Background information about the job or company

Trans Nzoia County is among the 47 counties established by the Kenya Constitution under article 6(1) and specified in the First Schedule. Article 176 (1) establishes a county government for each county consisting of the county assembly and the county executive. The Trans Nzoia county government was operationalized in March 2013 after the country’s general election with H.E Hon. Patrick Simiyu Khaemba as the first popularly elected Governor.

Responsibilities or duties

This is the entry and training grade for this cadre. Duties and responsibilities at this level will include: preparing and implementing therapeutic diets for outpatients and inpatients; providing guidelines on therapeutic diets from 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 dietetics process including screening; assessing, formulating, and implementing nutritional 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; and collecting and compiling nutrition and dietetic data.

Qualifications or requirements

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Bachelor's Degree in any of the following disciplines: Foods, Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietetics/Clinical Nutrition and Food Science and Nutrition or Home Economics from a recognized institution;
• Registration by the Council of the Institute of Nutritionists and Dieticians (CIND); and
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.

• Preparing and implementing therapeutic diets for outpatients and inpatients
• Providing guidelines on therapeutic diets from 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 dietetics process including screening; assessing, formulating, and implementing nutritional 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

• Computer application skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Foods, Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietetics/Clinical Nutrition and Food Science and 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