Gloria Adjei Yeboah
Nutritionist/Dietitian
Kumasi
Summary
Knowledgeable Clinical Dietitian with two years educating patients and families, monitoring patient nutrition and managing physician-ordered diets. I have demonstrated success in collaborating with clinicians to optimize patient plans. I thrive in challenging, fast-paced settings when managing multiple tasks and working with various patients.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Nutritionist
SAQS Healthcare
Kumasi
02.2023 - Current
- Prepare diet plan for patients with obesity, hypertension and diabetes,
- Nutritional counselling to anemic pregnant women.
- Managed multiple nutritional educational groups to increase client nutrition knowledge.
- Coordinated and implemented nutrition programs within community to promote healthy eating.
- Completed detailed nutritional assessments of each patient based on health history, medical conditions and energy requirements.
- Assisted patients clients with mean plan development, addressing individualized dietary requirements.
Nutrition Consultant
Labhill Diagnostic Limited
Tamale
10.2022 - 01.2023
- Offer nutritional advice to anemic pregnant women
- Documented clinical findings and entered pertinent health data for processing, recordkeeping, and use by other medical professionals.
- Counseled clients on nutrition issues such as obesity, eating disorders, tube feeding management, failure to thrive and feeding dysfunction.
- Educated clients about long-term health benefits of balanced diets and exercise programs.
- Provided in-depth information on nutritional care to maximize health.
- Provided appropriate follow-up according to patient's individual treatment goals and referred patients to outpatient and community services as appropriate.
- Completed detailed nutritional assessments of each patient based on health history, medical conditions and energy requirements.
Nutritionist
Tamale Central Hospital
Tamale
10.2021 - 09.2022
- Diagnosis and management of severe acute malnutrition, Provide dietary/nutritional counselling for caregivers, pregnant women and lactating mothers, Prepare therapeutic feeds like F100 and F75, Prepare diet plan for in-patient and out-patient clients.
- Partnered with interdisciplinary care team to address resident nutrition programs.
- Created and prepared visual aids, manuals and other materials used in teaching.
- Collaborated with physicians and healthcare personnel to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions of clients.
- Calculated, revised and verified proper enteral and parenteral feedings to meet nutritional needs.
- Provided medical nutrition therapy to individuals and groups with chronic illnesses.
- Monitored patient progress and documented nutritional information in patient charts and records.
Education
BSc - Community Nutrition
University for Development Studies
Tamale 09.2017 - 05.2021
WASSCE Certificate - General Science
Collins Senior High School
Kumasi 09.2014 - 05.2017
Skills
Communication Skills, Organisational skills, IT skills, Good timeManagement, Team player
Food counseling
Food counseling
Public Health
Dietary habits evaluation
Diabetic lifestyle planning
Nutrition needs assessment
Nutrition program management
Diabetes management
Patient education
Planning and Coordination
Clinical dietetics
Affiliations
Allied Health Professionals Council, Ghana.
Additional Information
Academic publication: Nutrition knowledge, cooking practices, and consumption of indigenous leafy vegetables among households in Sagnarigu Municipality, Ghana. Ghana Journal of Science, Technology and Development | Vol. 8, Issue 2, December 2022.
https://gjstd.org/index.php/GJSTD/article/view/372
Timeline
Nutritionist
SAQS Healthcare
02.2023 - Current
Nutrition Consultant
Labhill Diagnostic Limited
10.2022 - 01.2023
Nutritionist
Tamale Central Hospital
10.2021 - 09.2022
BSc - Community Nutrition
University for Development Studies
09.2017 - 05.2021
WASSCE Certificate - General Science
Collins Senior High School
09.2014 - 05.2017