On-call Dietician

Provide nutritional assessments utilizing medical information, anthropometric data, laboratory values and diet history
- Develop nutrition care plans by selecting nutrition therapies to meet the medical, developmental and socio-cultural needs, age and interest level of the patient Identify appropriate nutritional interventions:

- Provide recommendations regarding calorie/protein supplements, enteral support and vitamin/mineral supplements and other commercial products.
- Select appropriate feeding route and enteral product including additional modular or vitamin/mineral preparations.
- Counsel patients on appropriate nutrition therapy for disease state, desired outcomes and patient behaviour objectives.
- Evaluate effectiveness of intervention utilizing BMI, changes in medical condition and tolerance to therapy
- Educate on diet according to disease state, medical condition and health risk
- Provide written documentation of all patient assessment and follow-up consultation sessions in the medical record
- Communicate effectively with interdisciplinary team
- Participate in in-service training for department staff
- Participate on department teams as assigned
- Orient relief personnel and new staff to area of practice to provide consistent patient care
- Contact as needed with the multi-disciplinary team to implement care plans, provide education and develop programs.
- Ongoing communication as needed with families of patients, providers and other resources as needed by the individual patient.

**Qualifications**:

- Essential: Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics
- Preferred: Masters in related field.
- 2 years clinical dietetics experience
- High level interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with patients, physicians, management, staff and other customers.
- Demonstrated customer service skills, including the ability to use appropriate judgment, independent thinking, flexibility and creativity when resolving customer issues.
- Good ability to effectively handle challenging situations and balance multiple priorities
- Strong data, analytical and finance orientation.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Desire to work in multi-disciplinary setting.
- Recognizes and accepts accountability for safety and care of patients
- Demonstrated patient centered / patient valued behaviors.
- Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
- Fluent English speaker. Knowledge of Arabic will be an advantage although not essential.

**Licensing / Certifications**
- Valid Primary License from the country of origin if applicable AND should be eligible for license in the Qatar with QCHP.
- Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR required.

**Job Type**: Contract
Contract length: 3 months

**Salary**: QAR1.00 per month

Application Question(s):

- Are you willing to work on an on-call basis for 3 months?

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (required)

**Experience**:

- clinical dietetics: 2 years (required)

**Language**:

- English (required)
- Arabic (preferred)

License/Certification:

- Valid practicing license from the country of origin (required)
- Qatar ID (required)
- license in the Qatar with QCHP (required)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR (required)