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Work History
Education
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Certification
Languages Known
References
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Kripa K

Bangalore

Summary

A Registered Dietitian with over 15 years of experience across diverse nutrition settings, from hospitals to digital health, specializing in preventive nutrition, and managing metabolic disorders. Driven by a focus on positive patient outcomes, my approach centers on empowering individuals to make sustainable lifestyle changes for improved well-being.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Team Leader

Fitterfly Health tech Pvt Limited
Bangalore
04.2023 - Current
  • Mentor a team of nutritionists, providing timely guidance and inputs to facilitate better patient satisfaction and outcomes
  • Maintained open lines of communication with senior management, reporting team progress and challenges.
  • Conducted regular performance reviews to assess individual team member progress.
  • Coordinated daily operations, ensuring team adherence to company policies and procedures.
  • Oversaw training and development programs to enhance team skills and knowledge.
  • Fostered a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging innovation and efficiency.
  • Reviewed completed work through patient call audits to verify consistency, quality, and conformance.
  • Established clear team goals aligned with company objectives, tracking progress regularly.
  • Assigned projects and distributed tasks to team members as per area of expertise.
  • Offered training and support to keep team members motivated and working toward objectives.
  • Developed and monitored key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess team effectiveness.

Quality Assurance Analyst

Fitterfly Health Tech Pvt Limited
Bangalore
04.2021 - 04.2023
  • Actively involved in call audits and giving feedback to nutrition coaches
  • Closely working with nutrition coaches to monitor client progress to ensure positive outcomes.
  • Involved in revamping and simplifying nutrition coach scripts for better efficiency.
  • Training new hires, and conducting mock calls.
  • Conducting NPS surveys, and bridging the gaps in service.
  • Expert in explaining and analyzing CGM graphs, and training nutritionists to analyze the same.

Nutrition Consultant

Fitterfly Health tech Pvt Limited
Bangalore
01.2020 - 03.2021
  • Conducted nutrition assessment, diet counselling and follow ups of over 1,000 clients.
  • Actively involved in counseling patients with Type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, gestational diabetes, deranged lipid parameters, PCOS, and other metabolic disorders.
  • Devised meal plans in line with patients' age, gender, diagnosis, cultural background and religious practices.
  • Actively presented cases in meetings.
  • Monitored client progress regularly and provided feedback to ensure goals are being met.
  • Handled many VIP members.
  • Developed material for nutrition education.

Nutrition Consultant

E vaidya.com
Bangalore
09.2017 - 12.2019
  • Online nutrition consultations for people with Diabetes, weight loss and other metabolic disorders
  • Counseled pregnant women on nutritional requirements and suggestions for healthy diets.
  • Devised meal plans in line with patients' age, gender, diagnosis, cultural background and religious practices.
  • Educated clients on proper food choices according to their dietary requirements.

Freelancer

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Bangalore
09.2015 - 07.2017
  • Assessed clients' health conditions, dietary restrictions, and preferences to understand their specific nutritional needs.
  • Developed tailored meal plans and nutrition plans that are appropriate for the client's individual circumstances and goals.
  • Provided guidance and support to help clients develop and maintain healthy eating habits.
  • Created content for various blogs.

Clinical Nutritionist

Apollo Hospital
Bangalore
03.2009 - 12.2010
  • Established healthful and therapeutic meal plans and menus for individuals with health conditions.
  • Planned enteral feeds for patients in the intensive care setup.
  • Evaluated unique nutrient and energy requirements for each patient based on BMI, lifestyle and individual medical issues.
  • Conducted nutrition screenings, assessments, and interventions for inpatients and outpatients.
  • Actively involved in nutrition outreach programs, corporate talks and webinars.

Tutor

Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute
Chennai
06.2007 - 07.2008
  • Actively involved in imparting nutrition knowledge to various medical and paramedical personnel.
    Handled food service management for M.Sc. Clinical Nutrition students.
    Handled human, applied, and clinical nutrition for P.G. Diploma in Clinical Nutrition students.
  • Trained students to appear for the Registered Dietitian exam conducted by the Indian Dietetic Association.
  • Actively involved in the cardiac rehabilitation center and SMILE TRAIN (Cleft Lip and Palate Repair) Clinics.
  • Involved in the screening, assessment, and counseling of patients admitted in various specialties.
  • Providing outpatient counseling and preparation of enteral formulae.
  • Actively involved in the Department’s research and outreach activities.

• Was a member of the hospital’s Quality Assurance Committee, Women’s Advancement Committee, and Center for.

Clinical Dietitian

Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute
Chennai
01.2005 - 05.2007
  • Educated clients on special diets such as diabetes management, renal disease management or weight control programs.
  • Actively participated in interdisciplinary team meetings to discuss treatment plans for patients.
  • Monitored progress of patients in achieving their nutrition goals.
  • Conducted nutritional assessments, including anthropometric measurements, biochemical tests, and dietary intake analysis.
  • Facilitated nutrition learning for students in the Physiotherapy and nursing disciplines.

Education

Certified Diabetes Educator -

National Diabetes Educator Program
06-2020

Registered Dietitian -

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01-2006

Master of Science - Food Service Management And Dietetics

Women's Christian College
Chennai
04-2004

Skills

  • Team management
  • Performance evaluation
  • Patient counseling
  • Nutritional assessment
  • Training development
  • Quality assurance
  • Nutritional education
  • Communication skills
  • Coaching and mentoring

Certification

  • Completed a basic certificate course in Nutrigenomics
  • Diploma in Pediatric Nutrition From IGNOU

Languages Known

  • English, Tulu, Kannada, Tamil

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Team Leader

Fitterfly Health tech Pvt Limited
04.2023 - Current

Quality Assurance Analyst

Fitterfly Health Tech Pvt Limited
04.2021 - 04.2023

Nutrition Consultant

Fitterfly Health tech Pvt Limited
01.2020 - 03.2021

Nutrition Consultant

E vaidya.com
09.2017 - 12.2019

Freelancer

-
09.2015 - 07.2017

Clinical Nutritionist

Apollo Hospital
03.2009 - 12.2010

Tutor

Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute
06.2007 - 07.2008

Clinical Dietitian

Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute
01.2005 - 05.2007

Certified Diabetes Educator -

National Diabetes Educator Program

Registered Dietitian -

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Master of Science - Food Service Management And Dietetics

Women's Christian College
Kripa K