Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

Our mission is tp provide affordable, accessible and sustainable quality services, enhancing community participation and creating a secure climate for political,social and economic development through the commitment of a motivated and dedicated team.

Responsibilities or duties

Providing nutrition services in health care facilities;

Conducting nutrition assessments;

Undertaking ward rounds and supervising administration of inpatient feeding;

Collating and analyzing nutrition data;

Counselling patients with specific nutritional needs;

Implementing and monitoring outpatient and inpatient supplementary and therapeutic feeding programmes;

Promoting maternal, infant and young children feeding programmes;

Conducting nutrition health education and demonstrations;

Disseminating nutrition and dietetic information, education and communication materials;

Facilitating district health and nutrition steering groups;

Supervising and implementing baby friendly hospital initiatives;

Assessing and reviewing nutrition of referral cases;

Overseeing the nutrition management of patients in health care facilities; preparing monthly nutrition reports in health care facilities.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Diploma in either Community Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition or Nutrition and Dietetics or its equivalent qualification from a recognized training institution;

Registration by the Council of the Institute of Nutritionists and Dieticians (CIND);

• Providing nutrition services in health care facilities
• Conducting nutrition assessments
• Undertaking ward rounds and supervising administration of inpatient feeding
• Collating and analyzing nutrition data
• Counselling patients with specific nutritional needs
• Implementing and monitoring outpatient and inpatient supplementary and therapeutic feeding programmes
• Promoting maternal, infant and young children feeding programmes
• Conducting nutrition health education and demonstrations
• Disseminating nutrition and dietetic information, education and communication materials
• Facilitating district health and nutrition steering groups
• Supervising and implementing baby friendly hospital initiatives
• Assessing and reviewing nutrition of referral cases
• Overseeing the nutrition management of patients in health care facilities
• Preparing monthly nutrition reports in health care facilities

• Diploma in either Community Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition or Nutrition and Dietetics or its equivalent qualification from a recognized training institution
• Registration by the Council of the Institute of Nutritionists and Dieticians (CIND)