Regulation on responsibilities of each nutrition specialist title in hospitals in Vietnam

According to the Circular No. 18/2020/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, responsibilities of nutrition specialist titles are specified as follows:

1. Head of the nutrition department or nutrition unit shall:

- Organize fulfillment of the nutrition department’s duties provided for in Article 9 herein and take responsibility before the hospital director for organization of hospital nutrition.

- Manage, inspect, supervise, expedite and direct compliance with professional regulations on nutrition and food safety in their hospital.

- Inspect and request clinical departments to strictly adopt diets suitable for the nutritional status and illness of patients. Report violations against regulations on hospital nutrition committed by individuals and departments to the hospital director.

- Request a nutrition service provider to stop its service if it commits a violation against food safety regulations and report to the hospital director for timely handling.

- Participate in the drug and treatment council, scientific research council and other relevant councils of the hospital as assigned by the hospital director.

- Perform other tasks assigned by the hospital director.

2. Nutrition specialists shall:

- Examine, give advice on and treat nutrition-related diseases using diets suitable for the nutritional status and illness of inpatients and outpatients.

- Cooperate with in-charge doctors and doctors of the nutrition department in examining and giving advice to patients, giving indications for cases suffering from nutritional diseases or requiring nutrition therapy, or advising in-charge doctors on diet indication.

- Develop and adopt diets suitable for the nutritional status and illness of patients.

- Consult with clinical departments to make nutritional interventions upon request.dd) Inspect and supervise nutrition operations and diet adoption according to regulations.

- Fulfill duties concerning raising the awareness of nutrition and food safety of people in the hospital.

- Perform other tasks assigned by the department head.

View more details at the Circular No. 18/2020/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2021.

Thuy Tram

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