Clinical Dietitian
Al Mana General Hospital
Total years of experience :11 years, 4 Months
• Approves all regular and therapeutic menus including modified diets.
• Interviews and visits in-patients regularly.
• Performs Nutritional Assessment and Reassessment to patients on nutritional risk.
• Develops and implements a suitable Nutritional Care Plan which includes but not limited to:
Monitoring the patients’ response to therapeutic diet.
Making adjustments in the plan of therapeutic diet as needed.
Documenting the patient’s response to the plan of therapeutic diet in the medical record.
Evaluates and documents the patient’s total caloric requirement and intake when on specific diet.
• Develops and provides nutrition education to health or multi-disciplinary allied health professionals or staffs, patients and families.
• Provides nutritional counseling and education to in-patients and their families or relevant caregivers to meet therapeutic goals.
• Communicates Nutrition Care Plan to Medical and Nursing staff
• Participates in quality improvement activities within the department.
• Visits patients and evaluates food intake and acceptance.
• Coordinates diet information with food service department. Is familiar with system of diet records and writing diet slips and calories.
• Participates in training food service employees concerning food service and diet therapy.
• Provide input in the assembly line, distribution of trays to patient with consideration to temperature, efficiency of service, taste, appearance and meal accuracy.
• Writes menus, prepares production sheet, keep counts and records of patient meals.
• Works in conjunction with other Dietitian and carries out duties specified by them like monitoring the trayline, serving late food, serving new admission, holding late food tray, writing and distributing all diet slips to patients in the ward.
• Communicates with the Food Service Manager.
• Participates in quality improvement within the hospitals.
• Prepares the monthly written QI report and activities of the department.
• Conducting Nutrition Counseling to shoppers at the supermarket in order to promote
healthy lifestyle and awareness which includes but not limited to:
Taking vital anthropometric data like height and weight, waist and hip circumference, computing the Body Mass Index (BMI) and the Waist to Hip Ratio & interpret it as to normal, overweight or obese, or at risk of chronic degenerative diseases.
Compute and explain the Total Energy Requirement/ day according to physical activity and
explain the Food Pyramid and the number of servings needed per day for each food group.
• During and in between this period I was also the “On Call Nutritionist” of Nestle Philippines in the province to conduct Nutrition Counseling whenever they have projects (Nido & Nesvita) related to nutrition & wellness
• Conducting Nutrition Counseling to shoppers at the supermarket in order to promote
healthy lifestyle and awareness which includes but not limited to:
Taking vital anthropometric data like height and weight, waist and hip circumference, computing the Body Mass Index (BMI) and the Waist to Hip Ratio & interpret it as to normal, overweight or obese, or at risk of chronic degenerative diseases.
Compute and explain the Total Energy Requirement/ day according to physical activity and
explain the Food Pyramid and the number of servings needed per day for each food group.
• During and in between this period I was also the “On Call Nutritionist” of Nestle Philippines in the province to conduct Nutrition Counseling whenever they have projects (Nido & Nesvita) related to nutrition & wellness
• Receives and maintains adequate quantities of stocks at all times.
• Review physical inventories periodically making it a point that sufficient inventory is available
at the store to avoid being out of stock.
• Check incoming materials for quality and quantity against invoices, purchase orders and packing
slips or other documents.
• Keeps and updates of records of goods received and issued.
• Disposes of expired and waste stock according to the current procedure.
• Handles cash at the store as well as collating daily sales and other necessary reports.
• Works and coordinates with Area Sales Representatives.
• Oversees and supervises daily operation of the department.
• Prioritizes, schedules, assigns, trains, reviews and evaluates assigned staff.
• Delegates and oversees menu planning, pricing and function operations.
• Develops and implements advertising and marketing strategies in coordination with the Press Relation Department.
• Resolves routine problems encountered in performance of work assignments.
• Issues Misconduct Report to employees based on the companies House Rules.
Joined as Management Trainee of the Alturas Group of Companies in April 1999 and got promoted as Junior Supervisor on January 2000 when the company opened another store in the city.
Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines
Management Trainee April - December 1999
Alturas Group of Companies
• Works in coordination with the Group Nutritionist and Junior Staffs in implementing Nutrition Education Program like Sampling, Redemption of Products, Mascot or Puppet Shows in the promotion of the product Sustagen in the different private schools in General Metro Manila.
• Conducting Nutrition Program in coordination with the school management during the celebration of Nutrition Month.
• Supervises and oversees loading and inventory of products before any school activity and after.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Group Nutritionist which are within the post holder qualification and capacity.