Assistant Nutritionist
Nutrition
Basic Information
Division
Directorate of Nutrition
Experience Level
Entry Level
Job Summary
The role holder is responsible for providing support to assess nutrition related issues of patients and implement nutrition care plans to prevent and treat disease.
Key Duties
- Assess patients’ nutritional needs to determine plans to prevent and treat disease.
- Provide dietary/nutritional counselling/advice to in-patients with diet related conditions like diabetics, hypertensive, obese, malnutrition, etc. to improve on their health status.
- Monitor the preparation of food to ensure compliance with prescribed diet.
- Collect, collate and analyse nutrition data to inform the development of nutrition treatment plan for patients.
Requirements
Education
A minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, or related discipline from a recognized University.
Skills & Competencies
- Basic knowledge of the techniques needed to develop meal plans;
- Computer skills;
- Analytical skills;
- Interpersonal skills;
- Detail orientation.
- Basic understanding of how nutrition affects the body and how different health conditions require different nutritional approaches;
- People management skills;
- Oral and written communication skills;
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