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Jordan Hospital
Nutritionist
Kitui • Kenya
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Jordan HospitalProfession (Mid-level)
Industry (Food, nutrition, Mid-level)
Seniority (Food, nutrition)
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Jordan Hospital
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Description
Qualifications & Requirements:
- BSc Food, Nutrition & Dietetics
- Dietary counselling
- Preparation of therapeutic diets
- Minimum of 2 years working experience in clinical nutrition
- Must be registered with KNDI
Responsibilities
- 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.
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