• Reference Number : REFS/023845
• Directorate : Dietetics
• Number of Posts : 1

• Package : R 397 233 – R 454 191 per annum (plus benefits)
• Enquiries : Mrs N Dick 011 470 9293 Ms. I Deport 011 470 9311

Requirements :

• Grade 12 and a B / BSc degree in dietetics with registration as an independent practitioner with HPCSA as a Dietician. Candidate must be CPD compliant. Level would be dependent on verifiable experience for OSD purposes. No experience needed after registration with the Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA). One-year relevant experience after registration with HPCSA as dietician in respect of foreign qualified candidates, of whom it is not required to perform Community Service, as required in South Africa.

Duties :

• To implement anthropometric and other measurements in assessment of patients and the introduction of a nutrition risk screening tool to ensure appropriate referral to dietitian. To provide dietetic advice and plan nutritional care for individual or groups of patients to meet their specific nutritional requirements. To implement nutritional care plans for individual or groups of patients to contribute to the patient’s general health care. To evaluate the effects of nutrition care intervention on individual or groups of patients’ nutrition status to determine the efficiency of the nutritional care plan and adapt if necessary. To provide evidence-based nutrition education for patients to implement nutrition principles. Monitor patient compliance and give appropriate counselling. To attend scheduled ward rounds and meetings. To refer patients to appropriate level of care. To communicate with relevant stakeholders regarding patient treatment. To implement Quality Assurance measures in area of work to ensure maintenance of, and where possible improve, standards of patient care. To audit standards and implement corrective measures. To apply Batho Pele principles. To liaise with all the members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the nutritional needs of inpatients and outpatients are met. To contribute to the delivery of training and advise to other occupational classes.

Notes :

• Applications should be submitted strictly online at the following E-Recruitment portal: http://jobs.gauteng.gov.za. No hand-delivered, faxed, or emailed applications will be accepted. For assistance with online applications please email your query to healthjobqueries@gauteng.gov.za. NB: Where Driver’s Licence is mandatory, exception will be granted for people with disabilities. Application should be accompanied by a fully completed and signed new Z83 application form obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the internet at www.dpsa.gov.za/documents plus a recently updated comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV), Registration Certificate with relevant professional body (HPCSA) and a proof of current registration (Annual Practicing Certificate/Card). Applications without proof of a new Z83 application form, a detailed CV, registration certificate and a proof of current registration card/certificate with relevant professional body will be disqualified. (Shortlisted candidates will receive communication from HR to submit certified copies of educational qualifications and other relevant documents not older than 6 months on or before the day of the interview). It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). All foreign qualification must be accompanied by evaluation certificate from the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA). Correspondence will only be limited to shortlisted candidates. If you have not been contacted within 3 months of the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Suitable candidates will be subjected to a personnel suitability check (criminal record, citizenship, credit record checks, qualification verification and employment verification). Where applicable, candidates will be subjected to a skills/knowledge test. The recommended candidate may be subjected to Medical Surveillance as required by the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Act 5/1993. It is Department’s intention to promote representivity (race, gender, and disability) in the Public Service through the filling of these posts. The Department reserves the right not to appoint/fill this post. WOMEN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

Employer : Department of Health

Location : Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital

Closing Date : 24-10-2025

Please Notes :

• Due to the large number of applications we envisage receiving, applications will not be acknowledged. If you do not receive any response within 3 months, please accept that your application was not successful.