Position Summary: To provide counseling to patients with medical problems
affected by nutritional status and
nutrition education to patients with a focus on disease prevention.
Duties and
Responsibilities
• Provides nutritional counseling on an individual basis upon referral by
clinicians as a part of the clinical treatment plan.
• Assess nutritional needs and current health pla
ns to develop and implement
dietary-care plans and provide nutritional counseling.
• Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans
and diet modifications, and food selection and preparation.
• Counsel individuals and groups of patients on basic rules of good nutrition,
healthy eating habits, and nutrition monitoring to improve their quality of
life.
• Provides nutritional counseling for groups of patients needing ongoing
assistance with management of a specific nutritional problem as a part of the
overall clinical treatment plan.
• Develops and implements new nutrition programs and services based on
patients’ needs.
• Directs the implementation of the nutrition component of the Program.
• Serves as a consultant to the Women’s Clinic Clinicians in the prevention and
treatment of patients with clinical problems which have a nutritional
component.
• Serves as a consultant to physicians in the medical clinics in the management
of diabetic patients.
• Conducts a peer education outreach program in basic nutrition and maintains
supervisory responsibility for peer education outreach activities.
• Develops and maintains print and non-print educational materials on
nutritional topics for use by patients and clinicians.
• Provides in-service educational programs for clinicians on nutritional topics
as needed.
• Performs related work as required.
Qualifications and
Experience
• Graduate from a recognized university with a degree in nutrition or its
equivalent in nutrition education with licensure as a registered dietitian with
at least two years experience in the same field.
• Thorough knowledge of the principles and practices of nutritional care and
counseling.
• Skill in planning of nutrition education programs.
• Skill in involving potential program users in the program activities.
• Ability to identify nutrition education needs and to develop appropriate
programs to meet those needs.
• Ability to communicate ideas effectively, orally and in writing.
• Ability to deal effectively with individuals and groups.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with
patients, community leaders, and staff.
Application
Instructions
Addressed to:
Senior Administrator
Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation – Tanzania
P.O. Box 2663
MBEYA, TANZANIA
Deadline 12th
February 2016
OR
Send it by email on
email: hr@baylortanzania.or.tz
