Job Description:
We are seeking highly motivated Dietitians to join our friendly and professional team at the National University Hospital. You will be responsible for providing quality nutrition and dietetic services to patients.
The Challenges
You will be required to:
- Provides nutrition assessment, nutrition support, counselling and education to patients and carers individually or in groups.
- Provides intervention in therapeutic diets for special dietary requirements.
- Reviews inpatient nutrition progress and documents patient management.
- Participates in delivery of nutrition education programmes for patients, public and health care professionals and staff.
- Participates in multidisciplinary ward rounds.
- Acts as a resource person on issues regarding nutrition and dietetics when applicable.
- Develops and update patient education materials for nutrition counselling and education.
- Reviews literature for evidence based nutrition guidelines and update dietitians.
- Participates in approved nutrition related research.
- Involves in continuing professional development to maintain professional standards and technical skills
- Supervises and assesses students in approved clinical teaching programmes.
- Participates in quality improvement programmes.
- Participates in departmental meetings.
- Any other administrative and clinical related duties as required.
Requirements:
- Degree in Dietetics and Nutrition with clinical internship
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to apply nutrition/ dietetic knowledge to patient management appropriately.
- Knowledge with food service operations.
- Demonstrate practical application of nutrient analysis computer package.
- Ability to plan, conduct and evaluate education sessions.
- Commitment to continuing professional development.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Customer service oriented.
- Good writing skills.
- Experience in Dietetics research
