Nutritionist
Posted:
Key Responsibilities:
- Evaluating and assessing nutritional needs, diet restrictions and current health plans and screens patients for nutritional risk in accordance with established department protocols and standards.
- Developing and implementing dietary care plans and provide nutritional counselling.
- Consulting with physicians and health care personnel to determine nutritional needs and diet restriction of patients.
- Planning and initiating medical nutrition therapy to patients if indicated by patient requirements and clinical protocol.
- Communicating individual nutritional care plans to other health care providers as a member of a health care team.
- Calculating and writing enteral and parenteral feeds for patients according to patient’s nutritional requirements.
- Advising patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans and diet modifications, and food selection and preparation.
- Monitoring food service to ensure conformance to prescribed diets and patient’s nutritional needs.
- Coordinating recipe development and standardization and develop new menus for different vulnerable groups in the hospital.
- Preparing departmental reports.
- Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Qualifications & Requirements:
- BSc Food, Nutrition & Dietetics
- Dietary counselling
- Preparation of therapeutic diets
- Minimum of 2 years working experience in clinical nutrition
- Must be registered with KNDI
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV, cover letter, and copies of relevant academic and professional certificates as one PDF document to:
Email: [email protected]
Or deliver a hard copy to: Jordan Hospital Ltd Reception Desk, Kitui
Deadline: 17th June 2026, by 5:00 PM
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.
Jordan Hospital Ltd is an equal opportunity employer. We do not charge any fees at any stage of our recruitment process.
Address To:
THE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER
THE JORDAN HOSPITAL LTD
P.O.BOX 1143-90200, KITUI
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