Natalie Ngethe

As someone who has worked in hospital and community settings with efficient skills in therapeutic nutrition, I know my versatile skills and qualifications will make me an asset to the team.

I have had a variety of experiences with many different roles in nutrition care process and nutrition counselling from my time at Mater Misericordiae Hospital as well as nutrition health education and outpatient and inpatient supplementary and therapeutic feeding at Mbagathi Sub-County Hospital and other roles. I am looking to make the next step in my career by leveraging my therapeutic, supplementary and research skills to increase nutrition engagements within your organization.

As a prospective Nutritionist, I immediately can bring the following qualities to the team:

Previous knowledge of the nutrition care process including assessment, diagnosis and intervention: In my previous experience as a nutritionist at Mbagathi Sub- County hospital, I conducted nutrition assessment at the paediatric ward every morning for the span of 4 months and this was efficient in monitoring the progress of the children therefore providing the other health professionals with basis of medical adjustment and progress monitoring. This also was key in the therapeutic and supplementary feeding calculations according to progress of the patients. This was 90% effective in the treatment and monitoring of patient’s progress.

Collaboration, Priority, and Adaptability Skills: Throughout my experiences, I’ve collaborated with senior health professionals such as in charge nutritionists, nurses and doctors to ensure patients are well taken care of nutrition wise based on their specific condition and also for weekly reporting in the report workbook to cut off workload by the end of each month. This made getting the proper number of supplemental and therapeutic feeds for the entire month easier by 85% therefore patients rarely missed to get their feeds on time and they also got the correct quantities therefore speeding up their recovery and ensuring that even children supplements such as Vitamin A are given on time. I’ve worked on multiple projects at once and exceeded expectations in each of my roles.

WORK EXPERIENCE 

Esonorua Dispensary                                                                  Kajiado, Kenya Nutritionist Locum                                                     February 2022 – Present  Conduct community-based nutrition outreach programs with the help of village elders and arranging different sessions based on the group to attend the session with the recent one being how to utilize water from the river nearby to maintain small vegetable gardens for homes around the area which has improved community’s knowledge on nutritionally healthy decision making from one meal with vegetables in three days to at least one meal with vegetables per day. 

 Hold nutrition health education forums in the community especially teenage mothers on nutrition during pregnancy and lactation which has translated to a 75% increase on clinic visits and follow ups in the dispensary. 

 Conduct nutrition assessment of children while they attend their clinics which has increased the early detection and intervention of severe and moderate malnutrition and other nutritionally related conditions by 65%. 

 Adopt and monitor Kangaroo Mother care in the rural area both in the dispensary and at home for teenage mothers and their infants and premature infants and their mothers which has seen us save 15+ preterm infants in the last 3 months. 

 Administer micronutrient supplementation and deworming of patients. 

 Generate nutrition reports of both outpatient feeding programs (OTP) and supplementary feeding programs (SFP) which has increased accountability of the dispensary by 80% and has seen the dispensary get the need supplementary and therapeutic feeds on time therefore patients who need the feeds are not sent home without what they need to help them get better and boost their nutrition. 

 Receive, document and account for all nutrition supplement such as RUSF and RUTF and supplemental porridge flour which has seen the dispensary help 100+ malnourished children in 6 months. 

Mater Misericordiea Hospital                                                     Nairobi, Kenya Nutritionist Locum                                         February 2020 – January 2022 • Evaluated dietary needs of clients using the nutrition care process and created full and personalized nutrition plans to promote healthy lifestyles and manage lifestyle diseases. 

• Conducted nutrition assessment of children and promoted maternal, infant and young children feeding programs which helped 100+ children achieve their growth milestones as they should. 

• Developed nutritionally healthy menus according to patient’s requirements and guide them through so they can understand and make correct food choices to help them heal faster and calmly this increased patient’s knowledge in proper nutrition and food choices by 95%. 

• Conducted Nutrition counselling for people living with lifestyle conditions such as diabetes and saw 200+ patients accepting their condition and gain knowledge on the management of the conditions so as to live a healthy and happy life. 

• Participated in regular health facility activities such as fitness challenges, nutrition workshops and community events to educate people on the importance of a balanced diet and active lifestyle.  

• Provided one-on-one sports nutrition counselling sessions to individuals, assisting in the development of personalized nutrition plans to enhance work-out performance and overall health. 

Mbagathi County Hospital                                                          Nairobi, Kenya Nutritionist Industrial Attachment        September 2019 – November 2019  Implemented outpatient and inpatient supplementary and therapeutic feeding programs and also preparation of the feeds according to patient’s condition which increased the patient’s proper supplementation by85% 

 Conducted nutrition assessment of children and promoted maternal, infant and young children feeding programs which helped 200+ children achieve their growth milestones as they should. 

 Facilitated nutrition counselling and health education of patients which increased the patient’s knowledge of nutritionally healthy behaviours and how to adopt them by 97%. 

 Implementing the nutrition care process when taking care of any patient which increased its effectiveness and smooth intervention of the patient’s needs by 95%. 

Ngong Sub-County Hospital                                                        Ngong, Kenya Nutritionist Industrial Attachment        September 2018 – November 2018  Participated in mobilizing the community during the 2018 polio campaign and vaccination of children up to 59 months and increased the rate of vaccinated children by90% in Kajiado County. 

 Implemented outpatient and inpatient supplementary and therapeutic feeding including the preparation of the feeds and administering to the patients. 

 Delivered Presentations on different areas of nutrition in Continuous Medical Education meetings that were held every Wednesday which so staff members gain knowledge on matters nutrition and learn more areas from each and every department this made the hospital increase patient visits to the nutrition department by 98% as the health professionals understood the importance of nutrition in the patient’s well-being.

 Topserve LTD                                                                                 Nairobi, Kenya Sales and Sales System Management                 June 2016 – August 2018  Collaborated with senior management in the change of a point-of-sale system from Crystal ERP to SAP Business One and Retail One in 8 branches that helped ease sales workflow by 95% and increased clients served to 200+ per day. 

 Managed and maintained the integrity of the inventory in the shop which cut loss of stock by 80%. 

 Created and improved operations process for the sales users, trained and answered any enquiries by the sales people about the Retail One and SAP Business one system which increased the sales people’s effectiveness by 85% 

 Provided recommendations on how to make the system easier for the sales people to use and implemented the solutions which increased sufficiency of the system and client satisfaction by 75% 

 Collaborated with senior management on multiple functions including the East Africa Bakery Exhibition Expo which included customer feedback survey on customer service increasing sales from 60% in the previous month to 75% by identifying the pain points of customer feedback and implementing the solutions. 

Grassroots Kenya                                                                         Nairobi, Kenya Data Entry Clerk                                       September 2015 – December 2015  Transferred data from paper format to computer files using excel and its functions for better reporting of research findings bring findings to 95% effectiveness and easily understood by the data users. 

 Reviewed data for deficiencies or errors, corrected any incompatibilities and checked output to make sure it met the requirements given. 

Egerton Tegemeo Institute of Science and Technology        Nairobi, Kenya Data Entry Clerk                                                        January 2015 - May 2015  Prepared and sorted documents for data entry to quicken the task to be done by the data entry team which shortened to time taken to do the task by 70% 

 Entered data into database software using SPSS and checked to ensure the accuracy of the data that has been inputted.

Technical University of Kenya                                                    Nairobi, Kenya Higher Diploma 

Graduation Date: December 2019 

 Human Nutrition and Dietetics (Credit Upper Division)