Senior Dietitian

national university hospital (singapore) pte ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

National University Hospital (Singapore) Pte Ltd is seeking an experienced Dietitian to deliver comprehensive nutrition and dietetic services to patients in the community, reporting to the Principal Dietitian.

You will perform nutrition assessments for complex conditions, provide education to patients and caregivers, supervise junior staff, and participate in governance, research and service-improvement initiatives with a strong multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Independent nutrition assessments across age groups and conditions.
• Evidence-based nutrition management and monitoring.
• Leadership in education and supervision of junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide nutrition assessment, diagnosis and intervention.
• Counsel patients, caregivers and groups with patient-centred approach.
• Supervise and mentor junior dietitians and students.
• Contribute to clinical governance, education materials and service improvement.
• Participate in MDT rounds and care planning.

Skills

Clinical nutrition assessment

Patient education

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Mentoring juniors

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics

Master’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics

Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics

Tools

Clinical governance frameworks

Job description

Reporting to the Principal Dietitian, you will be responsible for providing quality nutrition and dietetic service to patients residing in the community.

Responsibilities:

• Provides evidence-based nutrition assessment, diagnosis, intervention, monitoring and evaluation for patients with routine and complex conditions, including multi-morbidities.
• Acts as a resource person in specialised areas of dietetics practice.
• Conducts nutrition counselling and education for patients, caregivers and groups using a patient-centred approach.
• Reviews nutrition progress and documents nutritional management accurately and promptly.
• Participates in multidisciplinary ward rounds and care planning.
• Supervises, mentors and supports junior dietitians and dietetic students.
• Contributes to implementation of clinical governance and risk management frameworks.
• Develops and reviews patient education materials, resources and work processes.
• Reviews literature and translates current evidence into clinical practice.
• Leads or supports research, quality improvement and service improvement initiatives
• Plans, conducts and evaluates nutrition talks, workshops and educational programmes.
• Participates in development of clinical practice guidelines, workflows, work instructions and departmental education activities.
• Supports implementation and evaluation of service innovations, digital-health initiatives and technology-enabled models of care.
• Participates in departmental meetings and operational activities.
• Manages patient feedback, stakeholder concerns and service recovery activities.
• Undertakes administrative and clinical duties as assigned.

Essential Qualification Required and Area of Discipline

• Recognised Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics OR
• Recognised Master’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics OR
• Recognised Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics
• Completion of recognised clinical dietetics internship
• At least 5 years of experience in clinical dietetics preferred

Required Competencies and Capabilities (Skills, Experiences and Professional Licences)

Clinical and Professional Practice

• Independently performs age- and developmentally appropriate nutrition assessment for infants, children and adolescents, integrating growth trends, anthropometry, dietary intake, clinical status and relevant biochemical data.
• Interprets paediatric growth patterns and identifies faltering growth, malnutrition, overweight and obesity, with timely escalation of clinical concerns.
• Calculates and individualises energy, protein, fluid, micronutrient and feeding requirements across developmental stages and for complex paediatric conditions.
• Develops, implements and evaluates oral, enteral and parenteral nutrition plans, including appropriate formula selection, feed concentration, advancement, tolerance monitoring and transition of feeding routes.
• Provides evidence-based management for paediatric feeding difficulties, food allergy and intolerance, selective eating and therapeutic diets, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
• Engages children, parents and caregivers using family-centred, culturally appropriate and developmentally suitable education, counselling and shared decision-making.
• Recognises nutrition-related safeguarding concerns, feeding risk and clinical deterioration, and escalates promptly in accordance with institutional policies and professional responsibilities.
• Coordinates nutrition care across inpatient, outpatient and community settings to support safe discharge, continuity of care and appropriate follow-up.
• Evaluates emerging evidence and practice trends for local implementation.
• Coaches others in complex clinical reasoning and patient management.
• Supports adoption of digital and technology-enabled models of care.
• Applies population-health and integrated-care perspectives to service delivery.

Educational and Clinical Support

• Provides formal clinical supervision and mentorship.
• Conducts competency assessment and developmental coaching.
• Leads departmental education initiatives.
• Develops training resources and learning pathways.
• Supports capability development in emerging clinical and digital competencies.
• Evaluates effectiveness of learning and competency programmes.

Strategy, Service and Programme Leadership

• Provides clinical leadership, supervision and competency development for staff managing paediatric nutrition cases, and contributes to paediatric protocols, audits and service improvement.
• Able to lead section-level quality, service and workforce initiatives.
• Contributes to development of clinical guidelines, workflows and service models.
• Supports implementation of strategic programmes.
• Identifies opportunities for service redesign and care integration.
• Leads adoption of innovations within assigned clinical areas.
• Uses programme and service data to guide decision-making.

Quality and Service Improvement, Safety and Research

• Assists in leading research, quality improvement and programme-evaluation activities.
• Supports implementation of clinical governance frameworks.
• Uses data analytics and outcome measures to identify trends and risks.
• Leads root-cause analyses and improvement actions following incidents.
• Translates evidence into policies, workflows and educational initiatives.

Digital, data and responsible innovation

• Supports implementation of approved digital-care and data-enabled workflows within the specialty area.
• Uses clinical, operational and service data to inform quality improvement and service development activities.
• Guides junior staff in the responsible use of digital tools, artificial intelligence and automation.
• Evaluates the clinical applicability and operational impact of digital solutions in day-to-day practice.
• Contributes to development and refinement of digital workflows, resources and implementation processes.
• Identifies risks related to data quality, privacy, safety and usability and escalates appropriately.

Communication and Stakeholder Management

• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication.
• Provides clinical leadership within multidisciplinary teams.
• Influences stakeholders to achieve shared service objectives.
• Leads service recovery and conflict resolution within scope.
• Facilitates interdepartmental collaboration.
• Communicates quality, safety and performance findings effectively.
• Supports change-management activities.

Professional Requirements

• Demonstrates advanced practice capability within assigned specialty.
• Serves as a role model for professional standards and clinical excellence.
• Maintains competency in supervision, education and governance activities.
• Demonstrates change leadership and innovation capability.
• Promotes workforce wellbeing, resilience and continuous learning.