NUTRITION OFFICER II Job Opportunity at Benjamin Mkapa Hospital

NUTRITION OFFICER II Job Opportunity at Benjamin Mkapa Hospital

Benjamin Mkapa Hospital (BMH)

Dodoma

POST NUTRITION OFFICER II – 1 POST

EMPLOYER Hospitali ya Benjamin Mkapa

APPLICATION TIMELINE: 2024-05-14 2024-05-27

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

i.Reviewing the patients feeding survey of each patient with i.Reviewing the patients feeding survey of each patient with specialized or medical need attending BMH clinic, providing needed information to help them in make an informed decision about feeding choice, and provide them with technical support.

ii.Participating in implementing outreach programs as planned.

iii.Place orders of wards nutritional requirements.

iv.Assisting in identifying those clients at significant medical/nutritional risk, identifying nutritional objectives and schedule the high risk follow up clinic for in depth nutritional counselling.

v.Providing nutritional counselling and class instruction for various needs of the target population, especially nutritional needs for patients, pregnancy, breastfeeding, infants and document client progress towards goals.

vi.Assigning appropriate food packages to meet the nutritional needs of clients, including specialized formula for patients with specialized or medical needs.

vii.Ensure adherence to standard operating procedure and BMH business process; and

viii.To perform other duties assigned by the supervisor.

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

Holder of Bachelor Degree in one of the following fields; Food and Nutrition, Food Science and Technology, Family Consumers Studies, Nutrition and Dietetics, Food Service Systems Management, Home Economics, Human Nutrition or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.

REMUNERATION BMH SCALE

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