Clinical Dietician II

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• 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

• BestCare
• Area specific equipment
• All involved internal disciplines (clinical and non-clinical)
• Work-stream leads, clinical team members, patients and their families
• Expected to use critical-thinking skills to reach objective conclusions
• Expected to work with minimum supervision, reporting to line manager when required
• Dealing with patients and their families
• Involved in continuing medical education hours (CME) annually
• Work on rotation covering inpatient wards and outpatient clinics as required
•  Coverage during emergencies, disasters, other unplanned unprecedented occasions
• Occasional overtime, on call, weekend, holidays work might be required
• Safe Practices related to PPE (Personal Protection Equipment)
• Operating in safe manner to reduce risk of injuries

Work Experience |  NASCDP - Nursing -Allied Health Saudi Career development (Training program) 

Registration with Saudi Commission for Health Specialties – Essential

English Language |  Level – I – Essential

Computer : Level II – Essential

Clinical Nutrition/Dietetics