About Phares Luke:
Goal-oriented Nutritionist /Dietitian focused on conducting detail nutrition consultancy. Seeking a position with a well-established organization that is commensurate with both leadership responsibilities as well as a developing knowledge of nutrition, health, wellness and other related fields.
Experience
April- November 2020: Kenya Nutritionists and Dietitians Institute Internship at
the Nyeri County Referral Hospital
Key responsibilities.
- Evaluated and assessed nutritional needs, diet restrictions and current health
plans and screened patients for nutritional risk in accordance with established
department protocols and standards. - Developed and implemented dietary care plans and provided nutritional
counseling. - Consulted with physicians and health care personnel to determine nutritional
needs and diet restriction of patients. - Planned and initiated medical nutrition therapy to patients and indicated
patient’s requirements as per clinical protocols. - Communicated individual nutritional care plans to other health care providers as
a member of a healthcare team. - Calculated and wrote enteral and par-enteral feeds for patients according to
patient’s nutritional requirements. - Advised patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans and
diet modifications, and food selection and preparation. - Monitored food service to ensure conformance to prescribed diets and patient’s
nutritional needs. - Coordinated recipe development and standardization and developing new menus
for different vulnerable groups in the hospital. - Counseled PMTCT (prevention of mother to child transmission) mothers on
proper feeding practices and carried out demonstrations. - Offered counseling and suggested positive alterations in nutrition to address
clients’ dietary restrictions. - Prepared therapeutic diets for critical and general patients.
- Offered food service, preparation, and portion control skills lessons to the
kitchen staffs.
January- March 2020: Attachment at Outspan Hospital
Key responsibilities. - Conducted nutrition assessments.
- Evaluated a client’s nutritional needs.
- Provided nutritional counseling and advice to clients.
- Consulted with a team of healthcare practitioners on nutritional management for
clients. - Created clinical nutrition treatment plans for clients.
- Compiled information and tracked clients progress towards their health goals.
- Conducted continuous nutrition education to clients that had visited the
outpatient facility. - Collected and compiled nutrition and dietetic data and conducted any other duty
as maybe prescribed by the supervisor.
January- April 2019: Attachment at Nyeri Provincial General Hospital (NPGH).
Key responsibilities.
- Conducted nutrition assessments.
- Developed nutrition plans for clients.
- Counselled patients with specific nutritional needs.
- Promoted maternal, infant and young child feeding programs.
- Developed and disseminated nutrition behavior change communication,
information education and communication materials. - Collected and compiled nutrition and dietetic data and conducted any other duty
as may have been prescribed by the supervisor.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE. - BSc research project; Household food insecurity and dietary patterns in the
context of corona virus pandemic: a case study of Majengo Slums, Nyeri County.
Education
Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Nyeri, Kenya.
Course: Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics.
Award: 2 nd Class Honors (Upper Division)
Year of graduation: 2021.
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