- Patient Nutrition Assessment: Evaluate patients by reviewing medical history, blood work, lab results, medications, physical status, and weight reports to identify malnutrition or nutritional risk. [1, 2, 3]

- Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT): Design and implement targeted dietary plans for patients dealing with chronic or acute conditions like diabetes, hypertension, cardiac disease, renal disorders, or post-surgical recovery.

- Specialized Feeding Support: Manage and calculate specialized nutrition regimens, including enteral nutrition (feeding tubes) and parenteral/intravenous nutrition for patients who cannot eat normally by mouth.

- Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration: Attend medical rounds, consult with physicians, nurses, and speech-language pathologists, and coordinate care plans.

- Patient and Family Education:



Counsel patients and their families on modified diets, food-drug interactions, reading food labels, and long-term eating habits before and after discharge.

- Monitoring and Adjustments: Track daily food/calorie intake, adjust meal plans or supplement orders as recovery progresses, and document interventions in electronic medical records.

- Food Service & Menu Management: In some roles, food service or management dietitians oversee hospital kitchens, ensure menus meet national nutrition and safety standards, and accommodate specific food allergies or cultural

Pay: From ₹18,000.00 per month

Advantages

- Provident Fund

Work Location: In person

📌 Clinical Dietician (Mylapore)
🏢 ST. ISABEL'S HOSPITAL
📍 Mylapore