Job Description:

About the Job

Permanent position responsible for implementing Nutrition programmes, providing Nutrition services in healthcare facilities, conducting Nutrition assessments, collecting and compiling Nutrition data, providing nutrition health education and demonstrations, counselling of patients with specific Nutritional needs, monitoring preparation of therapeutic feeds, implementing outpatient and inpatient supplementary and therapeutic feeding programmes, promoting maternal, infant and young children feeding programmes, and providing micronutrient supplementation.

Responsibilities

Implementing Nutrition programmes.
Providing Nutrition services in healthcare facilities.
Conducting Nutrition assessments.
Collecting and compiling Nutrition data.
Providing nutrition health education and demonstrations.
Counselling of patients with specific Nutritional needs.
Monitoring preparation of therapeutic feeds.
Implementing outpatient and inpatient supplementary and therapeutic feeding programmes.
Promoting maternal, infant and young children feeding programmes.
Providing micronutrient supplementation.

Requirements

Be a Kenyan citizen.
Diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics Technology from a recognized institution.
Minimum of C- (Minus)in KCSE.
Registration Certificate and valid practicing license from KNDI.
Certificate in Computer Application Skills from a recognized institution is an added advantage.