Job Summary
The Dietician is responsible for assessing the nutritional needs of inpatients and outpatients, planning and implementing therapeutic diets, providing nutrition counselling, and ensuring that dietary services support patient recovery and overall health. The Dietician works closely with doctors, nurses, and food service staff to provide evidence-based nutritional care while ensuring compliance with hospital policies, applicable statutory requirements, and NABH standards, where applicable.
Key Responsibilities Clinical Nutrition Services
- Assess patients' nutritional status through medical history, dietary assessment, anthropometric measurements, and laboratory findings.
- Develop individualized nutrition care plans and therapeutic diets based on patients' clinical conditions and physician referrals.
- Monitor patients' nutritional progress and modify diet plans as required.
- Provide nutrition counselling to patients and their caregivers on disease-specific diets and healthy lifestyle practices.
- Advise on nutritional management for patients with diabetes, hypertension, renal diseases, liver disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, cancer, paediatric, geriatric, and critical care conditions.
- Participate in multidisciplinary clinical rounds and case discussions when required.
Food Service Management
- Plan, review, and approve hospital menus, including therapeutic and special diets.
- Coordinate with kitchen and dietary services to ensure accurate preparation and timely distribution of prescribed diets.
- Monitor food quality, nutritional adequacy, hygiene, and portion control.
- Recommend menu improvements based on nutritional guidelines and patient needs.
Documentation
- Maintain accurate nutrition assessment records, counselling notes, and dietary prescriptions in patient medical records.
- Prepare nutrition care plans, follow-up reports, and monthly departmental reports.
- Maintain records required for quality audits and accreditation.
Quality Assurance and Regulatory Compliance
- Ensure compliance with hospital dietary policies and standard operating procedures.
- Support implementation of NABH standards related to nutritional care and patient safety.
- Ensure compliance with applicable food safety, infection prevention, and hygiene practices.
- Participate in departmental audits, quality improvement initiatives, and accreditation activities.
Education and Training
- Conduct nutrition education programmes for patients, caregivers, hospital staff, and community health initiatives.
- Develop educational materials on healthy eating, disease prevention, and therapeutic diets.
- Train nursing and dietary staff on nutrition-related protocols and dietary modifications.
Coordination
- Collaborate with physicians, nurses, pharmacists, speech therapists, physiotherapists, and other healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive patient care.
- Coordinate with food service personnel to address special dietary requirements and patient preferences.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, Clinical Nutrition, Food Science and Nutrition, or an equivalent qualification from a recognized university.
- Master's Degree in Clinical Nutrition/Dietetics is desirable.
Experience
- Fresher: Eligible for entry-level positions.
- Preferred: 1–3 years of experience in a hospital or clinical nutrition setting.
- Experience in a multi-specialty or NABH-accredited hospital is an added advantage.
Skills Required
- Strong knowledge of clinical nutrition and therapeutic diets.
- Understanding of disease-specific nutritional management.
- Knowledge of food safety, hygiene, and infection prevention practices.
- Excellent communication and counselling skills.
- Good documentation and record-keeping abilities.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Hospital Information Systems (HIS).
Pay: ₹30,000.00 - ₹50,000.00 per month
Work Location: In person
