Nkululeko Ngubane

I am a male who is prepared to achieve the desired goals of the job description. I am a hard worker, self-motivated, ambitious, innovative, passionate and goal orientated person who is always looking for to enhance skills and knowledge. I have the ability to work and maintain meaningful relationship within a diverse community.

I have effective communication with patients, supervisors and other health professionals. I can work as part of multi-disciplinary team at all levels and work effectively to maintain a high level of service delivery.

JANUARY 2022 -DECEMBER 2022 (1 Year)

Community Service Dietitian│Slindile Chamane│Ozwathini (Appelsbosch Hospital), Kwa

Zulu-Natal

Clinical & Community Nutrition Management

▪ Evaluating and assessing nutritional status of patients, and screens patients for nutritional risk in accordance with established department protocols and standards.

▪ Plans and initiates nutritional therapy to patients if indicated by patient requirements.

Involved in administrative duties of the department.

▪ Educates and counsels in-patients and out-patients on nutritional issues, either individually or in groups in the hospital and community.

▪ Support workplace wellness activities with nutrition education to promote health and prevent nutrition related diseases.

▪ Conduct support visits to PHC feeder clinics, to monitor implementation of the Integrated

Nutrition Programme. Each PHC clinic in the catchment area of the hospital was visited at least once a month.

Therapeutic Foodservice Management

▪ Compile and/or review therapeutic menus in collaboration with the Foodservice Manager.

▪ Analyze meal plan for normal and therapeutic diets in accordance with RDA/ RDIs and FBDG.

Ensure that the therapeutic menus comply with quality standards (including all aspects of production and portioning).

▪ Implement control measures to stay within the allocated therapeutic budget.

▪ Ensuring the nutritional adequacy of meals served to the patients or customers.

▪ Train Foodservice staff on therapeutic diets and menu analysis including portioning.

▪ Conduct random quality checks on therapeutic diets (preparation and dishing up).

▪ Training of food service staff.

▪ Management of health and safety Audits and Hygiene control.

▪ Ensures that foods are served in conformity with individual dietary prescriptions

Participate in scheduled catering committee meetings.

2021

PGDip in Dietetics and Human Nutrition: Dietetics & Human Nutrition School of Agricultural, Earth & Environmental Sciences College of Agriculture, Engineering & Science. University of Kwa Zulu Natal Pietermaritzburg (Scottsville).

2019

BSc in Dietetics and Human Nutrition: Dietetics & Human Nutrition School of Agricultural, Earth & Environmental Sciences College of Agriculture, Engineering & Science. University of Kwa Zulu Natal Pietermaritzburg (Scottsville).

2013

Grade 12 passed with Bachelors: Science studies.

Sibongumusa High School, Pietermaritzburg (Wartburg), Kwa Zulu

Natal.

2013

Qualification: computer literacy

Midlands Community College, Pietermaritzburg (Nottingham Road), Kwa Zulu-Natal.