Dietitian- Kuwaiti Nationals - Nutrition
General Information
Language : English/Arabic
Years of Experience : 1-3
Closing Date : 31 December 2024
Function
Provide one-on-one Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT), patient education in individual and group sessions, and develop evidence–based educational material for patients and the public.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients’ nutritional needs, develop, and implement therapeutic diets, evaluate and report results.
- Confer with physicians and other health care providers to coordinate the medical and nutritional needs of patients.
- Counsel individuals, groups, family members and caretakers on nutritional practices designed to prevent disease and promote good health.
- Run a nutrition clinic 5 days a week.
- Run nutrition clinics in the evening hours as needed.
- Conduct 24 hour recalls for all patients and enter them into Nutritics on baseline and/or frequently as needed with once a year follow up as minimum.
- Plan and implement education sessions on a variety of topics.
- Deliver nutrition lectures and workshops for healthcare providers (physicians, dietitians, and nurses) and students.
- Plan and develop evidence-based nutrition educational materials and promotion materials.
- Assist in supervising cooking classes when required.
- Assist in research activities and recruitment for research studies, including proposal writing, data collection, analysis, and report writing.
- Assist in developing and implementing departmental projects or services and carrying out departmental duties as assigned and agreed upon.
- Assist in developing innovative and creative intervention nutrition programs.
- Take part in outreach and in-house activities.
- Take part in media activities including TV, Radio, social media, Newspaper etc.....
- Present at conferences and/or workshops and submit for publication articles and papers, whenever possible.
- Adhere to all Dasman Diabetes Institute related policies, standards, procedures and safety measures.
- Any other duties as assigned by the Team Leader or Head of Unit.
Required Skills and Expertise:
- 1-3 years of related experience in similar organization
- Competent in applying MNT
- Good communication skills in both Arabic and English (reading, writing, speaking)
- Knowledge of behavioral modification theories is desirable
- Capable of developing educational material
- Current membership of professional associations for nutrition is desirable
Other Comments:
Bachelor's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or higher
Apply for this Vacancy