*This role is a 1-year contract role*
Major Duties & Responsibilities
Clinical Dietetics
- Provide evidence-based Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) to patients with a variety of health conditions including complex medical conditions or specialized disciplines, requiring specialised nutrition intervention to augment medical treatment
- Apply nutrition care process to correctly assess, diagnose, plan, implement, monitor, evaluate and document nutrition care
- Effective communication and collaboration with multidisciplinary team to ensure patient-centred care
- Communicate nutrition care plan to patients, family members or caregivers during hospitalisation and upon discharge
- Manage workload effectively and efficiently with safe patient care
Education, Research & Training
- Participate in continuing professional development activities
- Assist or initiate nutrition related research and quality improvement initiatives in the department
- Co-develop or develop nutrition guidelines
- Develop health promotion and nutrition education materials
- Deliver nutrition talks or workshops to patients, caregivers or community as part of clinical nutrition education or health promotion
- Organize community outreach events
- Develop training syllabus and deliver training to multidisciplinary team members
- Train or supervise dietetic interns, polytechnic students and dietetic assistants
Food Service
- Deliver therapeutic diet education to Food Service personnel
- Liaise and coordinate with Food Service team on therapeutic diet requirements
- Where relevant, provide consultation in providing requirements for meal or dish set up in the electronic meal ordering system; participate in Food Service audits; participate in menu and recipe development and analysis; and plan a training syllabus
Administration and Leadership
- Assist with administrative and operational duties as required
- Assist team lead in managing daily clinical work operation
- Manage group tasks or duties
- Mentor new-entry dietitians and dietetic assistants
- Organize, plan and manage relevant projects (for instance, community outreach programme, quality improvement project or events)
Job Requirements
Education / Training / Experience
i. Degree or Master in Dietetics from a recognized university
ii. Eligible for membership with Singapore Nutrition & Dietetics Association or other professional associations
Iii. Minimum 3-4 Years Of Relevant Experience
Attributes
i. We seek Mandarin, Malay Tamil-speaking candidates who are required to serve Mandarin, Malay Tamil-speaking clients
ii. Good interpersonal and communication skills
iii. Willing to collaborate and work well with team members
iv. Willing to learn and keep up-to-date of skills and evidence-based medical and nutrition information
