Nutrition and Dietetics - Locum - 30 Posts at Nairobi City County Public Service Board

Job Requirement

• Diploma in either Community Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition or Nutrition and Dietetics or its equivalent qualification from a recognized training institution;
•  Registration by the Council of the Institute of Nutritionists and Dieticians (CIND); 

Job Description

• Providing nutrition services in health care facilities;
• Conducting nutrition assessments;
• Undertaking ward rounds and supervising administration of inpatient feeding;
• Collating and analyzing nutrition data;
• Counselling patients with specific nutritional needs;
• Implementing and monitoring outpatient and inpatient supplementary and therapeutic feeding programmes;
• Promoting maternal, infant and young children feeding programmes;
• Conducting nutrition health education and demonstrations;
• Disseminating nutrition and dietetic information, education and communication materials;
• Facilitating district health and nutrition steering groups;
• Supervising and implementing baby friendly hospital initiatives;
• Assessing and reviewing nutrition of referral cases;
• Overseeing the nutrition management of patients in health care facilities; preparing monthly nutrition reports in health care facilities.