Nutrition and Dietician Officer at County Government of Kirinyaga

JOB REF: CPSB/MOH/19/04/05/17

Responsibilities for the Nutrition and Dietician Officer Job

• Planning, Monitoring, implementing and evaluating specific nutrition projects in the community;
• Sensitizing and working with community workers particularly in Agriculture, Social
• Services, Education and other agencies to help them understand more the nutrition problems in the community and advocate actions for improvement;
• Implementing nutrition program;
• Providing nutrition services in the healthcare facilities;
• Conducting nutrition services;
• Collecting and compiling nutrition data;
• Providing nutrition health education and demonstration;
• Counseling patients with specific nutrition needs;
• Monitoring and preparation of therapeutic feeds;
• Implementing outpatient and inpatient supplementary and therapeutic feeding program;
• Promoting maternal, infant and young children feeding programs;
• Providing micronutrient supplementation;
• Supervising and guiding staff working under the officer;
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time

Requirements for the Nutrition and Dietician Officer Job

• For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:-
• Be a holder of a Diploma in Nutrition from a recognized medical Training College;
• Holder of KCSE mean grade ‘C’ or its equivalent;
• Be registered by the Kenya Nutrition Dietetics Institute (KNDI);
• Certificate in Computer Application Skills from a recognised institution.