POSITION: NUTRITIONIST
REPORTS TO: REGIONAL OPERATIONS MANAGER/ DIRECTOR
LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA
Job Summary:
AHN is seeking a highly-motivated individual to fill the position of “Renal Nutritionist”. The Nutritionist will be responsible for counselling patients on dialysis on diet and nutrition as per their needs.
Travel between centers will be applicable.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Work with both outpatients and inpatients and outreach activities as needed;
- Advise/counsel all patients both adult and children on setting specific nutrition goals;
- Evaluate patient lifestyle, nutritional and health needs
- Developing a thorough and cost-efficient and practical guidelines and customized diet plan to meet nutrition goals;
- Work Closely with all medical team and healthcare professionals
- Attend ward rounds with medical staff;
- Closely monitor patients progress and adjust diet plan as needed;
- Document Patient progress and share with healthcare professionals;
- Provide patient with educational fact on nutrition to improve their health;
- Work with families, couples, and individuals to help them make desired dietary changes to their lifestyle;
- Participate in any training and research activities as needed;
- Organize basic training in renal dietetics for nurses working in dialysis units.
Supervisory Responsibilities (Direct Reports):
- N/A
Desired Competencies:
- Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition, Human Nutrition
- Exceptional written and oral communications skills
- Willingness to learn and research to keep updated on renal nutrition issues
- Proficiency in MS Office applications
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work under minimum supervision
- Able to collect, read and interpret data – assessing for errors, trends etc
- Passion for AHN’s Mission
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