Paramedical to develop nutrition support strategy for hospitalized patients

CONTEXT

MSF is more and more involved in hospital care. In hospital practice, we are confronted to patients with specific nutritional needs (e.g. surgical cases, burns, comatose patients...) for whom we lack of therapeutic tools as our nutrition protocols and therapeutic foods used for treating acute malnutrition are not necessarily adapted to these specific cases. There is a need for developing specific protocols for these patients, adapted to low resource contexts.

Reference person:
He/she will work in close collaboration with the Nutrition Referent in the medical department.

JOB PROFILE

Development of simple nutritional protocols for hospitalized patients (burns, digestive surgery, coma, pré-op nutritional rehabilitation, diabetes, hypertension ...)

Revision and simplification of the existing surgery draft protocol.

Research on nutritional products for enteral feeding adapted to our contexts.

Eventually, a short field visit to a MSF hospital can be planned to understand the working conditions and limitations we face, to be able to adapt the protocols.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Dietician or nutritionist with hospital experience.
Experience in nutrition in developing countries is an advantage.
Languages: knowledge of French or English
Able to adapt theoretical concepts to specific situations
Good writing skills
Good team-spirit

CONDITIONS

Determined (CDD) contract 10 weeks - Full-time contract
Based in Brussels with eventually one field visit.
Hospital Insurance (DKV) - Canteen - reimbursement for public transportation costs
Start of contract: immediate

How to apply:

CV and motivation letter to send before 09/09/2013 to Caroline Maes, 94 rue Dupré, 1090 Brussels. E-mail :caroline.maes@brussels.msf.org
web : www.msf.be