Nutrition and Dietetics Officer III – 4 Positions at Nyamira County Public Service Board

Job Description

Requirements for Appointment:-

• Must be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Degree in Community Nutrition, Clinical nutrition or Nutrition and Dietetics from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in Computer application Skills from a recognized institution; and
• Registration by the Council of the Institute of Nutritionists and Dieticians in Kenya (CIND).

Duties and Responsibilities:-

• Implementing Nutrition Programmes
• Providing Nutrition services in health care facilities;
• Conducting nutrition assessments
• Supervision of nutrition and dietetics technologists;
• Collecting and compiling nutrition data
• Providing nutrition health education and demonstrations
• Counseling of patients with specific nutritional needs
• Monitoring preparation of therapeutic feeds
• Implementing outpatient and inpatient supplementary and therapeutic feeding programmes
• Promoting maternal, infant and young children feeding programmes and
• Providing micronutrient supplementation.