Discover the power of participant centric care with the right allied health professional who understands and supports your unique journey

Vanessa Hamilton

Dietitian
Newcastle, Maitland, Cessnock and surrounding suburbs

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Vanessa is a skilled and an accredited practising Dietitian with over 5 years of experience working with participants in the NDIS sector.

Vanessa’s participant centric approach comes with a holistic perspective of the participant and their environment. Throughout this journey of understanding and implementation, she ensures that the key goals of assisting participants to build capacity, achieve their own goals and improve their quality of life remains at the heart of the decision making process.

During Vanessa’s years of experience, she has undertaken many research initiatives while working with  numerous health conditions across a variety of situations. As a result, she has a special interest in assisting individuals in Supported Independent Living (SIL) settings, addressing gastrointestinal issues and managing dysphagia.

Vanessa prides herself with on her ability to work closely with other Allied Health Professionals, ensuring a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to care.  Vanessa values rapport-building and establishing trust with participants, as well as training and supporting Support Workers to ensure that the highest standards of care are always met. With a strong commitment to improving the health and well-being of every person she works with.

Here at On The Move our Allied Health Dietitian Services Include:

  • Mealtime Management Plans and Nutrition Care Plans

  • Practical dietary advice and skills training

  • Menu planning and recipes (including SIL)

  • Shopping support and label reading

  • Practical skills training i.e. simple cooking styles

  • Dysphagia and texture modification

  • Tube feeding

  • Disordered eating

  • Paediatric nutrition and suboptimal/poor growth

  • Fussy eating and sensory aversion

  • Gut health and mood stabilisation

  • Chronic disease management

  • Diabetes management

  • Health coaching & motivational interviewing

  • Health education

  • Nutrition support for malnutrition, weight loss and wound healing

  • Gastrointestinal issues such as constipation, diarrhoea, reflux and vomiting

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