Job Description
NUTRITION AND DIETETICS OFFICER: NO. OF VACANCIES - ONE (1)
Terms of service: Permanent & Pensionable
Job Group: CPSB 09
Salary as per Salaries & Remuneration Commission of Kenya
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.