Clinical Nutritionist at Nairobi Hospital

REF/TNH/CN/05/20

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