Other Specification:

• B.Sc. Nutrition and Dietetics. 
• Minimum 2 years experience in dietetics with exposure in the hospital kitchen as well.

Purpose: Assess patients' nutritional needs, develop and implement nutrition programs and evaluate and report the results. 

Responsibilities:  

• Identify nutrition problems and assess the nutritional status of patients in ICU and wards. 
• Develop diet plans for the ICU patients and counsel patients on special diet modifications at the IPD/ OPD. 
• Assess and enhance the health of the patient and providing strategies for prevention of nutrition-related diseases.  
• Develop meal plans in the OPD and IPD, taking both cost and clients’ preferences into account. 
• Monitor foods, sanitation and safety standards in the hospital cafeteria.  
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment by accompanying them in rounds. 
• Evaluate the effects of meal plans and change the plans as needed 
• Promote better nutrition by speaking to groups (doctors/nurses) about diet, nutrition, and the relationship between good eating habits and preventing or managing specific diseases. 
• Keep up with the latest nutritional science research. 
• Evaluates the diet prescription relative to diagnosis and recommends changes as appropriate. 
• Write reports to document patient progress in the patient’s chart.

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