Senior/Dietitian (Contract)

Reporting to the Principal Dietitian, you will be responsible for providing quality nutrition and dietetic service to patients residing in the community.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Adopts a patient-centered approach and principles of the social determinants of health for patient management.
• Provides nutrition assessment, nutrition support, counselling and eucation to patients and carers, individually or in groups (specialised discipline).
• Provides nutrition intervention based on various therapeutic diets through different modes of communication (eg. phone/virtual/home visit/centre visit consultation).
• Reviews nutrition progress and documents patient management (specialised discipline).
• Participates in multidisciplinary team discussion for patient care.
• Organises and participates in delivery of nutrition education programmes for patients, carers, public, community providers and healthcare professionals.
• Act as mentor for junior Dietitians on issues regarding nutrition and Dietetics when applicable.
• Supervise junior Dietitians and/or Dietetic Technician.
• Develops and updates patient education materials for nutrition counselling and education.
• Reviews literature for evidence based nutrition guidelines and update Dietitians.

Secondary Responsibilities:

• Leads and participates in approved nutrition related research.
• Facilitates and particpates in continuing professional development to maintain professional standards and technical skills.
• Supervises, guides and assesses students in approved clinical teaching programmes.
• Provides leadership in quality improvement programmes.
• Plans and executes training and orientation programmes for students and new Dietitians.
• Participates in departmental meetings.
• Provides guidance to administrative staff.
• Manage financial issues where applicable.
• Handle customer's feedback and manage complaints.
• Any other administrative and clinical related duties, as required.

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Completed clinical dietetic internships in approved institutions.
• At least 3 years of dietetic experience in public healthcare institutions.
• Ability to apply nutrition/dietetic knowledge to patient management appropriately.
• Basic Financial knowledge in non-financial professionals.
• Familiar with specialised dietetic disciplines.
• Good supervisory and leadership skills.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge with food service operations.
• Demonstrates 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 multi-disciplinary team.
• Customer service oriented.