dietetic technician
Dietetic technicians assist dietitians in planning nutritional programmes and in planning menus for patients as part of an overall treatment plan under supervision of a dietitian. Under supervision of a dietitian, dietetic technicians assist dietitians in patient reviews, enteral feeding discharge planning, and clinical auditing which includes nutritional screening.
Also called: medical dietetics technician, technician in dietetics, diet technician, technician in medical dietetics, dietetic science technician, nutrition assistant practitioner, assistant nutrition practitioner, dietetic assistant
- 29
- essential skills
- 9
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 3259
- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
29- adhere to organisational guidelines
- calculation of food energy
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- composition of diets
- counselling methods
- dietetics
- educate healthcare users on nutrition
- empathise with the healthcare user
- follow clinical guidelines
- food hygiene rules
- food preservation
- food safety standards
- health care legislation
- human anatomy
- hygiene in a health care setting
- identify nutritional properties of food
- interact with healthcare users
- medical informatics
- monitor stock level
- nutrition of healthy persons
- plan patient menus
- prepare infant formulae
- professional documentation in health care
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- use food preparation techniques
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
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