Volunteer Clinical Dietician
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Posted 17 Apr 2026
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Location Ghana, Madagascar
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Location Type Location-based
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Finance Voluntary
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Job Type Less than 3 months
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Industries Health & Medical, Mission
What you will contribute
Identify, assess, monitor, and provide safe nutrition interventions for infants with feeding difficulties primarily related to cleft lip and palate and for other surgically correctable disorders
Liaise with the screening team to identify patients at risk of nutritional deficiencies and provide support for assessment days in identifying at risk patients
Assist in monitoring infant growth, making recommendations to ensure patients meet nutrition growth guidelines to qualify for surgery
Coordinate nutrition care of high risk infants, working with members of the healthcare team
Provide nutrition consultations
For This Role, You Will Need
- Successful completion of Mercy Ships On Boarding program will be required for commitments longer than 12 months
- Credentialed as a Registered Dietician, or equivalent in home country
- Two years of experience in a clinical inpatient care setting, required
- Experience with food service management, preferred
- Experience working in an intensive care setting, preferred
- Experience in working with paediatric or cleft lip/palate patients, preferred
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Mercy Ships UK
Operating the world's largest charity-run hospital ship, Mercy Ships offers the opportunity to bring hope and healing to the world's forgotten poor. We need your skills, whether you're an engineer, cook, nurse, teacher, deck officer, surgeon or cleaner!
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