Experience:
I am a registered dietitian with 17 years experience, 8 as a clinical dietitian and 9 years in public health. As a clinical dietitian I gained valuable experience and knowledge working in all areas such as NICU, PICU, ICU, CCU, Pediatrics, and postnatal wards. Durban has a large diabetic and overweight community and managing these conditions with their associated co-morbidities is a daily task.
In the public health sector, I manage the nutrition program for the district and am responsible for the development and implementation of nutrition guidelines and policies, facilitating trainings and skill capacitation, collaborating with multistakeholder engagements, and participating in community development.
Education:
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DIETETICS University of KwaZulu Natal 2003 - 2005
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA DIETETICS University of KwaZulu Natal 2006
Skills:
Disease specific nutrition counselling
Paediatric nutrition
Group counselling andfacilitation/training
infant feeding counselling
Mother and Baby Friendly Initiative(MBFI) Assessor and Master Trainer
Problem-Solving
Computer Literacy
Project Management
Public Health policy implementation
Management of malnutrition
Additionally:
I am an accredited Mother and Baby Friendly Initiative (MBFI) / Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) assessor and master trainer with over 12 years experience in counselling, training, and assessing/auditing
