Vacancy title:
Nutritionist

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Healthcare, Category: Nutritional & Dietary Supplements]

Jobs at:
Africa Healthcare Network Tanzania Limited

Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, July 10 2025

Duty Station:
Dar es Salaam | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, July 3 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with both outpatients and inpatients and outreach activities as needed;
• Advise/counsel all patients both adult and children on setting specific nutrition goals;
• Evaluate patient lifestyle, nutritional and health needs
• Developing a thorough and cost-efficient and practical guidelines and customized diet plan to meet nutrition goals;
• Work Closely with all medical team and healthcare professionals
• Attend ward rounds with medical staff;
• Closely monitor patients progress and adjust diet plan as needed;
• Document Patient progress and share with healthcare professionals;
• Provide patient with educational fact 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.

Additional Duties

• 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 of updating of food composition tables and portion size data base;
• Translate nutrition science into understandable, practical eating advice;
• Participate in the compilation and developing 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;
• Any other duties assigned to you by your immediate supervisor, Country Director or Employer.

Supervisory Responsibilities (Direct Reports):

• N/A

Desired Competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition, 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

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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