- Assess patients' nutritional needs, diet restrictions, and current health plans to develop and implement dietary care plans and provide nutritional counseling
- Consult with physicians and a health care professional to determine the patient's nutritional needs and diet restrictions
- Conduct individual counseling, especially to a patient under pre- and post-operation on the basic rules of good nutrition and healthy eating habits to attain optimum nutrition and fast recovery
- Conduct nutrition monitoring and advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans, diet modification, and food selection and preparation
- Oversee and Monitor food service operations to ensure conformance to nutritional, safety, sanitation, and quality standards
- Train food preparation or food service personnel
- Coordinate activities of food service staff
- Direct activities of one or more workers who assist in preparing and serving meals
- Check and monitor inpatients' diet changes, progression, and dietary restrictions, pre-and post-operation with other health care professionals (Nurses, Physicians)
- Plan menus that are varied, nutritionally balanced, and appetizing, taking advantage of foods in season and local availability
- Coordinate recipe development and standardization, develop new menus, and practice cycle menus to avoid repetition
- Make sure to incorporate an individualized diet for patients with food restrictions and diet modifications
- Determine meal prices, based on calculations of ingredient prices
- Develop policies for food services or nutritional programs to assist in health promotion and disease control.
- Inspect meals served in conformance to presented diets and standards of palatability and appearance
- Prepare and administer budgets for food, equipment & and supplies
- Monitor food purchases in accordance with health and safety codes.
- Uphold the highest standards of quality and efficiency in line with hospital quality programs (e.g. Safecare, DOH, etc.) requirements
- Ensure a safe and secure work environment by strictly adhering to infection prevention and control protocols such as but not limited to handwashing, wearing of PPE, etc
- Commit to sustainable and eco-friendly work practices by minimizing waste, optimizing resource usage, and actively participating in initiatives that promote environmental stewardship
- Minimum Education Required: Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Licenses/Certifications Required; if any: License Nutritionist-Dietitian
- Minimum Experience Required: At least 2 years of experience as a Dietitian
- Ability to listen carefully to instructions
- Ability to understand written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience
- Ability to manage one's own time and the time of others
- Able to actively look for ways to help people
Nutritionist-Dietitian - Philippines, Davao, Pilipinas - CURE International Children's Hospitals
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The Nutritionist-Dietitian is responsible for planning and conducting food service or nutritional programs to assist in the promotion of health and control of the disease. May supervise activities of a department providing quantity food services, counsel individuals, or conduct nutritional research.ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
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