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Registered Dietitian

Job Summary:

The Dietitian provides nutrition consultation and education to patients and their families who are screened at nutrition risk, patients identified to have nutritional risks and/or patients referred by a physician or another clinical staff member. The dietitian is a member of the multidisciplinary team who serves as the patient’s nutrition advocate and ensures that the patient’s nutrition needs are being met

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct a nutrition assessment on patients identified at risk or those referred by the clinical team·for all age groups and clinical conditions
• Select appropriate assessment tools and procedures to meet patient needs ·
• Review dietary intake for factors that affect health conditions and nutritional risk including ·physical, psychosocial and behavioral factors
• Evaluates patient and family’s knowledge, readiness to learn, and potential for changing behaviors ·
• Document assessment findings and develops an individualized nutritional plan of care ·
• Make daily rounds on inpatients; as required by the care plan ·
• Prioritize identified nutrition problems for optimal patient health, recovery from illness, management ·of chronic disease, or disease prevention
• Initiate medical nutrition therapy to patients if indicated by patient requirements and clinical protocol ·
• Monitor patient’s response to nutrition therapy plan and adjust plan accordingly ·
• Educate and counsel patients and families on nutritional issues, either individually or in groups ·
• Communicate individual nutritional care plans to other health care providers as a member of a health care team ·
• Provide outpatient and inpatient consultations to patients and their families as needed ·
• Act as a resource for medical and clinical staff when it comes to nutritional managements of patients ·
• Work closely with food services team to ensure compliance with food safety standards as well compliance with nutritional therapy plans
• Monitor food services’ compliance with regulations, standards, policies and procedures ·
• In collaboration with other sections and departments, develop educational material for patients ·and their families
• Supervise student trainees and volunteers ·
• Develop and execute educational and training programs to staff ·
• Develop and maintain dietary policies, procedures, and guidelines ·
• Maintains professional development and growth ·
• Complete all required training and meet competencies as assigned ·
• Develop and maintain service Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) ·
• Participate in hospital-wide quality improvement initiatives ·
• Participate in research initiatives at the hospital and the university ·
• Participate in departmental meetings ·
• Comply with hospital policies and procedures ·
• Represent the hospital in external meetings ·
• Perform other duties as assigned ·

Required Educational and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or an equivalent field ·
• Additional training or certification in the field of clinical nutrition preferred ·
• At least three (3) years of clinical nutrition experience in a hospital or similar healthcare setting ·

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:

• Strong knowledge of clinical nutrition theory and practices ·
• Knowledge of food services delivery including menu planning, inventory management and program monitoring ·
• Knowledge of local resources that may support the nutritional program at the hospital ·
• Knowledge of nutrient analysis ·
• Excellent counseling skills and ability to work with people with variable learning levels ·
• Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form to patients and clinical staff ·
• Good computer skills including the use of health information systems and Microsoft Office Products ·
• Good interpersonal skills to establish productive working relationships with multidisciplinary team and support services
• Ability to organize tasks and function independently ·
• Good degree of flexibility ·

Interested and Qualified candidates are kindly requested to fill the application No later than 09 November, 2020

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