Kenneth Garcia

Experience: WORK EXPERIENCE Nutrition Services Technician May 2021 - Present Specialized Medical Center Hospital • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia • Obtains necessary information from the Nurse Stations to determine patient’s diet status • Serving Therapeutic Diet Care plans for patients of any age including children, adolescent, geriatric, surgery, etc. • Improve patient’s diet status by consulting with physician and checking with Nurses timely updating patient diets from all levels of In-patient units and Long-term units • Assists tray line or chef in the kitchen while packing food to confirm Food Quality and Standard Quantity of Diet Food based on patient requirements • Supervision of all Therapeutic diets in the kitchen when preparing and serving breakfast, lunch and dinner meals • Responsible to do monthly Patient Food Satisfaction surveys from In-patient unit and long- term unit hospital wise • Interacts professionally with patient / Provides complete food information based on Patient diets (if patient demands). • Monitor food trolleys and diet food preparation in the kitchen with making sure Patient Health Safety • Prepare patient MRN stickers to confirm patient identification while serving food based on patient diet • Audit food temperature and collect food samples on a daily basis and take necessary action upon finding any food quality issue by reporting to the Manager • Conducting monthly staff training to teach them about all therapeutic diets with explaining the differences between liquid diets, etc. Dietitian Apr 2017 - Apr 2021 Al Jafel International Hospital • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia • Nutritional Screening, Assessment and Re-assessment of patients • Development of Nutritional Plan of Care • Highlighting “food-drug interaction” to clinical staff • Making recommendations related to patient dietary needs • Nil Per Os (NPO) monitoring • Education to other health staff, patients and families • Reviewing and updating the Dietary Manual • Supervising the work in the Kitchen • Communication with the Physicians and the nurses to ensure effective multidisciplinary plan for patients • Round on patients Therapeutic Dietitian Feb 2017 - Apr 2017 Clinica Antipolo Hospital and Wellness Center • Antipolo, Philippines • In conjunction with medical and nursing professional, prescribes specific foods suitable for the individual patient’s clinical condition as well as evaluate food consumed • Specific recipe ingredients, weights of foods and methods of preparation and cooking for therapeutic meals • Liaises with chefs to ensure that recipes, preparation and cooking procedures and portion sizes are appropriate for each patient with special needs • Monitors the preparation, cooking and service procedures for the therapeutic meals • In conjunction with medical and nursing professional, assist in the prescription of formulas for patients requiring tube feeds • Oversees the production and distribution of tube feeding product • Liaises with nursing professional and individual patients who are prescribed with therapeutic diets on a daily basis to ensure that the patient’s needs re being met • Assist in the training of therapeutic cooks • Adopts a proactive approach to promote dietetic awareness and healthy eating principles Clinical Dietitian Jun 2014 - Jun 2016 Health Oasis Hospital • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia • Clinical Dietitian must be acknowledged regarding department and hospital policy and procedure, Infection control and fire safety; As well chain of command through the organization • Clinical Dietitian shall be confident to carry on all responsibilities given in order to provide efficient patient care service. • Clinical Dietitian must be present during the receiving and endorsement of new patient admitted in HOH within assigned wards. • Assess patient, gather data, and document them in the clinical record with comprehensive clarity and accuracy. • Plans and implement patient intervention care based on assessment, this includes: • Computation and distribution of caloric requirements; • Provide additional supplement, if needed; and • Provide nutrition counseling to patient and/or • Prescribed diet for patient needs as (enteral or oral) regular or modified Calculate Diet prescription. • Evaluate attained Nutritional Care and feeding tolerance (1-3days) starting from the diet order or modification • Conduct weekly patient rounds and evaluation • Orders suitable diets meeting patient’s need, by providing the filled-up diet form to the Catering Service. • Coordinates and advises the Diet Technician regarding the diet • Evaluate the patient intake tolerance through continues follow-up, and as endorsed by assigned nurses. In order to provide accurate intervention to meet patients nutritional goal. • Reviews patient chart for assigned wards, and obtaining information for nutritional status of • Conduct ward visitation daily for the assigned ward. Accomplish weekly update and documentation of patient chart for the assigned • Monitoring the progress of a patient on enteral feeding and advice of any necessary changes to a patient’s feeding • Ensures that the ward assigned is properly stocked with the needed nutritional feeding formula and feeding bags. • Ensure that all nutritional products given to wards are of good • Make monthly report for the consumption of nutritional • Make daily update with the diet regime/census in ward assigned Nutritionist - Dietitian Feb 2014 - Apr 2014 The Medical City • Pasig, Philippines • Updates cardex and diet slip for breakfast and lunch • Retrieves new admissions, discharges, diet changes and other patient’s information from the SHAMAN • Coordinates with the nurses for any discrepancy of the given diet description • Attends to all telephone queries politely • Checks the enteral formula master list before endorsing it to the assigned food service assistant formula girl • Checks and supervises the tray line for breakfast making sure that the patients’ meal will be served on time • Supervises food service assistant ward personnel in the absence of Food Service Dietitian • Makes necessary endorsements to the PM Dietitian • Visits patients for food preferences and does pre-diet counseling for those on therapeutic diet in assigned floors Nutritionist - Dietitian I Aug 2012 - Jan 2014 Department of Health - Treatment and Rehabilitation Center • Taguig, Philippines • Undertakes individual nutritional assessment of clients • Supervises the dietary requirements of the patients including the quality/quantity of food and other food products • Assists the clinical team in the conduct of the therapeutic activities • Coordinate with the cooks in the preparation and cooking of food • Supervises the cleanliness and sanitation of the kitchen and dining area • Performs other designated duties that may be assigned by immediate supervisor Quality Assurance Analyst Jan 2012 - Apr 2012 Magnolia Ice Cream Inc. - San Miguel Corporation • Sta. Rosa, Philippines • Ensures that all incoming materials received by the factory are promptly and properly examined in accordance with the approved and updated • Ensures that Finished Goods are evaluated for release in compliance to Product

Speciality: Dietitian