Dietician

JOB SUMMARY:
Provision of high quality and eficient dietary foodservice to all patients in compliance to the
standards and policies set by the Hospital

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Receives, checks and updates diet list and prepares cook's census for breakfast, lunch or
dinner.
• Updates and assorts diet cards for breakfast, lunch or dinner according to patient's diet and
room accommodation
• Bills all charges for patient that requires nourishment and tubefeeding
• Supervises dishing-out of full and therapeutic diet for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
• Checks assembled breakfast, lunch or dinner trays before distribution to ensure proper
• quantity, quality and accuracy of food served against patient diet
• Counts and records all breakfast, lunch or dinner trays served and record it in the checklist
form in the absence of dietary aide
• Updates and compute tubefeeding diet
• Checks tubefeeding diet prepared by Dietary Aide
• Prepares tubefeeding diet in the absence of dietary aide
• Prepares meal requisition slip for breakfast, lunch or dinner for OR/DR, ER consultants
• Plan diabetic snacks for patients on diabetic diet.
• Prepares requisition slip for morning and afternoon snacks of diabetic patients and checks it
• before distribution.
• Diet counseling
 Educating and advising a wvide range of patients with dliet-related
disorders on the practical ways in which they can improve their health by
adopting healthier eating habits
 Calculating patient's nutritional requirements using standard equations
based on assessment.
 Advising about special diets
 Working as part of a multidisciplinary team in hospitals to gain patients
cooperation in following recommended dietary treatment.
 Educating other healthcare professionals about food and nutrition issues
 Running clinics in hospital outpatients department
 Preparing information packs, flyers and other promotional materials
 Verifies with the Nurse on duty discharged patient and room transfer
 Observes patient's acceptance of food served for breakfast, lunch or dinner and makes
 notation in the logbook for evaluation of menu.
 Records all requisition slips for OR/DR Meals, Employee's Meal and patient's request in the logbook.
 Performs other related tasks assigned by the immediate superior and makes the necessary endorsement after the end of each shift
 And to perform such other duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by your immediate superior, unit manager or department head

JOB SPECIFICATION
Educational Attainment
• Graduate of Bachelor's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics

Eligibilifty
• Registered-Nutritionist Dietitian

Skills and Traits
• Proficient in MS word, Excel and other MS Ofice Software
• Knowledge in Dietary and Food Services Management
• Demonstrates excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills
• Proactive, honest, flexible, mature, confident, resourceful and caring manner
• Experience
With at least 1 year experience in the same field (optional)