Regional Manager Nutrition and Dietetics

The core functions include but not limited to the following:

• Oversees the supervision of all Nutrition and Dietetic Services at the South-West Regional Health Authority.
• Works as a member of the management team in formulation of strategic plans for nutrition and dietetic services.
• Prepares the budget for the department and monitors and controls the fiscal performance of the department.
• Coordinates and integrates administrative and clinical aspects of nutritional care to ensure that cost effective and efficient services are maintained both at the level of the hospital and community.
• Designs and implement a quality assurance programme for Nutrition and Dietetic Services.
• Establishes criteria and monitors performance of contracted food and dietetic services.
• Establishes and maintains effective inter and intra-departmental communications and relationships.
• Confers with the Manager, Nutrition & Dietetic Services, Ministry of Health regarding planning and implementation of national community – based programmes that will impact on programmes the south - west region.
• Confers with other department heads regarding technical and administrative aspects of Nutrition and Dietetic Services.
• Coordinates the collection and use of departmental statistical data.
• Develops and implements departmental policies and Standard Operating Procedures.
• Approves requests of the Nutrition and Dietetic Services Department on ReqLogic.
• Develops Scopes of Works for tenders for the Nutrition and Dietetic Services Department in collaboration with the General Manager Supply Chain.
• Develops and implements food service disaster support for the region.
• Develops and implements a plan for the propagation of food/produce by the Authority.
• Develops and recommends the relevant standards for food donors to the Authority.
• Collaborates with the necessary stakeholders to establish and operate a staff cafeteria.
• Attends hospital staff conferences and shares information with nutrition and dietetic staff regarding new developments and trends.
• Participates in the recruitment of Nutrition and Dietetic Services personnel.
• Manages performance of all Nutrition and Dietetic staff.
• Responsible for appraisal and development of staff.
• Establishes and implements training programmes for all categories of Nutrition and Dietetic Services personnel.
• Responsible for health promotion and counseling of patients.
• Performs other related duties as may be required
• Ability to perform duties according to assigned rosters or plans that can be formulated in times of authorized service exigencies.
• Ability to use the revelent computer applications related to job functions.

Required Qualifications, Training and Experience:

• The incumbent must possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics.
• The incumbent must possess a Diploma in Management or any related field.
• The incumbent must have eight (8) years’ experience in Nutrition & Dietetics; five (5) of which must be at a managerial/supervisory level.
• The incumbent must also have experience and/or training in health education and at least five (5) years’ work experience at a general hospital and with training and experience as a Senior Dietitian.
• Membership with the Trinidad & Tobago Association of Nutritionists & Dietitians and the Caribbean Association of Nutritionists and Dietitians or similar association/body will be an asset.
• The incumbent must be registered with the Nutritionists & Dietitians Board of Trinidad & Tobago.