Nutrition and Dietetics Officer at Muranga County Government

Job Group ‘K’

No of Positions: 5

Requirements for Appointment

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

Duties and Responsibilities

• 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;
• Collecting and compiling nutrition and dietetic data.