Registered Dietitian I
Job Description
Job Summary
To provide nutritional care to inpatients and outpatients through the process of assessment, planning, implementation, and monitoring. To sustain a safe, effective, efficient, patient-centered service by using quality management principles. To assist and participate in the development of patient educational materials related to nutrition.
Job Responsibilities 1
Applies clinical nutrition and medical nutrition therapy principles and models to client-centred care across the lifespan (*includes aetiology, pathophysiology, and pharmacology elements)
Uses evidence-based nutrition knowledge and dietetic expertise, reasoning, and judgement to optimise nutrition, health, and wellbeing.
Assesses, plans, implements, monitors, evaluates, and adapts food service systems to meet patient and stakeholder needs.
Analyses assessment data to identify nutrition diagnoses, prioritise problems and formulate goals in collaboration with patient.
Develops, implements, monitors, evaluates, and adapts client-centred nutrition care plans based on assessment data and clinical reasoning.
Uses appropriate dietary assessment methods to assess food and nutrient intakes of patients.
Assesses the patient’s nutritional status through interviews with the patient and/or significant others (including obtaining and evaluating diet history as appropriate), and review of medical record and laboratory values.
Recommends, monitors, and evaluates Special Foods (oral, enteral, and parenteral products) and approved nutrition-related medicines to optimise nutritional status.
Job Responsibilities 2
Provides day to day clinical support of enteral and parenteral nutrition (PN) patients under supervision.
Recommends modification of nutritional intake/orders to physicians as appropriate.
Monitors patient tolerance to modified diets and supplements and adjusts food provided as appropriate and provides follow-up care as appropriate.
Provides diet and nutrition counselling to patients and family members, and/or significant others as appropriate.
Documents all aspects of nutritional care in the medical chart in a timely fashion following established protocols and standards of care.
Collects and maintains a record of workload measurement data and clinical statistics on an ongoing basis.
Establishes and maintains professional relationships that are characterised by trust, respect, empathy, and cultural safety.
Develops rapport and maintains lines of communication with patient, medical staff: nursing personnel and Food Service staff.
Communicates with patient at an appropriate health and food literacy level to support informed decisions.
Implements protocols and procedures to ensure quality nutritional care for inpatients and outpatients.
Develops and implements nutritional care plans.
Additional Responsibilities 3
Job Knowledge & Skills
Certification from local license body
Ability to effectively communicate medical information, test results, diagnoses and/or proposed treatment in a manner easily understood by the patient.
Knowledge of clinical nutrition theory and practices.
Knowledge of equipment used for nutritional assessments.
Ability to draw conclusions and make recommendations based on assessments, research data and findings.
Ability to develop and deliver presentations.
Ability to learn and use software for dietary analysis.
Job Experience
At least 2 years of experience Inpatient: acute care and Outpatient services.
Diabetes, Cardiac, bariatric, gastroenterology
Nutritional Support including oral and enteral, critical care (under supervision), pediatrics and adult care
1 year in GCC preferred
Competencies
Accountability
Collaboration
Creates Strategy – Developing
Develops Future Leaders – Developing
Drives Performance – Developing
Leadership
Quality
Resilience
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Laboratory
Certificate in Dietetics
