DAFNE Dietitian

Function

Provide one-on-one Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT), patient education in individual and group sessions, and develop evidence–based educational material for patients and the public.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ nutritional needs, develop, and implement therapeutic diets, evaluate and report results.
• Confer with physicians and other health care providers to coordinate the medical and nutritional needs of patients.
• Counsel individuals, groups, family members and caretakers on nutritional practices designed to prevent disease and promote good health.
• Run a nutrition clinic 5 days a week.
• Run nutrition clinics in the evening hours as needed.
• Conduct 24 hour recalls for all patients and enter them into Nutritics on baseline and/or frequently as needed with once a year follow up as minimum.
• Plan and implement education sessions on a variety of topics.
• Deliver nutrition lectures and workshops for healthcare providers (physicians, dietitians, and nurses) and students.
• Plan and develop evidence-based nutrition educational materials and promotion materials.
• Assist in supervising cooking classes when required.
• Assist in research activities and recruitment for research studies, including proposal writing, data collection, analysis, and report writing.
• Assist in developing and implementing departmental projects or services and carrying out departmental duties as assigned and agreed upon.
• Assist in developing innovative and creative intervention nutrition programs.
• Take part in outreach and in-house activities.
• Take part in media activities including TV, Radio, social media, Newspaper etc.....
• Present at conferences and/or workshops and submit for publication articles and papers, whenever possible.
• Adhere to all Dasman Diabetes Institute related policies, standards, procedures and safety measures.
• Any other duties as assigned by the Team Leader or Head of Unit.

Required Skills and Expertise:

• 1-3 years of related experience in similar organization
• Competent in applying MNT
• Good communication skills in both Arabic and English (reading, writing, speaking)
• Knowledge of behavioral modification theories is desirable
• Capable of developing educational material
• Current membership of professional associations for nutrition is desirable

Other Comments:

Bachelor's degree in Nutrition/Dietetics or higher