Zinhle Khanyile

I am a clinical Dietitian with over 4 years' experience across districts and regional hospital settings, specialising in clinical nutrition, food service operations, quality assurance, and multidisciplinary collaboration. Proven ability to manage nutritional care for neonatal, paediatric, adults, and ICU patients while supporting food service compliance, guideline implementation, staff training, and health promotion initiatives. With experience in supporting nutrition and food service compliance across multiple hospital units and sites, including collaboration with catering managers, food service supervisors, and operational teams.

Additionally, I have experience working within a private healthcare environment as a Locum Dietitian, collaborating closely with food service supervisors and operational teams.

Dietitian - Queen Nandi Regional Hospital

(2022-01-01)

• Manage Comprehensive nutritional therapy for neonatal, paediatric, and ICU patients.
• Provide specialized support for enteral feeding, parenteral nutrition, and complex nutritional cases.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of nutrition, health and regulatory standards in line with Department of Health requirements.
• Support monitoring of hygiene, food safety and nutrition compliance standards in collaboration with catering and food service teams.
• Co-ordinate nutrition related health promotion and wellness initiative for patients, caregivers, and staff.
• Perform administrative duties including documentation, reporting, and departmental coordination.
• Support food service process through collaboration with catering services to ensure patient nutritional requirements are met.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary healthcare teams to optimize patient outcomes across wards and clinics.
• Participate in hygiene monitoring, internal audits, and implementation of food safety and nutrition standards in collaboration with catering services.

Locum Clinical Dietitian - Life Empangeni Hospital (Mkhombo Health and Nutrition)

(2022-06-01)

• Provide clinical nutrition services within a private hospital setting, managing adult and specialised patient cases.
• Work closely with food service supervisors to ensure menu compliance, patient satisfaction, and adherence to nutritional standards.
• Support food service operations through collaboration on meal planning, special diets, and patient related dietary requirements.
• Strengthen communication between clinical services and food service teams to support optimal patient outcomes.
• Support menu planning and evaluation in line with patient needs, dietary prescriptions, and food service standards.

Dietitian - Bethesda Hospital

(2021-02-01 - 2021-12-31)

• Assess and treat all inpatients and outpatients through the implementation of therapeutic dietary measures as part of disease management.
• Ensure appropriate discharge nutrition care package where applicable.
• Establish and implement guidelines to promote healthy nutritional processes that align with regulations adopted from all relevant spheres of government and ethical bodies.
• Co-ordinate and implement health & wellness initiatives at the hospital to patients, their caregivers and other colleagues.
• Perform allocated administrative and financial duties within the department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition.
• Establish and maintain productive partnerships with other health practitioners and relevant stakeholders at neighbouring clinics to ensure prompt service delivery including the hospital catering service with regards to the needs of the patients.
• Organizing and conducting the training of other staff members, where seems necessary.
• Producing information packs including leaflets, diet sheets and posters to be utilized for education purposes.

Community Service Dietitian - Nkandla District Hospital

(2020-02-01 - 2020-12-31)

• Assess and treat all inpatients and outpatients through the implementation of therapeutic dietary measures as part of disease management.
• Ensure appropriate discharge nutrition care package where applicable.
• Establish and implement guidelines to promote healthy nutritional processes that align with regulations adopted from all relevant spheres of government and ethical bodies.
• Co-ordinate and implement health & wellness initiatives at the hospital to patients, their caregivers and other colleagues.
• Perform allocated administrative and financial duties within the department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition.
• Establish and maintain productive partnerships with other health practitioners and relevant stakeholders at neighboring clinics to ensure prompt service delivery including the hospital catering service with regards to the needs of the patients.
• Organizing and conducting the training of other staff members, where seems necessary.
• Producing information packs including leaflets, diet sheets and posters to be utilized for education purposes.

Post Graduate Diploma - Dietetics - University of KwaZulu-Natal (2019-01-01 - 2019-12-31)

BSc - Dietetics - University of KwaZulu-Natal (2015-01-01 - 2018-06-30)

Grade 12 - Mphathesitha High School (2008-01-01 - 2012-12-31)