Description
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.
EssentialOptional
Theoretical Knowledge
human anatomyfood preservationhygiene in a health care settingfood safety standardsnutrition of healthy personsprofessional documentation in health carecomposition of dietscounselling methodsfood hygiene rulescalculation of food energymedical informaticshealth care legislationdieteticsmedical terminologygeriatricseuropean food safety policyobesitypedagogy
Practical Skills
communicate in healthcarework in multidisciplinary health teamsuse food preparation techniquesinteract with healthcare usersidentify nutritional properties of foodmonitor stock levelprepare infant formulaefollow clinical guidelineseducate healthcare users on nutritionplan patient menususe e-health and mobile health technologiesadhere to organisational guidelinescomply with legislation related to health carecomply with quality standards related to healthcare practiceempathise with the healthcare userwork in a multicultural environment in health careuse foreign languages in patient caremanage healthcare users' datastore raw food materialsdeal with emergency care situations