Over the past 100 years, AIC Kijabe Hospital continues to provide compassionate and quality health care services. Anchored on the vision to “Be a God – glorifying and transformative leader in the provision of excellent healthcare and education in Africa, we recognize that a team of people with great character, compassion and excellent skills are our most valuable resource to our Patient care. To strengthen our team, we are seeking to fill the following position:
Exciting Opportunity
Nutrition Intern
Reporting to the NUTRITIONIST.
Purpose: To glorify God by providing optimal nutritional care to patients while gaining work experience and exposure to a variety of tasks.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Instruct patients, families and health care staff on individualized diet therapy, general nutrition principles, food selection and preparation
- Conduct nutritional screenings/assessments for assigned patients applying the nutrition care process
- Develop, review and adapt therapeutic and modified diets to meet the needs of individual patients in cooperation with health care staff
- Instruct the catering team on food preparation in diet kitchen for conformance with prescribed diets and standards of sanitation, palatability, appearance and nutritional quality Applicants Qualifications, Experience, Competencies and Attributes
- Bachelor’s degree in Food, Nutrition and Dietetics or
- Diploma in Food, Nutrition and Dietetics
How to Apply
If you believe you are the ideal candidate and meet the specified criteria, we encourage you to take the next steps in the application process. Please begin by updating your profile and completing your application on our recruitment portal at recruit.kijabehospital.org.
Your application should be submitted no later than Thursday, November 7, 2024. Keep track of your application’s progress in the portal on applied jobs. We appreciate your interest in joining our team and look forward to reviewing your application.
Please note due to the high volume of applicants, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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