Nutrition and Dietetics Officer - 9 Posts at Laikipia County Government

Duties and Responsibilities

This will be the entry grade into this cadre. Duties and responsibilities at this level will include: preparing and implementing therapeutic diets 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 Appointments
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -

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