Nutritionist
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Healthcare
Africa Healthcare Network Tanzania Limited (AHN)
Dar es Salaam
Posted: Friday, 4 July 2025
Deadline: Thursday, 10 July 2025
Not specified
Job Description
Africa Healthcare Network (AHN) is seeking a highly-motivated Renal Nutritionist to join their team in Dar es Salaam. This role involves counselling dialysis patients on diet and nutrition, evaluating patient lifestyles, and developing customized, cost-efficient diet plans. The Nutritionist will work closely with medical teams, monitor patient progress, and participate in training and research activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition or Human Nutrition
- Exceptional written and oral communications skills
- Willingness to learn and research to keep updated on renal nutrition issues
- Proficiency in MS Office applications
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work under minimum supervision
- Able to collect, read and interpret data – assessing for errors, trends etc
- Passion for AHN’s Mission
Responsibilities
- Work with both outpatients and inpatients and participate in outreach activities as needed
- Advise and counsel all patients, both adult and children, on setting specific nutrition goals
- Evaluate patient lifestyle, nutritional and health needs
- Develop thorough, cost-efficient, and practical guidelines and customized diet plans to meet nutrition goals
- Work closely with all medical teams and healthcare professionals
- Attend ward rounds with medical staff
- Closely monitor patients' progress and adjust diet plans as needed
- Document patient progress and share with healthcare professionals
- Provide patients with educational facts on nutrition to improve their health
- Work with families, couples, and individuals to help them make desired dietary changes to their lifestyle
- Participate in any training and research activities as needed
- Organize basic training in renal dietetics for nurses working in dialysis units
- Work in other AHNC Supported centers as assigned and scheduled
- Present facts about diet and nutrition to hospital staff and during any community events and speaking engagements
- Participate in regular updating of food composition tables and portion size database
- Translate nutrition science into understandable, practical eating advice
- Participate in the compilation and development of information, education and communication (IEC) materials
- Participate in the development of Nutrition/dietetics training modules of renal diseases and NCDs for health care professionals and nutritionists working in hospitals
- Assist in writing up monthly analytical report for dietetics activities
- Perform any other duties assigned by the immediate supervisor, Country Director, or Employer
Send your application via email
tanzania@africahealthcarenetwork.com
Additional Instructions
Applications should be sent with the subject heading “Job Application: Nutritionist at AHN (Dar es Salaam)”. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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