Job Description

• Provide nutritional assessments utilizing medical information, anthropometric data, laboratory values and diet history
• Develop nutrition care plans by selecting nutrition therapies to meet the medical, developmental and socio-cultural needs, age and interest level of the patient Identify appropriate nutritional interventions:
• Provide recommendations regarding calorie/protein supplements, enteral support and vitamin/mineral supplements and other commercial products.
• Select appropriate feeding route and enteral product including additional modular or vitamin/mineral preparations.
• Counsel patients on appropriate nutrition therapy for disease state, desired outcomes and patient behaviour objectives.
• Evaluate effectiveness of intervention utilizing BMI, changes in medical condition and tolerance to therapy
• Educate on diet according to disease state, medical condition and health risk
• Provide written documentation of all patient assessment and follow-up consultation sessions in the medical record
• Communicate effectively with interdisciplinary team
• Participate in in-service training for department staff
• Participate on department teams as assigned
• Orient relief personnel and new staff to area of practice to provide consistent patient care
• Contact as needed with the multi-disciplinary team to implement care plans, provide education and develop programs.
• Ongoing communication as needed with families of patients, providers and other resources as needed by the individual patient.

Qualifications:

• Essential: Bachelor's Degree in Dietetics
• Preferred: Masters in related field.
• 2 years clinical dietetics experience
• High level interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with patients, physicians, management, staff and other customers.
• Demonstrated customer service skills, including the ability to use appropriate judgment, independent thinking, flexibility and creativity when resolving customer issues.
• Ability to apply critical thinking, communication, influence, and flexibility to make optimal decisions based on multiple variables and desired outcomes.
• Good ability to effectively handle challenging situations and balance multiple priorities
• Strong data, analytical and finance orientation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Desire to work in multi-disciplinary setting.
• Recognizes and accepts accountability for safety and care of patients
• Demonstrated patient centered / patient valued behaviors.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
• Fluent English speaker. Knowledge of Arabic will be an advantage although not essential.

Licensing / Certifications

• Valid Primary License from the country of origin if applicable AND should be eligible for license in the Qatar with QCHP.
• Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR required.

Job Type: Contract
Contract length: 3 months Salary: QAR1.00 per month Application Question(s):

• Are you willing to work on an on-call basis for 3 months?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• clinical dietetics: 2 years (Required)

Language:

• English (Required)
• Arabic (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Valid practicing license from the country of origin (Required)
• Qatar ID (Required)
• license in the Qatar with QCHP (Required)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR (Required)