Dietician

1. Job Purpose

To provide appropriate nutritional assessment, diet planning, and counselling to inpatients and outpatients based on their medical conditions, nutritional requirements, and dietary preferences, ensuring quality patient care and compliance with hospital policies.

2. Key Responsibilities

• Assess patients' nutritional status, medical history, dietary habits, and nutritional requirements.
• Prepare individualized therapeutic diet plans based on diagnosis, treatment, and physician recommendations.
• Provide nutritional counselling to patients and their families regarding disease management and healthy eating habits.
• Plan and monitor therapeutic diets for patients with diabetes, renal disorders, cardiac conditions, gastrointestinal disorders, and other medical conditions.
• Coordinate with treating physicians, nursing staff, and the food services department to ensure appropriate diet delivery.
• Monitor patients' dietary intake, nutritional progress, and response to prescribed diets.
• Conduct diet counselling for inpatients and outpatients, including pre-discharge dietary education.
• Ensure that prescribed diets are communicated accurately to the kitchen and food service team.
• Verify diet orders and ensure compliance with prescribed dietary restrictions, food allergies, and other special nutritional requirements.
• Maintain patient diet charts, nutritional assessment records, counselling notes, and other departmental documentation.
• Participate in multidisciplinary clinical rounds and case discussions, wherever required.
• Educate patients and caregivers on nutrition, lifestyle modification, and preventive healthcare.
• Assist in developing and updating diet charts, standard therapeutic diet protocols, and departmental SOPs.
• Follow hospital infection control practices, patient safety standards, and quality assurance procedures.
• Participate in nutritional awareness programs, audits, and departmental training activities.

3. Educational Qualification

• B.Sc. / M.Sc. in Nutrition and Dietetics, Food and Nutrition, or an equivalent relevant qualification.
• Relevant clinical dietetics training or internship will be an added advantage.

4. Experience

• Freshers may be considered.
• 1-3 years of experience in clinical dietetics or a hospital setting is preferred.

5. Required Skills

• Knowledge of clinical nutrition, therapeutic diets, and nutritional assessment.
• Ability to prepare individualized diet plans based on medical conditions.
• Good communication and patient counselling skills.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with doctors, nurses, and food service personnel.
• Good documentation, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Compassionate approach to patient care and attention to detail.