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Reporting to the Director Nursing Services the successful candidate will be responsible for the following amongst others: –
- Evaluating and assessing nutritional needs, diet restrictions and current health plans and screens patients for nutritional risk in accordance with established department protocols and standards
- Developing and implementing dietary care plans and provide nutritional counselling
- Consulting with physicians and health care personnel to determine nutritional needs and diet restriction of patients
- Planning and initiating medical nutrition therapy to patients if indicated by patient requirements and clinical protocol.
- Communicating individual nutritional care plans to other health care providers as a member of a health care team.
- Calculating and writing enteral and parenteral feeds for patients according to patient’s nutritional requirements.
- Advising patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans and diet modifications, and food selection and preparation.
- Monitoring food service to ensure conformance to prescribed diets and patient’s nutritional needs.
- Coordinating recipe development and standardization and develop new menus for different vulnerable groups in the hospital.
- Preparing departmental reports
- Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- BSc Food, Nutrition & Dietetics
- Higher Diploma in Food, Nutrition & Dietetics- 8 Years’ experience
- Diploma in Food, Nutrition & Dietetics- 10 Years’ experience
- Minimum of 6 years work experience
- Dietary counselling
- Preparation of therapeutic diets
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