Overview

Job Title: Interns – Clinical Nutritionist

Chemonics International Inc

 

For the USAID/Tanzania Lishe (Nutrition) Project, Chemonics International Inc., a U.S.-based international development consulting organization, is looking for clinical nutritionist interns. The five-year project is to improve food and health market systems that encourage a variety of stakeholders in the targeted regions of Tanzania to adopt habits related to optimal nutrition. We are looking for people who are passionate about improving people’s lives all across the world.

The candidates should be recent graduates from an accredited college with a degree in clinical nutrition, dietetics, human nutrition, or a similar subject. For a year, the clinical nutritionist interns will work in district or regional health institutions, where they will gain practical experience in patient care and management. It would be required of ideal candidates to successfully advance high-quality nutrition treatments delivered in healthcare institutions. In order to increase healthcare and nutrition education in the five regions of the project—Njombe, Songwe, Rukwa, Katavi, and Kigoma—the interns will be placed strategically in each of these areas.

Important duties:

  • Offer technical support for the execution and oversight of hospital-based quality improvement initiatives, including the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, maternity, baby, young child, and adolescent nutrition, and quality improvement, in the approved healthcare institutions.
  • Give medical facilities technical assistance for setting up nutrition units or corners, including ECCD.
  • Initiatives for Quality Improvement: Work together with regional project coordinators to support hospital-based clinical nutrition quality improvement programs at their medical institutions.
  • Patient Nutrition Education: Conduct one-on-one and group nutrition education sessions with clients, emphasizing the 10 Steps of Successful Breastfeeding and newborn and young child feeding.
  • Oversee menu planning for therapeutic diets for MAM clients in accordance with recommended guidelines and oversee the treatment of MAM in children under five years of age. This is known as management of acute nutrition (MAM).
  • Nutritional Assessment: Acquire the skills necessary to do thorough nutritional evaluations, which include gathering dietary histories, examining food consumption, evaluating anthropometric measurements, and deciphering test results.
  • Documentation: In compliance with facility policies and procedures, keep timely and accurate records of patient assessments, interventions, and progress notes.
  • Interdisciplinary Collaboration: To coordinate patient care and improve results, effectively communicate with doctors, nurses, therapists, and other allied health professionals as part of the healthcare team.
  • Studies and Practices Based on Evidence: Keep abreast of recent developments in nutrition research and evidence-based practice guidelines, and when appropriate, integrate new results into patient care.
  • Professional Development: Attend educational conferences, seminars, and workshops to expand your understanding of clinical nutrition and dietetics.
  • Project Reporting: Improve project reporting generally (monthly, quarterly, and yearly) by keeping project leaders informed about significant takeaways, obstacles encountered, and success stories from the execution of hospital-based quality improvement projects in their areas.
  • Monitoring and Evaluation: Take an active part in project surveys, gathering and analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and formulating suggestions to improve clinical nutrition services in healthcare facilities.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

  • A bachelor’s degree from an approved university in clinical nutrition, dietetics, human nutrition, or a similar discipline.
  • Excellent communication abilities both in writing and speaking, with the capacity to instruct and counsel patients from a variety of backgrounds.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and other computer programs, such as electronic health record systems.
  • Capacity to operate both alone and together in a multidisciplinary team setting.
  • Shown dedication to continuing education in the field of dietetics and clinical nutrition.
  • Background in clinical nutrition research techniques.
  • Experience in outreach initiatives and community involvement in the areas of nutrition and healthcare education.
  • Excellent attention to detail, job prioritizing, and organizing abilities.

Mode of Application:

Please use this link to send your application and resume for any of the openings listed below. As applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, please send yours as soon as feasible. Candidates should specify in their application the region they choose. Although there is no pay for the internship, Chemonics will give you a TSh. 600,000 monthly transportation allowance. Chemonics will cover the cost of transportation from the record residences of the selected candidates to the region. The deadline for this application is Friday, May 31, 2024. Please do not contact us by phone. The finalists will hear from us. Candidates should specify in their application the region they choose.

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