Dietetian

Job description / Role

• A dietitian is an expert in food and nutrition.
• Dietitians help promote healthy eating habits to prevent and treat illness through supervision of food preparation and service, dietary modifications, and public education.
• Their role in medical facilities and nursing homes is especially important as they provide sound advice to patients on healthy eating habits and evaluate dietary treatments of diseases.
• Dietitians provide an extremely reliable and unbiased source of information for the entire medical team, including doctors, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, and pharmacists.
• They often develop dietary plans to meet the nutritional requirements of individual patients according to their medical charts.
• Depending on the patient's condition, they may have to provide specialized services, such as total parenteral nutrition (intravenous feeding) or enteral nutrition (tube feeding).
• Occasionally, dietitians may promote nutritional food and diet awareness through public educational programs in primary schools, colleges, communities, and corporate settings.

Requirements

Qualifications / Skills Expectations for Ideal Candidates
• Female , Arabic

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