Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs nutritional screening, assessment and reassessment for patient that are on therapeutic diet, which are appropriate and timely per Established policies and procedures.
• Discusses patient's cases and food—drug interactions with physician and nursing staff and other health care professionals as needed.
• Evaluate appropriatenesa of enteral nutrition support, including energy protein, adequacy of fluid provision
• Conduct in and out patient education with the patient and family and staff as needed, charts information in the nutritional data sheet.
• Develops nutrition care pan and educational materials and monitors patient response to care plan developed as per policy.
• Provide inpatient discharge diet instructions.
• Covers outpatient dietitian clinics and assess nutritional status and develops care plan.
• Participate in the approval and modification of diet on the menu.
• Attends department meeting and clinical Dietitan meeting.
• Performs miscellaneous duties related as required by the Dietary service director.
• Other duties as assigned within the scope of responsibility and requirements of the job.
• Ensure that any work procedures that may cause safety issue are reported to concerned department for correction.
• Ensure that all policies and procedure concerning safety issue are in place and are implemented.

JOB REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS:

Education & Experience:

B.S. in medical nutrition therapy with one year internship or its equivalent. 1 years'

Language:

Excellent command of oral and written English and Arabic

Required Licenses/Registrations:

Saudi Council & Professional License