Dietitian

Tan Tock Seng Hospital; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Tan Tock Seng Hospital is seeking a dedicated dietitian to lead and participate in comprehensive nutrition care for inpatients and outpatients. You will conduct assessments, formulate diagnoses, develop nutrition therapy plans, set goals with patients, and monitor progress.

The role emphasizes education for patients and caregivers, collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team, meticulous documentation, adherence to hospital guidelines, and involvement in quality improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Formal dietetics qualification required.
• Ability to conduct comprehensive nutrition assessments.
• Experience formulating nutrition diagnoses and therapies.
• Proficient in patient education and caregiver training.
• Strong documentation and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct nutritional assessment through data analysis and clinical reasoning.
• Formulate a nutrition diagnosis and develop medical nutrition therapy plan.
• Set treatment goals with the patient and monitor progress.
• Educate patients and train caregivers; work with multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain documentation per department and hospital guidelines.
• Participate in quality improvement projects and adhere to CEP standards.

Skills

Nutritional assessment

Clinical reasoning

Patient education

Team collaboration

Documentation skills

Education

Bachelor of Dietetics

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

• Conduct nutritional assessment through analysis of relevant data and clinical reasoning
• Formulate an appropriate nutrition diagnosis
• Develop and implement the appropriate medical nutrition therapy and nutritional care plan
• Set treatment goals in collaboration with patient
• Monitor and review patient’s progress and adjust care plan accordingly
• Provide patient education and caregiver training
• Work with caregivers and multi-disciplinary team
• Documentation of nutrition care process in accordance with the guidelines determined by the department and the hospital
• Adhere to organizational and departmental guidelines
• Practice according to the clinical standards set by the department and hospital
• All expected clinical competency must be achieved according to the competency checklist
• Maintain and manage workload
• Achieve target caseload and clinical key achievement areas
• Plan and complete work effectively within time frame
• Prioritize workload appropriately
• Assist in quality improvement activities/projects (relating to improvement in clinical care)
• Adhere to patient quality service according to standards by the hospital and department
• Actively participate as a member for quality improvement projects at hospital/department level
• Maintain consistent CEP standards
• Maintain professional communication with patients, caregivers, doctors, nurses and other allied healthcare workers
• Uphold professional ethics
• Follows infection control practices as determined by the hospital

Main Duties And Responsibilities

SPECIFIC

Clinical Care

• Maintain consistent standards of care
• Conduct nutritional assessment through analysis of relevant data and clinical reasoning
• Formulate an appropriate nutrition diagnosis
• Develop and implement the appropriate medical nutrition therapy and nutritional care plan
• Set treatment goals in collaboration with patient
• Monitor and review patient’s progress and adjust care plan accordingly
• Provide patient education and caregiver training
• Work with caregivers and multi-disciplinary team
• Documentation of nutrition care process in accordance with the guidelines determined by the department and the hospital
• Adhere to organizational and departmental guidelines
• Practice according to the clinical standards set by the department and hospital
• All expected clinical competency must be achieved according to the competency checklist
• Maintain and manage workload
• Achieve target caseload and clinical key achievement areas
• Plan and complete work effectively within time frame
• Prioritize workload appropriately
• Assist in quality improvement activities/projects (relating to improvement in clinical care)
• Adhere to patient quality service according to standards by the hospital and department
• Actively participate as a member for quality improvement projects at hospital/department level
• Maintain consistent CEP standards
• Maintain professional communication with patients, caregivers, doctors, nurses and other allied healthcare workers
• Uphold professional ethicsSafe care
• Maintain zero harm to patient
• Follows infection control practices as determined by the hospital

Education

• Supervision and mentoring
• Assist in the co-supervision/co-training of staff
• Assist in the supervision of 1st – 2nd year student
• Supervise polytechnic student project
• Co-placement educator for university student placements
• Delivery of education
• Deliver in-service training and education to intra-department colleagues
• Prepare training material and conduct in-house and public forums as required
• Present in continual educational in-services and forums
• Deliver education to patients/public
• Participate and contribute in voluntary and community organizations in the provision of nutritional activities
• Contribute to media responses
• Assist to conduct professional workshops and seminars
• Planning and development
• Assist to organize, coordinate and provide continuing education to colleagues
• Assist to organise health related education event or community event
• Assist to develop resource materials
• Assist to review and update curriculum exam papers for student

Research

• Update knowledge in practice
• Apply and demonstrate evidence based practice
• Critically evaluate research literature and share with others
• Develop research
• Participate and support research data collection/design and analysis
• Create and communicate evidence
• Assist to develop abstracts/posters/oral presentations

Management/Leadership

• Mange services and resources
• Assist to manage services and resources to achieve department/hospital targets
• Coordinate and assist to manage food and beverage services
• Implement new service programmes under the supervision of senior dietitian to meet patients’ needs
• Collaboration and communication
• Assist to lead department workgroup to deliver and improve service and care
• Participate in department project
• Set strategic direction
• Assist to manage information and data to identify gaps and potential areas of change
• Assist to evaluate and present findings to department to influence change

GENERAL

• Actively involved in hospital and department’s initiatives
• Any other relevant duties as assigned by the supervisor / HOD