Job Description:

About the Job

This is an entry and training grade position for a Nutrition and Dietetics Technician, working under the guidance and supervision of a senior officer. It is a permanent and pensionable role with allowances as per SRC Guidelines.

Responsibilities

Assessing community nutrition needs, following-up on discharge cases from hospitals, screening for deficiency diseases and chronic illness related to nutrition in a community
Setting and referring them to various existing programs
Collecting data on nutrition and dietetics, promoting baby friendly community initiatives
Conducting community growth, monitoring and promoting activities, assisting in community interventions on diet and lifestyle disease prevention and control, promote optimal infant and young child feeding programmes
Assisting in running out patient supplementary feeding programs and outpatient therapeutic feeding programs, following up and counseling of patient in home-based management, and carrying out nutrition health education

Requirements

Certificate in Community Nutrition or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
Certificate in Computer Application Skills from a recognized institution
Registration by the Council of the Institute of Nutritionists and Dieticians [CIND]