Trainee Dietitian, Nutrition and Food Services Aga Khan University Hospital at Aga Khan University

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Trainee Dietitian, Nutrition and Food Services

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Aga Khan University Hospital

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Introduction

The Aga Khan University Hospital is a not-for-profit healthcare institute that offers all medical services to their patients under one roof. In addition to the tertiary care hospital in Karachi, AKUH has a network of 4 secondary care hospitals, 30+ Medical Centres, and over 290+ Clinical Laboratories, 30+ Pharmacies in over 120+ cities across Pakistan. It also offers Home Healthcare Services and home deliveries of medicines. The Hospital provides Zakat for those patients who are eligible, and the health systems offers generous Patient Welfare to support those in financial need. In recognition of its high quality and patient safety, the AKUH is accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI) as an Academic Medical Centre and its Clinical Laboratories are accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) for fast and accurate testing.

The Nutrition and Food Services Department (NFSD) provides a range of products and services to students, faculty, staff as well as patients and their attendants. It comprises of a team of experienced clinical nutritionists, dietitians, and foodservice professionals. The services are provided through six sections; clinical nutrition, patient meal services, cafeteria & catering services, food production, food safety management and cost control and approximately 13,000-15,000 meals are served in a day.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

Responsibilities

This is a one-year traineeship programme, during which you will be trained on different activities of the department. You will be expected, under supervision to:

• assess nutritional needs of the therapeutic patients
• compile dietetic information and update patients’ nutrition plan
• counsel patients on nutrition in both outpatient and inpatient settings
• organize and report records and statistics of meals served and nutritional counseling provided
• examine diet orders and cross-check them with meal slips and daily menus
• rectify any deficiency in meal service and inspect the tray line operations
• take-up a variety of clinical and non-clinical assignments in connection with clinical nutrition care.

Requirements

You should have:

• at least a Bachelor’s degree in Human Nutrition or Home Economics with majors in Nutrition & Food Management
• good interpersonal skills, particularly communication skills
• good command in the use of computer applications, particularly MS Office
• willingness to work independently as well as in teams and handle work pressure.

To Apply

You should send your detailed CV by email to human.resources@aku.edu and mention the position "10027431" in the subject line.

Applications should be submitted latest by January 21, 2025

Job Info:

• Company: Aga Khan University
• Position: Trainee Dietitian, Nutrition and Food Services Aga Khan University Hospital
• Work Location: Sindh
• Country: PK

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