Nutrition Therapist ​/ Home Care

Nutritionists work with their patients to help them reach a variety of goals, such as weight loss, healthier eating habits, and managing stress. This may involve equipping patients with tools for behavior modification and adjusting their dietary approach.

• Offer clinical nutrition services by visiting patient home. .
• Daily prepare medical bag to fulfil patient needs.
• Therapist must reach his visit according to his schedule time.
• Have responsibility to keep the equipment and tools sterilized before and after each session.
• Offer medical nutrition therapy and nutrition services along with patient’s medical and clinical goals.
• Offer elaborates nutritional status assessment by analyzing and synthesizing information.
• Review, interpret and monitor nutritional needs of patients through standard care and practice.
• Determine and offer age specific nutrition counseling to satisfy clinical and cultural needs of patients and their family members.
• Specify diet supplements order and enteral nutrition as per Dallah Health policy.
• Records subjective and objective information, assessment, and treatment plan, in the clinical notes including a discharge summary.
• Contribute to department’s continuing medical education program.
• Fully aware and actively implement the departmental policies and procedures, local and international standards or requirements related to the department.
• Paricipate in multidisciplinary team to devlop comprehensive and individualized care plan for each patients needs.
• Participate in home care Safety Management & Risk Management Programs. Actively reports incidents in the system and whenever needed, participates in incident review.
• Participate in patient and family education to help patients and families to better understand and participate in their care and make well informed care decisions.
• Performs any other duties within the range of his/her professional knowledge and skills as directed by the direct manager.

1-2 years of related experience.

• Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics.