Key Roles & Responsibilities
1. Nutritional Screening: Coordinate nutritional risk screening of admitted patients as per hospital policy.
2. Nutritional Assessment: Conduct detailed nutritional assessments of patients identified as being at nutritional risk.
3. Therapeutic Diet Planning: Prepare individualized therapeutic diet plans in consultation with the treating physician.
4. Clinical Diet Management: Plan diets for cardiac patients, diabetes, hypertension, renal disorders and other medical conditions.
5. Patient Counselling: Educate patients and their families about dietary requirements, restrictions and healthy eating habits.
6. Diet Prescription: Ensure diet plans are based on the treating physician's orders and documented in patient records.
7. Diet Monitoring: Monitor patients' dietary intake, tolerance and compliance with prescribed diets.
8. IPD & OPD Services: Provide nutritional consultation to admitted patients and OPD patients.
9. Diet Kitchen Coordination: Coordinate with kitchen staff to ensure correct preparation and timely distribution of prescribed diets.
10. Food Safety: Ensure hygienic food handling, storage, preparation and distribution in coordination with the dietary/kitchen team.
11. Documentation: Maintain nutritional assessment forms, diet charts, counselling records and diet-related registers.
12. Multidisciplinary Coordination: Coordinate with doctors, nursing staff and other healthcare professionals for effective nutritional care.
13. Patient Education: Provide dietary education at discharge and advise patients regarding follow-up nutrition requirements.
14. Quality Improvement: Participate in internal audits, quality improvement activities and corrective actions related to dietary services.
Educational Qualifications
- . in Nutrition & Dietetics / Food and Nutrition.
- . in Clinical Nutrition / Dietetics preferred.
- Relevant professional qualification and competency as per hospital policy.
Experience
- 1-3 years of hospital experience preferred.
- Knowledge of clinical nutrition and therapeutic diet planning.
Required Competencies
- Clinical nutritional assessment.
- Therapeutic diet planning.
- Patient counselling and communication.
- Knowledge of food hygiene and safety.
- Documentation and record maintenance.
- Coordination with multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
Experience
1 Years
No. of Openings
1
Education
Graduate (B.Sc, Professional Degree)
Role
Dietician
Industry Type
Hospitals / Medical / Healthcare Equipments
Gender
[ Male / Female ]
Age Limit
25 - 40 Yrs.
Job Country
India
Type of Job
Full Time
Work Location Type
Work from Office
Benefits include
Flexible Working Hours, Overtime Pay, Annual Bonus, ESI, Food/Meals
Walk-in interview location
301, Mahavir Marg, Lajpat Nagar, Jalandhar, Punjab 144001