care and outpatient services.
Services Offered
Acute (Adult)
Dietitians provide nutrition assessment and evidence-based individualised intervention that supports treatment and recovery from acute illness.
Specialist areas include:
- Critical Care
- Cardiology
- Gastroenterology
- General Medicine
- Upper Gastrointestinal and Colorectal Surgery
- Head and Neck Surgery
- Respiratory
- Neurology
- Nephrology
- Oncology
Sub-Acute
Dietitians work in rehabilitation, geriatric evaluation and management, aged mental health, palliative care, and residential services.
Nutrition is a key factor in recovery and rehabilitation, helping patients maintain or return to their previous level of function. Dietitians provide patient-centred nutrition interventions to prevent and manage malnutrition, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, chronic renal failure, wound healing and diabetes.
Outpatient Services
Nutrition and Dietetics provides outpatient services to adults, requiring nutrition counselling and dietary management for a variety of clinical conditions.
The Dietitian works within interdisciplinary clinics including medical and nursing, as well as Dietitian specific clinics, to service specialist outpatient clinics covering conditions such as diabetes, gestational diabetes, mental health, oncology, Parkinson’s disease, dialysis, and long term enteral nutrition support.
Referrals to Dietetic led clinics are only accepted from Monash Health doctors, nurses, and Allied Health. Referrals are made through SMR.
Specialist Nutrition and Dietetic paediatric services are available within Monash Children’s Hospital.
Nutrition and Dietetic services are also available within Monash Health Community Health, Community Rehabilitation and Aged and Community Services.