Nutrition And Dietetics Officer At Murang’A County

Murang’a County is one of the five counties in the Central region of the Republic of Kenya. It is bordered to the North by Nyeri, to the South by Kiambu, to the West by Nyandarua and to the East by Kirinyaga, Embu and Machakos counties. It lies between latitudes 0o 34’ South and 107’ South and Longitudes 36o East and 37o 27’ East. The county occupies a total area of 2,558.8Km2.
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.