Dietitian(10590)

Reporting to the Principal Dietitian, you will be responsible for providing quality nutrition and dietetic service to patients residing in the community.

Primary Responsibilities:
Adopts a patient-centered approach and principles of the social determinants of health for patient management.

Provides nutrition assessment, nutrition support, counselling and eucation to patients and carers, individually or in groups (specialised discipline).

Provides nutrition intervention based on various therapeutic diets through different modes of communication (eg. phone/virtual/home visit/centre visit consultation).

Reviews nutrition progress and documents patient management (specialised discipline).

Participates in multidisciplinary team discussion for patient care.

Organises and participates in delivery of nutrition education programmes for patients, carers, public, community providers and healthcare professionals.

Act as mentor for junior Dietitians on issues regarding nutrition and Dietetics when applicable.

Supervise junior Dietitians and/or Dietetic Technician.

Develops and updates patient education materials for nutrition counselling and education.

Reviews literature for evidence based nutrition guidelines and update Dietitians.

Secondary Responsibilities:
Leads and participates in approved nutrition related research.

Facilitates and particpates in continuing professional development to maintain professional standards and technical skills.

Supervises, guides and assesses students in approved clinical teaching programmes.

Provides leadership in quality improvement programmes.

Plans and executes training and orientation programmes for students and new Dietitians.

Participates in departmental meetings.

Provides guidance to administrative staff.

Manage financial issues where applicable.

Handle customer's feedback and manage complaints.

Any other administrative and clinical related duties, as required.

Requirements:
Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics.

Completed clinical dietetic internships in approved institutions.

Dietetic experience in public healthcare institutions will be an added advantage.

Ability to apply nutrition/dietetic knowledge to patient management appropriately.

Basic Financial knowledge in non-financial professionals.

Familiar with specialised dietetic disciplines.

Good supervisory and leadership skills.

Good communication and interpersonal skills.

Knowledge with food service operations.

Demonstrates practical application of nutrient analysis computer package.

Ability to plan, conduct and evaluate education sessions.

Commitment to continuing professional development.

Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Customer service oriented.

About the NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

The National University Hospital is a tertiary hospital and major referral centre with over 50 medical, surgical and dental specialties, offering a comprehensive suite of specialist care for adults, women and children. It is the only public hospital in Singapore to offer a paediatric kidney and liver transplant programme, in addition to kidney, liver and pancreas transplantation for adults.

The Hospital was opened on 24 June 1985 as Singapore’s first restructured hospital. Each year, the Hospital attends to more than one million patients.

As an academic health institution, patient safety and good clinical outcomes are the focus of the Hospital. It plays a key role in the training of doctors, nurses, allied health and other healthcare professionals. Translational research is pivotal in the Hospital’s three-pronged focus, and paves the way for new cures and treatment.

A member of the National University Health System, it is the principal teaching hospital of the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and the NUS Faculty of Dentistry.

For more information, visit

www.nuh.com.sg