Job Description
To provide evidence-based, patient-centred nutrition care that enhances clinical outcomes, supports chronic disease prevention and management, and contributes to integrating medical nutrition therapy to reduce healthcare costs, improve quality of life, and ensure a high standard of personalized care delivery.
Nutrition Data analysis
- Assess nutritional trends within defined patient populations (e.g., diabetics, elderly, oncology patients).
- Identify at-risk subgroups using clinical and socio-demographic data.
- Contribute to population health plans, including community-based nutrition interventions.
- Report nutrition-related health indicators (e.g., malnutrition prevalence, BMI trends, HbA1c).
- Analyze patient outcomes pre- and post-nutrition intervention to assess effectiveness.
- Use electronic health records (EHRs), dashboards, and analytics platforms for informed decision making
Compliance and Quality Assurance
- Ensure adherence to clinical nutrition guidelines for best practices
- Monitor and document outcomes to meet standards and regulatory requirements
- Participate in clinical audits, risk assessments, and patient safety reviews related to nutrition services.
- Participate in clinical studies, pilots, or projects to advance nutritional science.
Contribute in developing internal protocols, clinical pathways, and nutrition guidelines.
Patient Education
- Provide customized nutrition counseling aligned with patients’ medical needs.
- Create and update educational materials that support long-term behavioral change
- Promote self-management and disease prevention through evidence-based education plans.
- Deliver medical nutrition therapy via telehealth and virtual platforms.
- Support in implemebting and utilization of clinical decision support systems related to nutrition.
Performance Metrics & Cost Awarness
- Support cost-effective nutrition care plans that optimize patient outcomes with resource efficiency.
- Align services with VBHC goals, balancing quality with cost control.
- Support in cost allocation for medical engagement initiatives, ensuring cost effectiveness and efficiency.
- Design nutrition interventions that prevent costly complications (e.g., infections, prolonged hospital stays)
- Minimize use of unnecessary supplements or therapies through evidence-based practices
Stakeholder management
- Support the training of new staff, interns, or interdisciplinary team members
- Collaborate with healthcare providers, specialists, and partners to ensure a seamless patient experience for nutrition.
Skills
- Strong leadership and time manamgement skills.
- Excelent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent counseling skills with a patient-centered mindset
- Proficiency in digital healthcare technologies.
- Knowledge of healthcare regulations and compliance requirements.
- Experience in healthcare management and patient engagement.
- Experience in clinical nutrition, preferably within a hospital, integrated care, or chronic disease management setting.
- Experience with electronic health records (EHR) and familiarity with outcome tracking tools (e.g., malnutrition screening tools, PROMs/PREMs).
Education
Clinical Nutrition, healthcare management or business administration