Nutrition and Dietetics Officer - 4 Posts at County Government of Bomet

 Duties and Responsibilities

• Preparing and implementing therapeutic diet for outpatients and inpatients
• Providing guidelines on therapeutic diets for existing and emerging diseases for hospital use and home-based care and other institutions
• Treating and counselling patients using specialized dietetic nutritionally modified products:
• Implementing the nutrition and dietetic process including screening, assessing, formulating and implementing nutrition interventions and evaluating outcomes
• Providing nutrition support in patient management in health care facilities;
• Developing and disseminating nutrition behaviour change communication, information education and communication materials;
• Implementing nutrition health programmes; and collecting and compiling nutrition and dietetic data.

Requirements for Appointment

• Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Foods, Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietetics/Clinical Nutrition, Food Science and Nutrition, or Home Economics from a recognized institution.
• Registration by the council of the Institute of Nutritionists’ and Dieticians (CIND).
• Certificate in Computer Applications Skills from a recognized institution.