Clinical Dietician II

• Clinically assess the patients’ nutritional status/nutrition education needs through interviews with the patient
and/or family members (including obtaining and evaluating diet history as appropriate), and review of medical
records, laboratory values, food-drug interaction and other relevant information.
• Develop and implement nutritional care plan; monitor and follow up NPO status and patient tolerance to modified
diets or supplements and recommend modifications of diet orders as appropriate (diet, supplements, enteral and
parenteral nutrition), and re-assess the patient’s nutritional status on regular intervals.
• Recommend modifications of nutritional intake/orders to Health-Care professional as appropriate (diet,
supplements, tube-feedings and parenteral nutrition).
• Provide diet and nutrition counseling to patients and family members, and/or others as appropriate.
• Communicate nutrition care plans to medical and nursing staff. Document all aspects of nutritional care in a timely
fashion following established protocols and standard of care
• Develop, plan, and conduct nutritional educational sessions (e.g. diabetes, pregnancy, lactation, infant feeding,
etc.) for patients and/or family members.
• Assist the Chief of Clinical Nutrition in developing and implementing lesson plans and teaching nutrition sessions to
dietetic interns, patients and the community, as appropriate.
• Participate in developing and implementing written teaching tools and educational materials for patient education
as required.
• Assist with implementation and evaluation of protocols and procedures to ensure quality nutritional care for
inpatients and outpatients.
• Attend relevant committees requiring participation of Clinical Nutrition as assigned. Participate in multi-disciplinary
patient rounds as required.
• Participate in research studies related to Clinical Nutrition performed in the Hospital as required.
• Participate in the Dietetic Internship Program and the Saudi Career Development Program (SCDP) by providing
practical training activities and assignments. Maintain responsibility for trainee evaluation.
• Secure workload as back up of the absent colleagues.
• Collect and maintain record of workload measurement data and clinical statistics on an ongoing basis.
• Participate in reviewing and updating the dietary manual as necessary.
• Perform other job related duties.

Systems and Equipment |

• BestCare
• Area specific equipment

Relationships and Communications|

• All involved internal disciplines (clinical and non-clinical)
• Work-stream leads, clinical team members, patients and their families

Decisions and Judgments|

• Expected to use critical-thinking skills to reach objective conclusions
• Expected to work with minimum supervision, reporting to line manager when required

Mental Demands |

• Dealing with patients and their families
• Involved in continuing medical education hours (CME) annually

Current Clinical Dietician registration with an accredited association – Essential

Work Experience |  Minimum of 3 (three) years’ post graduate experience in a comparable health care facility/ organization - Essential

English Language |  Level – I – Essential

Clinical Nutrition or Dietetics or related